Does The Word "Beach" Make South Florida Cities Cooler?
Some South Florida cities were born beaches -- others just kind of decided to become beaches.In recent years, several cities have attempted to raise their profiles and attract tourists by tacking a...
View ArticlePalm Beach County’s Middle Class Still Waiting For Promised “Workforce Housing”
A controversial agreement between Palm Beach County and developers is finally producing reduced-price homes for low- to middle-income families.It’s just not happening fast enough.In 2006, at the height...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cheapest Family & The Money Smart System
09/25/12 - Tuesday's Topical Currents is with Steve and Annette Economides, known as America’s Cheapest Family. They’ve made saving money—and still living well—an art form. They plan carefully and only...
View ArticleMichael Grunwald & The New New Deal
10/01/12 - Monday’s Topical Currents is with Time Magazine Senior Correspondent Michael Grunwald, who’s chronicled the events and reactions surrounding the 2009 federal stimulus package, which reached...
View ArticleFlorida Leads The U.S. In Foreclosures
Florida is number one when it comes to foreclosures. This is the first time since 2005 that Florida has held the top spot.The rankings for September are based on figures released Thursday by...
View ArticleAnalyst: Rick Scott Begins Unofficial Reelection Bid With Focus On Teachers
Gov. Rick Scott is trying to appease educators.They didn’t like it when he chopped $1.3 billion in education funding from the state budget.They liked it even less when he called for an expansion of...
View ArticleFlorida Jobs Numbers Improve Slightly
The September jobs numbers are out for Florida and the news is somewhat better statewide. Seasonally adjusted, unemployment dropped to 8.7 percent which is down 0.1 percentage point from August.
View ArticleIt's Legal To Sell Marijuana In Washington. But Try Telling That To A Bank.
Voters in Washington and Colorado just approved measures legalizing marijuana for recreational use. But businesses that want to sell marijuana in those states will face a problem: No bank wants to do...
View ArticleLetter From Key West: A Different Air
Journalist Frank Deford’s stories have appeared in Sports Illustrated, HBO Real Sports and NPR. He and his wife spend every winter in Key West, where Deford says he breathes in the island’s different...
View ArticleA Lull Until New Year's? Not So These Days
Time was, the stretch following Christmas Day until New Year's Day was a quiet, sleepy spot on the American calendar. The six-day span hung like a lazy hammock between the holidays.Not...
View ArticleEconomic Disaster
02/19/13 - Tuesday's Topical Currents is with Princeton University economics professor and Wall Street Journal columnist Alan Blinder. How did the worst economic disaster in post-war American history...
View ArticleWhy Good People Can’t Get Jobs
02/26/13 - Tuesday's Topical Currents is with human resource expert and Wharton Business School professor Peter Cappelli. Conventional wisdom says that our educational system fails the economy . . .
View ArticleHumidity Will Worsen With Climate Change And With It, Worker Productivity
Anyone who has tried to tend a garden or walk the dog in the height of a South Florida summer understands the energy-zapping qualities of a heat and humidity combo. A recently released study reports...
View ArticleWhat You Should Know From This Week's South Florida News: Dueling Governors...
On The Florida Roundup, here are some of the items on our rundown:
View ArticleDoes The Governor Deserve Credit For The Economy?
On The Florida Roundup, we take a special look at the economy. Employment, tourism and real estate numbers suggest a recovery. We’ll examine whether Gov. Rick Scott’s “it’s working” motto is actually...
View ArticleA Soft — And Prosperous — Landing For Cubans Is In The U.S.'s Interest
There are two basic realities about Cuba’s communist dictatorship that U.S. policy, and the anti-Castro hardliners that shape it, prefer to ignore. The first is that the Castro brothers will almost...
View ArticleWLRN's Five Most Popular Stories For Jan. 6-10
This week's top attention-grabbing stories include: A proposal to add a Satanic statue in the Oklahoma Capitol, a Vero Beach company employing all-day surveillance of company smartphones and...
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