Category: Archive – News
May 12, 2010
The Heartland Institute issued the following on May 12, 2010: TALLAHASSEE–A policy analyst at The Heartland Institute today praised Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty for supporting property and casualty insurance reform. McCarty has encouraged Gov. Charlie Crist to sign Senate …
May 11, 2010
The Miami Herald published the following on May 10, 2010: Fitch Upgrades Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp. to ‘AA’ NEW YORK — Fitch Ratings assigns an ‘AA’ rating to the following Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) Finance Corp bonds: …
May 11, 2010
The Herald Tribune published the following on May 11, 2010: By Paige St. John TALLAHASSEE – Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty today was chided by Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink for his handling of an insurance company that was allowed to …
May 11, 2010
The Miami Herald published the following on May 11, 2010: BY PATRICIA MAZZEI pmazzei@MiamiHerald.com The Broward School Board, which in January voted not to take part in Florida’s application for millions of federal dollars for education reform, will have a …
May 11, 2010
The Miami Herald Publlishedd the following on May 11, 2010: By CHRISTINE ARMARIO Associated Press Writer DAVIE, Fla. — Professor Derron Bowen teaches high school math to college students, patiently chalking equations on the board on basic arithmetic topics such …
May 11, 2010
The Miami Herald published the following on May 11, 2010: By MICHAEL GORMLEY Associated Press Writer New York’s Legislature has approved unprecedented furloughs for state workers to contend with the state’s fiscal crisis. Democratic Gov. David Paterson forced the vote …
May 10, 2010
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA published the following on May 10, 2010: By MICHAEL PELTIER THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, May 10, 2010… Florida had spent more than $16 billion from the federal stimulus dollars by the end of March and …
May 10, 2010
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA published the following on May 10, 2010: THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, May 10, 2010….Erik M. “Rick” Figlio was named general counsel to Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday. Figlio, 38, returns to the administration after a short …
May 10, 2010
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA published the following on May 10, 2010: By JOHN KENNEDY THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Florida officials established a legal team Monday to advise the state on recovering costs stemming from BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil …
May 6, 2010
The Miami Herald published the following on May 4, 2010: Legislature’s budget assumptions hurt public schools The Legislature wrapped up its 60-day session pretending that all is well with public-schools funding. It’s not. Consider: • The base student allocation …