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Contrary to some public concerns, AI is not replacing the provider. Rather, it is empowering them.
AI, provider burnout and a better path forward in health care | Column
Artificial intelligence can help doctors and nurses do what they so best.
Why won’t Florida officials come to the phone? | Column
Indian Riverkeeper Jim Moir displays a handful of muck that he collected on Oct.7, 2023, from the bottom of the St. Lucie River in Martin County.
Government in the Sunshine State often goes dark.
Readers react to local DOGE, Medicaid cuts and starving manatees | Letters
Manatees
Here’s what readers are saying in Wednesday’s letters to the editor.
Three things Florida’s family caregivers need right now | Column
Florida has one of the highest needs for caregivers.
With Florida having one of the highest senior populations, there is a critical need for comprehensive hospice care.

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  1. AI, provider burnout and a better path forward in health care | Column
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Contrary to some public concerns, AI is not replacing the provider. Rather, it is empowering them.
  2. Why won’t Florida officials come to the phone? | Column
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Indian Riverkeeper Jim Moir displays a handful of muck that he collected on Oct.7, 2023, from the bottom of the St. Lucie River in Martin County.
  3. Readers react to local DOGE, Medicaid cuts and starving manatees | Letters
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Manatees
  5. Three things Florida’s family caregivers need right now | Column
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Florida has one of the highest needs for caregivers.
  6. Too many people die crossing Tampa Bay streets. Here’s how to stop it.
    Yesterday• Opinion
    A girl crosses US-19 ALT at Delaware Avenue in Palm Harbor during daybreak using a pedestrian-activated signal with a rectangular rapid flashing beacon.
  7. Editorial Cartoons for Monday from Times Wire Services
    April 7• Opinion
    Cartoon
  8. We need more Florida term limits, not fewer | Letters
    April 6• Opinion
    Should U.S. Congress and more Florida elected officials face term limits?
  9. Florida regulations hold back solutions to climate change  | Column
    April 4• Opinion
    Many Florida cities will need to find innovative ways to deal with the effects of climate change like sunny day flooding.
  10. Let Florida workers access their money on their own terms | Column
    April 4• Opinion
    Florida workers need access to their money when they need it, not on someone else's schedule.
  11. Florida’s property insurance market is on the right track | Column
    April 4• Opinion
    Remnants of damaged homes and flooded vehicles on Fort Myers Beach in 2022 after Hurricane Ian came ashore.
  12. The Trump tariffs won’t make America or Florida more competitive | Column
    April 4• Opinion
    U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by White House Senior Advisor, Elon Musk, has placed significant tariffs on many products, including vehicles made outside of the United States.
  13. Airlines cut capacity on Canada to Florida flights after Trump drama | Column
    April 3• Opinion
    Airlines like Air Canada have cut seat capacity to U.S. and Florida airports, including several Tampa International Airport.
  14. Florida’s false choices on fluoride in the water supply | Column
    April 3• Opinion
    Florida lawmakers are considering a statewide ban on adding fluoride to the public water supply. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
  15. Tampa Bay, the party’s over. Sweat season is here. | Column
    April 3• Opinion
    An Ohio visitor revels in the water of the Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park Louvre fountain while visiting Tampa on Feb. 23, 2023.
  16. Budget cuts could set back Tampa Bay’s estuary | Column
    April 3• Opinion
    The Tampa Bay estuary has had its ups and downs over the last 50 years.
  17. Florida business industry needs clarity on hemp regulation | Column
    April 3• Opinion
    Industrial hemp plants grow in a greenhouse at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Mid-Florida Research & Education Center in 2019.
  18. Don’t strengthen Putin’s hand. Save energy tax credits | Column
    April 2• Opinion
    Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs the Security Council meeting via videoconference in Moscow, Russia in March.
  19. What’s up with New College’s hostile takeover of USF-Sarasota? | Column
    April 2• Opinion
    Top state Republicans are discussing a proposal to have New College of Florida, shown here on Aug. 20, 2023, take over the University of South Florida's Sarasota-Manatee campus. CHLOE TROFATTER | Times
  20. Signal app leak included classified facts, Navy captain says | Letters
    April 2• Opinion
    From left to right: FBI director Kash Patel, director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA director John Ratcliffe, appear during a Senate Committee on Intelligence hearing on March 25 in Washington.
  21. Medicaid cuts will make Florida’s children sicker | Column
    April 1• Opinion
    Shaaina Nasser of Mountainside, middle, brought her 13-year-old daughter Sakina, to the Medicaid town hall with Gov. Phil Murphy in Westfield in March. She receives inpatient care at Children's Specialized Hospital, a pediatric nursing facility, which is paid for by Medicaid.
  22. Florida’s financial literacy law is a gift to younger generations | Column
    April 1• Opinion
    dollar bills fanned out
  23. A St. Petersburg data company’s Wright brothers moment | Column
    March 31• Opinion
    A St. Petersburg company sent a data center to the moon, hitching a ride on a rocket launched in March.
  24. Ukraine war needs a just and lasting peace | Column
    March 31• Opinion
    In this photo provided by Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade press service, a serviceman of 3rd mechanized battalion, practices on the training ground at an undisclosed location in the east of Ukraine on Saturday.
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