By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA — In a rebuke of the nation’s central bank on Wednesday, 327 House members approved a bill requiring an extensive audit of the Federal Reserve, a long-awaited triumph for…
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FL: Feds’ $50M transit stimulus seeks to ‘repair infrastructure,’ ‘create jobs’
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA — Creating jobs in the bus sector has taken a new front seat in the priorities of the federal government. Municipalities and counties nationwide are set to a…
FL: More noncitizens found on voter registration rolls
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog ORLANDO — Frustrated with accounts of voter fraud and ineligible voters statewide, residents of Orange County undertook their own investigation to reveal whether noncitizens were present on the county voter rolls….
FL: Lawmaker’s term-limit pledge comes back to haunt him—24 years later
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog ST PETERSBURG — A GOP representative who promised to push for term-limits in his initial congressional campaign run is again seeking office, hoping to claim victory for a 13th term…
FL: State expects to save millions by outsourcing prison health services
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA — Overcoming the efforts of several public-sector unions, Florida plans to hire more private health vendors in its correctional instutitions. “This step will allow us to provide the…
FL: Economist says federal temp job programs only hurt workers
By Marianela Toledo and Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog MIAMI — Are direct government incentives for job creation the path to prosperity? Not a chance, says oneFlorida economist. Jorge Salazar-Carrillo, professor of economics atFlorida International University in Miami, points…
FL: Tea party groups steer clear of GOP branded candidates
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA — With the election season intensifying, candidates are looking to the mass collection of tea party groups statewide for support and endorsements. In nearly all of Florida’s 67…
FL: Bill Young, the GOP’s longest serving rep, won’t talk about earmarks or connections to defense contractors
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog ST PETERSBURG — Imagine a congressman who has been in Washington, D.C,. long enough to witness the drawing down of theVietnam War, the shake-up of Watergate, the perilous Iran hostage situation, and the fall…
FL: State employees get huge payout by swapping sick time for cash
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA— Ever thought of taking all those saved sick days and vacation days and exchanging them for some cold, hard cash? That’s the promotional offer being handed out to Florida state employees…
OSSOWSKI: So goes Florida: Bellwether bias in the battleground state
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA — It is a standard claim that has become irrefutable mantra in Sunshine State politics. “As goes the Tampa media market so goes Florida,”Tallahassee-based Democratic strategist Steve Schaletold the New York Times during the Republican presidential…