More than 2,500 miles separate them, but both California and Florida are battling against provider rate freezes from 2003. 

Some sports are designed for anyone and everyone to enjoy. Traditionally, golf has not been one of them.

Not only are golf courses unfriendly ground for those in wheelchairs or anyone using adaptive equipment, the sport (and everything you need to play) is typically expensive.  

Modified clubs, tees, and carts do exist - but they're not easy to come by... and even if you have them, most courses cannot accomodate them. 

That's all about to change in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Ground-breaking for the Ken Lanning Golf Center happened in early June, and project organizers hope to have the new course completed by late Fall. 

It's no secret that the funding situation in the Sunshine State has been anything but bright.

A total of six organizations that serve the developmentally disabled in Newton County have requested applications for funding from the county SB 40 board, also known as the Newton County Developmental Disabilities Service Board. 

This will be the first funding cycle for the organization, which has hundreds of thousands of dollars to allocate after voters approved the $.06 per $100 assessed valuation property tax in November 2013. 

The board was appointed last November by the co