Month: March 2013
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Conflicts of interest run rampant in state legislatures, including Florida
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Center for Public Integrity
SANTA FE — On February 20, New Mexico’s House Energy and Natural Resources Committee gathered for one of its regular meetings in a drab room here at the capitol, a circular building known as the Roundhouse. On the agenda: a bill that would hike fees and penalties for energy companies drilling wells in the state. -
Hallandale mayor, ex-city managers defend millions in suspect spending to county agents
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Current and former top Hallandale Beach officials defended – or offered excuses for – the handling of millions of dollars in community redevelopment funds to county investigators who have now accused the city of “gross mismanagement.” -
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New data shows drugmakers’ payments to hundreds of thousands of doctors
By Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein
ProPublica
Dr. John W. Draud is the medical director of psychiatric and addiction medicine at two Tennessee hospitals. But he’s also notable for another professional pursuit: during the last four years, he’s earned more than $1 million for delivering promotional talks and consulting for seven drug companies. -
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Medicaid cuts top Broward Health’s concerns for the 2013 legislative session
By Karla Bowsher
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward Health could lose at least $6.5 million a year if Tallahassee lawmakers ignore their pleas not to reduce Medicaid health insurance payments. That’s on top of $179 million the north Broward public hospital system expects to lose to federal cutbacks over the next decade. -
Florida Senate passes sweeping ethics reform package
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Center for Public Integrity
The Republican-controlled Florida Senate unanimously passed a landmark ethics reform package on Tuesday, the first day of the legislative session, setting the stage for what could be the first major changes to the state’s ethics laws in decades. -
Broward Inspector General slams Hallandale for “gross mismanagement”; CRAs elsewhere eyed
By William Gjebre and Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward’s Inspector General has found that Hallandale Beach officials “grossly mismanaged” millions of dollars in public funds “entrusted to the care of its Community Redevelopment Agency,” says report.
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