By Jon Ausman Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH), as a not-for-profit, is required to file each year Form 990 with the IRS. The last one was filed in August 2025. The public has access to this form to evaluate the finances, programs and mission of TMH. For example, TMH runs a 772 bed hospital. TMH itself […]
By Curtis Baynes On November 3, 2026, Florida voters may make a transformative decision about the future of property taxes. It’s too early to know the precise nature of the expected change but, so far, the proposals target non-school taxes, meaning that, at a minimum, property tax abolition for school-related taxation is not in the […]
By Preston Scott “I Didn’t Like Kids”. Just one clue someone might not be fit for public education and children’s social work. I am of the opinion Charlie Kirk was not assassinated so much because he was a Christian-conservative. Charlie was murdered because millions of young people listened to him. In the days, now weeks, […]
By Doug Wheeler, The James Madison Institute A growing yet largely overlooked threat is quietly taking root in America’s healthcare system: the widespread use of Chinese-manufactured medical devices. This threat comes from the very technology that patients trust to keep them alive. While the issue lacks the urgency of a breaking news crisis, it poses […]
As recently reported, our dedicated teachers and other employees continue to be tremendously underpaid. Leon County School District operating reserves have dwindled down to the minimum amount required by law and this year we were embarrassingly only able to offer our teachers a minimal raise, and other support staff saw no raise at all. Something […]
By David Verlander Serious investors understand the power of compounding. I often illustrate it with a parable: take a sheet of paper and fold it in half. Then fold it again, and again. “How tall,” I ask, “will it be after 51 folds?” People guess six inches, maybe a foot; the more ambitious, the ceiling. […]
Congress made a bit of a mess with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), so it’s good to see Florida lawmakers like Rep. Neal Dunn working in Washington to clean things up. With its heavy-handed government price-setting policies, the IRA’s “pill penalty” poses a threat to patients who take prescription drugs regularly. This penalty essentially penalizes […]
If you’re an elected official, you hear the phrase “affordable housing” almost daily. It dominates conversations from all walks of life from our neighborhoods to commission chambers across the country. And rightfully so— Families are stretched thin, spending half or more of their income just to keep a roof over their heads. People are struggling. […]
By Dana Brooks It seems everyone has a strong opinion about Florida State University taking over Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Once we get past the ruffled feathers over how the matter came to light, it’s clear it all comes down to the same problem we always have in Tallahassee: who gets to decide how we grow. […]
After running a successful State Representative campaign in late 1976 in Broward County, I moved to Tallahassee. By April 1980 I was Chair of the Leon County Democratic Party, a position I held for twenty years until January 2000. During my time as County Chair I helped progressives, moderates and conservatives get elected provided they […]