Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report: Thursday, May 3
May 3, 2012
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Daily Florida Insurance-Related Events
There are no insurance-related events scheduled for today.
Blog: Feds to Miami-Dade — Fix aging sewer system
Miami-Dade County’s 7,500 miles of sewage lines are in such decrepit shape and rupture so frequently – sometimes spilling raw waste into waterways and Biscayne Bay – that federal environmental regulators are demanding repairs and upgrades that could cost upwards of a billion dollars.
Feds arrest more than 100 Medicare fraud suspects in South Florida, nationwide
If you thought Medicare fraud had faded as a crime, think again.
Florida Yacht Crew Firm Faces Damages Over Discriminatory Email
A Fort Lauderdale, Florida company that hires crews for yachts is facing damages after an employee accidentally sent an email to an applicant saying she wasn’t hired because she’s black and overweight.
Chief Executive Officers rank Florida as second-best state to do business in
America’s corporate chieftains still consider Texas the best place to do business, but Florida is close on its heels.
As state cuts jobs and merges services, it trims $16 million in rental costs
Governor Rick Scott, who promised to cut state rental costs by $24 million in two years, has achieved about two-thirds of his goal in less than one year of reducing state job rolls and consolidating government services.
Governor Rick Scott won’t ban guns during GOP convention in Tampa
Governor Rick Scott has stuck to his guns on, well, guns as he declined a request from Tampa’s mayor to ban firearms from the city’s downtown for the Republican National Convention in August.
Candidates scramble for signatures in last week to gather petitions
Those seeking office in the state Legislature have four more days to submit their petitions to the Florida Division of Elections.
Florida loses $63 million in tobacco tax with federal law’s loophole
Florida missed out on $63 million in tobacco-tax revenue from April 2009 to August 2011 because of a loophole in a federal law that went into effect in 2009, according to a report released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New Florida law creates buzz about where beekeepers can operate
Emily Lake doesn’t like to admit it: She once would run if a bee got too close when she was working in her garden.
Blog: Daycares hire Florida Senator Ellyn Bogdanoff to run trade organization
State Senator Ellyn Bogdanoff has a new job title today: The de facto executive director of the statewide organization representing child care and early learning facilities.
Water district cuts may undo decade of work
In its heyday – especially for thirsty cities and counties – the Southwest Florida Water Management District was the closest thing to a rainmaker.
With the workload of developing new nutrient water quality rules seemingly in the rear view mirror, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection is moving forward on some other potentially controversial water quality issues.
Governor Rick Scott takes aim at domestic violence group salary
For the past decade, Florida law has required that tax money to aid victims of domestic violence be controlled by a single group.
New York Proposes No-Fault Rule to Prevent Payments When Treatment Is Not Rendered
The Cuomo administration in New York is proposing a regulation aimed at ending the current rapid rise in no-fraud-auto-insurance rates by stopping payments where no medical treatment is rendered.
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