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This article was published in the Miami Herald on September 3, 2009 BY MARY ELLEN KLAS Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau As state police investigate the Public Service Commission for possible ethics violations, an inspector general found Wednesday that the agency’s lobbyist …

Published in InsuranceJournal.com, September 3, 2009 By James J. Donelon Now that the hurricane season is well underway, Louisianans remember when Katrina came ashore, late in August 2005, with a storm surge that eventually flooded New Orleans and leveled many …

This article was published in the Miami Herald on September 3, 2009   At the state and local level, plans have been created to deal with the underinsured and the uninsured — although some have many of the same flaws …

This article was published in the Miami Herald on September 3, 2009   State Rep. Ray Sansom, Jay Odom and Bob Richburg — the protagonists of a political scandal involving a $6 million taxpayer-funded building in Destin — no longer …

This story was published in the Miami Herald on September 2, 2009 A race-baiting flier. Shadowy attack groups. Hidden campaign money. The tactics in a bare-knuckle special election to succeed Republican Sen. Jim King of Jacksonville have prompted legislators on …

This story was published in the Miami Herald on September 2, 2009. A secretive group of powerful legislators, business groups and Texas oil companies has been laying the groundwork since December to win legislative approval to open Florida waters to …

This story was published in the Miami Herald on September 2. The state’s top law enforcement agency is investigating the Public Service Commission on grounds that commissioners and staff members may have had improper relationships with the utilities they regulate. …

This story was published in the Miami Herald on September 2, 2009 Stung by a $250 million Manhattan real estate investment that tanked, Gov. Charlie Crist and two other Cabinet-level elected officials want to see more of Florida’s retirement pension …

The following story was published in the Miami Herald on September 2, 2009 TV ads touted Cinergy Health’s low-cost medical insurance for as little as $5 a day — the cost of a pack of cigarettes or a hamburger. But …

Sept. 1, 2009 — Buying in at the peak of the market, Florida lost $250 million since 2007 on a New York City real estate deal that went south with the commercial bust, state investment executives told Gov. Charlie Crist …