Category: Florida Legislative News

Above:  Florida Governor Rick Scott helps serve breakfast at Audubon Elementary School in Orlando   After spending his first “Let’s Get to Work Day” as a donut store employee, Florida Governor Rick Scott spent today, August 26, 2011, serving school …

  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke discusses the near- and longer-term prospects for the U.S. economy on August 26, 2011 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole,Wyoming.   To view the complete report, click …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Ex-education chief warns Florida schools going backward Test results show Florida is going backward in preparing students for college, yet the state’s high schools keep getting high grades …

  Florida Property and Casualty Association Homeowners Division:  The FPCA Homeowners Division will be meeting on Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. at the Duval Hotel in Tallahassee, located at:  415 North Monroe StreetTallahassee, FL 32301Telephone:  (850) 224-6000 Members …

  Florida Property and Casualty Association Automobile Division Members: In the August 19, 2011 edition of the Florida Department of Financial Services’ weekly eNewsletter, “Dollars & Sense,” Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater published a letter to Floridians in which …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Schools Look to Cut More A new athletic facility for Lakewood Ranch High School will be delayed for two years after a divided School Board provisionally agreed to …

  Florida Property and Casualty Association Homeowners Division Members: The FPCA Homeowners Division will be meeting on Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. at the Duval Hotel in Tallahassee, located at:  415 North Monroe StreetTallahassee, FL 32301Telephone:  (850) 224-6000 …

  Florida Property and Casualty Association Automobile Division Members: As discussed in the meeting on Tuesday, August 16, attached is a draft of the Personal Injury Protection Reform Chart, which will be submitted to Governor Rick Scott.  Please note that …

The U.S. Treasury issued the following news release on August 17, 2011:   Thirty-Seven Additional Community Banks Across the Country Receive $418 Million to Help Small Businesses Access Capital, Create New Jobs Total of 80 Banks Have Now Received More …

To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   No property tax? Idea has fans, foes With property-tax notices coming out this month, it might be tempting to imagine what you’d do if you didn’t have that expense. …