Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report: Friday, July 1
Jul 1, 2011
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Daily Florida Insurance-Related Events
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Judge refuses to set aside Florida pension funds
A judge has refused to set aside public employee pension contributions in a separate account pending resolution of a lawsuit challenging those payments required by a Florida law that went into effect Friday.
Senator Tony Hill leaving Senate to take post with Jacksonville’s new mayor
On the eve of becoming Jacksonville’s first black mayor, Alvin Brown announced that a pair Democratic legislators from Northeast Florida would serve in his administration.
New state laws go into effect today
More than 100 new state laws will take effect starting today, including controversial ones requiring welfare applicants to pass drug tests and state employees facing new pension funding rules.
Blog: Florida Supreme Court changes privacy rules in Internet age
Responding to the ease with which sensitive personal information can be transmitted via the Internet, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday approved rule changes aimed at protecting personal information in court filings from misuse, reports the News Service of Florida.
Florida Court Hears Challenge to Governor’s Freeze of Regulations
The Florida Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week in a challenge to Governor Rick Scott’s suspension of state rulemaking.
Today marks the death of the rocket docket, an initiative created to tackle the glut of foreclosure cases clogging the circuit court system.
Governor Scott Takes Hardline Approach On Public Records Requests
Governor Rick Scott’s combative relationship with Florida’s media includes a hardline approach to providing public records.
Governor Rick Scott signs first death warrant for Florida cop killer
Governor Rick Scott signed his first death warrant Thursday for Manuel Valle, who had killed a Coral Gables police officer 33 years ago.
Governor Scott says he’ll consider meeting with governors of Alabama and Georgia on water dispute
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed Florida and Alabama a huge loss Tuesday in their 21-year legal fight with Georgia over water from the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system.
Blog: State asks appeals court to toss school-funding lawsuit
Can Florida’s courts judge whether the state’s public schools are high quality and adequately funded?
Blog: At first GOP Senate debate, ‘Crist’ tossed around like a dirty word
He has been off the public stage for nearly seven months and yet Charlie Crist’s shadow still looms over the Florida GOP.
Florida Senate president: No drilling change in coming session
Senate President Mike Haridopolos said Thursday that while he’s in favor of boosting domestic oil drilling, and interested in studying “all options,” the Legislature will not pursue new drilling in near-shore Florida waters in the coming legislative session.
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