Craig Pittman, Florida Phoenix
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Decline of Florida’s citrus industry hastened by Trump’s tariff tiff
Hurricanes and disease have already taken a tremendous toll on those fragrant trees, not to mention development demand for the land. This weekend I was driving through Central Florida on U.S. 301, so I just HAD to stop at the Orange Shop in Citra. It was as if my car was pulled into their parking…
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Florida leads the nation (again) in Obamacare enrollment
Open enrollment for 2025 health insurance coverage began Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 15. Health insurance coverage took effect Jan. 1 for consumers who enrolled by Dec. 15. Health insurance coverage takes effect Feb. 1 for those who enroll by Jan. 15.
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DeSantis wants to build golf courses and hotels in Florida’s state parks
When Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Caddyshack, was majoring in history at Yale, I bet he heard someone quote that famous saying by philosopher George Santayana: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Yet our Ivy League-educated chief executive failed to learn from a couple of the worst mistakes of former Gov. Rick Scott’s…
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Opinion: Project 2025 is a bad bet for Florida’s future
The plan is full of recommendations for clamping down on abortion, banning pornography, abolishing the Homeland Security and Education departments, killing the Head Start program for kids, and putting the entire executive branch, including the Department of Justice, under direct control of the president — no civil service protection.
