Best of the Blogs: New Frontiers

Progress Florida Education Center’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 4-10-15
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida Education Center’s popular free Daily Clips service.

Progress Florida Education Center’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 4-10-15
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida Education Center’s popular free Daily Clips service.

Rick Scott On Medicaid: I Like The Program We Have Now (About 6 Uninsured Deaths Per Day)
By Martha Jackovics
Beach Peanuts
Now that Rick Scott’s just barely been reelected, he’s stopped pretending he was ever in favor of Medicaid expansion.

Wind Power in the Sunshine State
By Simon Mahan
CleanEnergy Footprints
New wind turbine technology is a game changer for clean energy opportunities in Florida.

Florida Politicians Want to Pass an Adoption Discrimination Bill that could have Denied Me My Perfect Family
By Anthony Siegrist
Blog Of Rights
My name is Anthony. I’m 16 and I live in Clearwater, Florida with my moms and three siblings.

Florida Lawmaker Reversed Adoption Bill Vote Because ‘I Simply Can’t Affirm Homosexuality’
By Zack Ford
ThinkProgress
Lawmakers in Florida are trying to repeal an unconstitutional, unenforceable statute banning adoption for same-sex couples.

Florida Republican Senator Rips Bush Foundation With “I’m Over You”
By Bob Sikes
Scathing Purple Musings
While Lutz republican senator John Legg is justifiably being complemented by many teachers this morning for the improvements to Florida’s test-based accountability system he managed in SB 616, he subtly revealed that Jeb Bush still holds far too much sway over state republican legislators.