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The Florida Independent’s Tristram Korten yesterday appeared on the Tampa Bay community radio station WMNF 88.5 to discuss his extensive investigation into allegations that the Rick Scott health care company Solantic overbilled Medicare and improperly used doctors’ licenses. Streaming audio, after the jump.

The St. Petersburg Times has launched yet another rocket at billionaire and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene: At a project called La Mirage, Greene converted 1950s-era military housing from apartments to 300 condos. In the summer of 2006, just as he was starting to make his bets against the sub-prime housing market, records show [...]

As Florida Republican leaders and candidates speak out publicly about tackling illegal immigration with an Arizona-type law in Florida, Jeb Bush recently co-authored a Washington Post op-ed that supports immigration and integration, and highlights the economic importance of immigrants. In the piece, Bush and coauthor Robert Putnam write:

WLRN: The Florida Roundup, June 11, 2010 South Florida NPR affiliate WLRN invited Florida Independent fellow Tristram Korten to take part in a panel discussion on its program, “The Florida Roundup,” and the show has graciously shared a link to the broadcast with us. Click on the player above to listen to Tristram’s appearance. He [...]