by John Haughey - The Center Square | Aug 13, 2021
(The Center Square) – Hospitals in some areas of Florida are above 90% capacity with 15,358 patients hospitalized Thursday with COVID-19 symptoms, nearly 300 more than Wednesday, and 3,200 occupying half the Sunshine State’s intensive care unit beds. In...
by John Haughey - The Center Square | Aug 2, 2021
(The Center Square) – The Florida Lottery has recorded double-digit increases in sales and revenues since June 2020 and that trend is not slackening – May’s state lottery sales were up by 23%, or $1.52 billion, compared to May 2020. As a result, for the first...
by Nancy Smith - Special to The Capitolist | Jul 29, 2021
Just when I wanted to believe local newspapers rise above the rest of liberal mainstream media’s sleazy tactics, the once-honorable Palm Beach Post surrenders its editorial integrity to the privately funded online news site ProPublica. The two of them...
by John Haughey - The Center Square | Jul 29, 2021
(The Center Square) – Florida saw a $14.1 billion decline in its $117 billion maritime trade industry as cargo tonnage moving through its 15 seaports fell by 8.4%, with exports down 20% and imports down 13.8%, during pandemic-skewered 2020. But according to a...
by Hristina Byrnes, 24/7 Wall St. via The Center Square | Jul 26, 2021
The obesity epidemic in the U.S. is a major health issue, and it’s getting worse. The current national adult obesity rate is 29.7%, but almost half of adults are projected to be obese, not just overweight, by 2030, according to Harvard researchers...
