Category: Florida Legislative News
Aug 15, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Pembroke Pines renews demand to boost funds for charter schools City demands bigger share of taxes from school district City officials on Wednesday launched a second attempt to force the …
Aug 15, 2007
On July 5, 2007, this office sent the Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIRâ€) a letter with questions from the Florida Property and Casualty Association regarding the impending sunset of Florida’s No-Fault Act. Consistent with its treatment of questions from other …
Aug 14, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Late applicants join race for education commissioner The deadline to submit applications for Florida’s Education Commissioner had passed, but that didn’t prevent a few more submissions from being accepted. Â …
Aug 13, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â New property tax system would slam ‘affordable’ cities in Broward The communities with many of the condos and homes most affordable for middle-income families in Broward County would take the …
Aug 13, 2007
This morning, Monday, August 13, 2007, Governor Charlie Crist announced the creation of a 21-member Action Team on Energy and Climate Change at a Press Conference in Tallahassee, Florida. The Chairman is Mike Sole, Secretary of the Department of Environmental …
Aug 10, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Tax cuts could hurt S. Fla. home sales, agents say The scramble is on by cities to cut property taxes, but instead of luring home buyers, real estate agents say …
Aug 10, 2007
Insurance Fraud Weekly ePortWeek Ending August 10, 2007 www.insurancefraud.org ________________________________ LEGISLATION & REGULATION * The North Carolina legislature adjourned for the year without passing SB 179, which would’ve created a whistleblower law targeting Medicaid scams in the state. But the legislature did …
Aug 9, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Â Most States Facing Budget Declines The fiscal health of states is again in decline, with end-of-year balances down in the 2007 fiscal year and expected to drop again, according …
Aug 9, 2007
U.S. Representatives Ron Klein (D-FL, Dist. 22) and co-sponsor Tim Mahoney (D-FL, Dist. 16), recently filed H.R. 3355, a bill entitled “The Homeowners’ Defense Act of 2007,” a national catastrophe insurance plan to promote the availability and affordability of homeowners’ …
Aug 8, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Snowbird couple may take Save Our Homes law to U.S. Supreme Court TALLAHASSEE The man who led a drive to put a homeowners tax break into the state constitution said …