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CABINET APPROVES FLORIDA FOREVER LIST, CALLS FOR MORE OVERSIGHT By MICHAEL PELTIER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 25, 2009… Gov. Charlie Crist and the Cabinet approved the state’s environmental land buying priority list on Tuesday but …

State Representative Ellyn Bogdanoff was featured on the cover of the August 25, 2009 edition of EAST Magazine, a publication devoted to Fort Lauderdale and its lifestyle. To view the cover and entire article, go to:  http://www.east-mag.com/aug25_09.html The article about …

 BY DIANA MOSKOVITZ dmoskovitz@MiamiHerald.com Last year, Pembroke Pines turned on its first red-light camera. Across South Florida, other cities followed. But now critics — and lawsuits — are questioning whether the cameras pass legal muster. Several Florida cities, including Aventura …

BY ALEX LEARY Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau State Rep. Ray Sansom’s lavish use of his Republican Party-issued credit card has triggered a complaint to the Internal Revenue Service. An anonymous person filled out a complaint and made it available to the …

By TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer Aug. 25, 2009 — Costs for employer-provided health plans are expected to rise more than 10 percent within the next 12 months, a jump workers may feel in their paychecks or through changes to …

Aug. 25, 2009 — Rep. Scott Plakon just last week urged House Insurance, Business, & Financial Affairs Chairman Pat Patterson to bring the state’s top insurance regulator, Kevin McCarty, before the panel in October to discuss how much property coverage …

BY MARC CAPUTO Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau Aug. 24, 2009 — State Rep. Erik Fresen’s Miami home is in foreclosure because he stopped making payments to his mortgage company more than a year ago. That’s about all that Fresen and the …

BY MONICA HATCHER mhatcher@MiamiHerald.com South Florida existing home sales again posted strong gains in July, while median prices tumbled compared with a year ago. Month-to-month price declines mellowed. In Miami-Dade, July sales of single-family homes were up 64 percent, while …

By PHILIP ELLIOTT The Associated Press Aug. 20, 2009 — Vice President Joe Biden says despite recent “political turmoil” the nation has never been closer to substantial health care reform. Biden spoke in Chicago on Thursday and sidestepped the question …

BY BETH REINHARD breinhard@MiamiHerald.com Aug. 20, 2009 — HAND OUT Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings, of Miramar, will be at the town hall meeting on Thursday. Deluged with calls for weeks, the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans (FLARA) turned its annual …