JMI Capital Report BP Seeks Amends: So Far So Good By Will Patrick – December 8, 2011 TALLAHASSEE– BP is still doing everything it can to make amends for the Deepwater Horizon disaster. That’s the message conveyed by Geir Robinson, British Petroleum’s Vice President of Economic Restoration for theGulfCoastregion. Last Friday, the BP executive announced …
8Dec2011 – Capital Report: “BP Seeks Amends: So Far So Good”
Posted 12/08/2011January 2012 – Policy Brief – “Passing the Health Care Compact in Florida: A Historic Opportunity to Restore Self-Government and Affordable Health Care”
Posted 12/07/2011By Mario Loyola JMI Adjunct Scholar Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Tenth Amendment Studies Director Loyola discusses the federal government’s usurpation of state authority to regulate health care, the resultant failure of those interventions and mandates, why health care regulatory authority should be reserved to the states, and a mechanism for rolling back this …
January 2012 – Policy Brief – “Pension Reform in Florida: Unfinished Business”
Posted 12/07/2011By Stuart Buck JMI Adjunct Scholar University of Arkansas Distinguised Doctoral Fellow While the legislative reforms of early 2011 made improvements in the Florida Retirement System, further work is needed to keep Florida on the right track and avoid the financial disasters experienced by other states. Five recommendations for further reform include: Make the defined …
November 2011 – Backgrounder No. 69 – “Alternative Solutions to Florida’s Medical Malpractice System”
Posted 11/16/2011Study by Beth Ann Fiedler, Ph.D., JMI Adjunct Scholar Foreword by Robert F. Sanchez, JMI Policy Director For many years the cost of health care in the United States has been rising faster than the rate of inflation. This trend affects families, employers, and governments at all levels — federal, state, and local. The rising …
16Nov2011 – Capital Report: “State College President Resigns Amid $837k Salary Scandal”
Posted 11/16/2011JMI Capital Report State College President Resigns Amid $837k Salary Scandal By Will Patrick – November 16, 2011 Edison State College President Kenneth Walker announced this week he will resign from his executive position at the southwest Florida former community college after a damaging report released by the Florida Auditor General questioned Walker’s $837,085 annual …
2011 October – “Future Leaders Gain Insight from Officials”
Posted 10/15/2011By Dr. J. Robert McClure III, JMI President & CEO Letter to the Editor of the Tallahassee Democrat regarding Youth Leadership Tallahassee’s Government and Education Day: We understand why it’s common for citizens to give government leaders grief – we do that ourselves from time to time – but we also recognize that public officials often do …
2011 Summer/Fall Journal: “Reviving the Tenth Amendment” 
Posted 09/23/2011
2011–Sept20 Government Pension Reform Poll (Florida): Questionnaire & Results
Posted 09/20/2011
In partnership with the Manhattan Institute, The James Madison Institute distributed national and Florida-specific polling data regarding voters’ opinions about public sector salaries and benefits, and reform of such benefits. “It is clear to all that our nation and our state are facing potentially long-term fiscal crises. Voters are demanding that elected officials address the …
2011 Summer/Fall Journal
Posted 09/19/2011
The Summer/Fall 2011 Journal of The James Madison Institute gets back to basics and focuses on a range of critical, foundational issues affecting our nation and our state. The cover story “Reviving the Tenth Amendment” discusses the need for states to reassert their 10th Amendment rights in order to counter the growing dysfunction of the …
2011–Sept15 Defensive Medicine Poll (August): Questionnaire & Results
Posted 09/15/2011
JMI in partnership with Patients for Fair Compensation commissioned the services of THG Strategic Research, a national public opinion research firm, to conduct surveys of registered voters in Georgia and Florida regarding healthcare issues surrounding the practice of defensive medicine. “The voters of Florida are rightly concerned about the rising costs of healthcare. The practice of defensive …
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