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...
Category: Santa Rosa News
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...
OPINION: Workers lost in Trump’s first 100 days
by Economic Policy Institute In a new report (HERE), EPI experts examine President Trump’s actions...
CJG urges lawmakers to abolish Triumph Gulf Coast and disburse BP damages directly to local governments
Editor's Note: more on Triumph Gulf Coast HERE. Triumph Gulf Coast was created in 2013...
Employers exploiting specialized visa program
by Economic Policy Institute A new EPI fact sheet outlines the major flaws in the...
Gaetz endangers Eglin mission with Navarre Pass push
By Cris Dosev It was another hot, humid day at Quantico in the summer of...
401(k)s have left the overwhelming majority of Americans unprepared for retirement
by Economic Policy Institute The shift from pensions to 401(k)s has failed the majority of...
$61.99M Gulf Power base rate hike likely – settlement would bypass hearing
Gulf Power, in a March 20 release, announced that a settlement with Florida's Public Counsel, that includes...
Congress says they’re all about health choice…so why can’t I choose Medicare?
by Deborah Nelson Congressional leaders say they want Americans to have health insurance choices. Fabulous! ...
Ryancare exposes common interests pulling Republican & Democrat puppet strings
By Deborah Nelson The Obamacare-replacement debacle has exposed a dirty little secret Congressional Republicans and...
House Armed Services Committee’s intrepid Butterflymobile Captain on safari again…
Looks like our intrepid District 1 House Armed Services Committee Butterflymobile Captain is on the...
Elections Commission clears Gaetz-linked PACs; codifies donation loophole in the process
by Deborah Nelson Florida’s Elections Commission says two state political committees that dissolved and gave...
VIEWPOINT: Why are we chasing butterflies? Establishment Congressional Armed Services leadership has been derelict in its duties for a long time…and it doesn’t look like Gaetz will be any better
By Cris Dosev Article 1, Section 8 in the Enumerated Powers of the U.S. Constitution...
Please don’t feed the troll: Gaetz EPA bill a desperate bid for media attention…arguing in public helps him, not the environment
by Deborah Nelson Dear fellow friends of the environment, Recently, Congressman Matt Gaetz filed a...