Cape Coral Slows as Florida Population Growth Slips
Cape Coral, once a booming builder’s paradise with 800 home permits in a month, issued only nine last month as the state’s population growth cools. Census data show Florida moved from a booming influx to slower net arrivals in 2007, amid mortgage and real estate turmoil, hurricanes, high insurance and taxes, and rising unemployment. The downturn hits Cape Coral’s 115 square mile footprint with vast unused lots and a once bustling building boom fading.
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Cape Coral
Fla
Eric Feichthaler
Florida
Census Bureau
U.S
Florida housing downturn pushes residents to move out
Electrician Elliot Aguilar laments job loss and rising costs as Florida’s housing collapse worsens. Foreclosures across Lee County surge fivefold to 12,566 while median Florida home prices fall from 322,000 to 239,300 in two years. Unemployment reaches 5.4 percent in Fort Myers, tied to the housing slump and real estate reliance. Meanwhile, Florida seen losing population growth with a smaller boom and continued outmigration. Beth Mann moved to Buford Georgia for lower taxes and insurance. eight more Floridians on her street followed. A Mason-Dixon poll finds 43 percent say life is declining, 37 percent foresee continued decline, and 1 in 5 consider moving. University of Florida researchers note Florida’s population growth will slow but rise overall through 2030.
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Feichthaler
Lee County
Cape Coral and
Fort Myers
RealtyTrac
Cape Coral
Gulf Coast
Florida
Beth Mann
West Palm Beach
Michael
Georgia
Buford
Manns
Mason-Dixon
Smith
Missouri must allow inmates to have abortions in prison
A federal appeals panel in the 8th Circuit ruled Missouri must provide transportation for incarcerated pregnant women seeking abortions, upholding lower court findings that the right to elect to have an abortion survives incarceration. The decision cites prior Roe v. Wade rulings and notes Missouri’s ongoing policy limits on abortion funding.
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ST. Louis
U.S. Supreme Court
Jane Roe
American Civil Liberties Union
High Court
Dean Whipple
8Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Tony Robert
Jay Nixon
Matt Blunt
Blunt
Supreme Court
Michael Pritchett
ACLU
Padilla receives 17 years in prison in terrorism case
Jose Padilla and two co-defendants were convicted of terrorism support and conspiracy. Prosecutors sought life terms, but Judge Marcia Cooke imposed 17 years and four months, citing lack of direct US killings by the defendants and the need to protect sources and methods. Padilla could be released around age 50 with time served.
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Jose Padilla
Padilla
Estela Lebron
Marcia Cooke
al Capone
al-Qaida
Jeffrey Addicott
Center For Terrorism Law
St. Mary’s University
San Antonio
Bush
bin Laden
Adham Amin Hassoun
Kifah Wael Jayyousi
SIUC Recreation Center urges move with online and phone options
Improve Your Move programs redirected to the SIU website at www.siu.edu/rss or to the SIUC Student Recreation Center by phone for details and enrollment.
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Siu.edu
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