Best of the Blogs: Fresh Look

Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 9-16-16
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.

Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 9-16-16
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.

The State Senate, Post Primary
By Steve Schale
SteveSchale.com
Now that the primary is behind us, I wanted to take a fresh look at where things stand in the Florida State Senate.

Rick Scott Continues To Be Less Than Transparent About Zika Dangers
By Martha Jackovics
Beach Peanuts
Having had to postpone his earlier Zika finger-pointing tour in Washington due to a hurricane, Rick Scott has rescheduled and is back at it there this week.

“Glades Lives Matter” to Big Sugar, except when they don’t
By Gimleteye
Eye On Miami
Big Sugar is in the midst of a multi-faceted counterattack against the civic uprising in Florida triggered by massive pollution of Florida’s waterways in the winter of 2016.

Income Increase In Census Report Is A Boon For Small Business
By Stephen Rouzer
Fight For Florida
In the midst of slow recovery, the U.S. Census Bureau’s report Tuesday showing an uptick in household incomes is music to the ears of Main Street small business owners.

Donald Trump’s Connections To Florida’s Attorney General Just Got Shadier 
By Kira Lerner
ThinkProgress
Donald Trump is facing new legal battles as details emerge about the Trump Foundation’s $25,000 donation to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi (R).