This year, said Clerk of Courts Bob Germaine, county employees paid 200 percent more for their health insurance. ...more

December 18, 2009

President Obama and the Democrats plan to let the Bush tax cuts expire in 2010. Obama said he wants us to pay our "fair share," and Vice President Joe Biden considers it a "moral obligation" to pay taxes. ...more

December 17, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Risking the wrath of Democrats, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., threatened today to join Republicans in opposing health care legislation if it permits uninsured individuals as young to 55 to purchase Medicare coverage. ...more

December 13, 2009

With some positive financial news, but also a cautious eye on next year's state funding, the South Florida Community College Board of Trustees approved a one-time, non-recurring salary increase for all full-time and part-time employees in regular positions. ...more

December 13, 2009

Florida's public university students would benefit overall if they were required to have health insurance, but that would raise the cost of going to school for students who now lack coverage by 5 to 7 percent, legislative analysts said in a report Friday. ...more

December 12, 2009

Look, up in the sky ... The comics are mostly silly, but one recently really irked me. "Pearls Before Swine" made fun of, no, derided, the general public who believes there may be space visitors, calling them "Kooky Person." ...more

December 6, 2009

Three-month-old Ava Snyder likes to kick her legs, sit in her Bumbo baby chair and giggle when she sees her parents. ...more

December 2, 2009

Is Congress going through the ordeal of trying to enact health care reform only to have one of the main pillars - requiring individuals to obtain insurance - declared unconstitutional? An interesting debate for a constitutional law seminar. In the real world, not a big worry. ...more

November 30, 2009

So what do you know about the health care bill? Unless you've been reading the legislation, you've probably been depending on talking heads, with their own agendas, to explain it. Here are some things to consider about the health care legislation, according to the Associated Press. ...more

November 29, 2009

Congress and President Barack Obama are proposing a cure for the ills of our health care system. But are we sure they have properly diagnosed the disease? ...more

November 28, 2009