“Modest” Pensacola-area standard of living costs about $6,000 per month
By Deborah Nelson How much does it cost to live in the Pensacola area? About...
Category: Santa Rosa News
Aluminum and steel tariff job loss predictions are being exaggerated; impact will be minimal
by Economic Policy Institute The Trump administration recently announced that it would impose tariffs of...
Toilet-to-Tap bill on Governor Scott’s desk: permits sewage effluent disposal in Florida aquifers
Dear Friends of Florida’s Waters: The “toilet to tap” legislation is now on Gov. Rick...
OPINION: Teachers & students lose, contractors win: Florida school safety bill forbids teacher carry, includes $373.4 million security outlay
By Deborah Nelson Florida’s legislature, yesterday, passed a bill that includes $373.4 million in new...
Florida lawmakers mull sewage water for drinking: Clean Water update
by Linda Young/Executive Director, Florida Clean Water Network The legislative session will end next week...
Gaetz memo grandstanding belies his unconstitutional FISA bill vote
by Deborah Nelson It looks like the FBI abused surveillance power in a political attack...
Guest Viewpoint: Gaetz beach bill flub hurts homeowners, local beachgoers and military
By Cris Dosev While current District 1 congressman Matt Gaetz is busy maximizing his Washington...
Labor Department says waiter tips belong to bosses – new rule could transfer $5.8 billion from servers to employers
by Deborah Nelson The Labor Department is poised to let bosses keep wait staff tips,...
Navarre kids’ meal program gets a hand from local military, seeks online contest votes
A Navarre charity that provides weekend meals for low income kids is getting some help...
75% of Santa Rosans say preserve Navarre Beach access
reprinted from Citizens for a Just Government/CFJG.org A majority of Santa Rosa residents, about 75...
CFJG urges Senate to abolish weaponized filibuster
by Deborah Nelson/Policy Director/Citizens for a Just Government In response to systemic gridlock, Citizens...
Gaetz misrepresents beach bill…News Journal lets it slide
By Deborah Nelson "No part of our legislation has ever or will ever limit...
Shiny object wins again: infrastructure press conference reporters ask no infrastructure questions
by Deborah Nelson Despite the full on media-circus President Trump’s Tuesday infrastructure press conference turned...
ANALYSIS: Beach bills appear to preserve Escambia, but not Santa Rosa public access
By Deborah Nelson/photo copyright Deborah Nelson It’s not clear if proposed Federal legislation to convert...
Meet the new NAFTA, same as the old NAFTA
Editor's note: click here to read the Trump administration's NAFTA renegotiating summary, released July 17,...
Rand Paul: Retaining instead of repealing Obamacare will be Republicans’ undoing
by Senator Rand Paul Republicans will live and learn to regret the day they decided...
OPINION: Interstate insurance sales start with McCarran Ferguson repeal currently languishing in Senate
by Deborah Nelson (reprinted in edited form from Citizens for a Just Government) The Federal Government’s abrogation of...
Public Citizen: Add your name to NAFTA renegotiation letter
by: Public Citizen Add your name: Demand a NAFTA renegotiations benefit working people, not corporations:...
OPINION: Fed interest rate hikes could slow economy
by Economic Policy Institute The decision by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) [June 14] to raise...
Federal flood insurance program $24.6 billion in the hole
By Deborah Nelson The federal program that subsidizes flood insurance for millions of homeowners is...