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Right-wing think tank leaks salaries of Florida public employees via new website

The Foundation for Government Accountability debuted a new website Monday — an online database of the salaries of Florida’s public employees: FloridaOpenGov.org.

New conservative think tank calls Florida’s Medicaid Reform Pilot program ‘a decided success’

By | 11.15.11 | 1:26 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The Foundation for Government, a new Naples-based conservative policy group, has released its latest publication, claiming that Florida’s controversial five-county Medicaid Reform Pilot “has been a decided success.”

Another state considers drug testing welfare recipients

By | 11.07.11 | 4:58 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Maine is now the latest state to consider following in Florida’s footsteps by requiring welfare recipients to take a drug test before receiving benefits.

Judge who blocked drug-testing welfare recipients dismissed conservative think tank report as evidence

By | 10.25.11 | 2:17 pm | More from The Florida Independent

A court ordered a temporary halt to Florida’s controversial new law requiring welfare recipients to submit to a drug test before receiving benefits yesterday.

Anti-Tax Movement Ponders Two Big Defeats

By | 11.10.09 | 11:50 am

Election night was bittersweet for Andrew Moylan. The young government affairs manager of the conservative National Taxpayers Union was watching returns in Asheville, N.C., with fellow attendees of the conservative State Policy Network’s annual meeting. Early in the night, the gubernatorial races in Virginia and then New Jersey went to More…