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By GARY FINEOUT THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, May 29, 2009…..Attorney General Bill McCollum and Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink may want to be the state’s next governor, but they’re not quite ready to take a position …

By MICHAEL PELTIER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA   THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, May 28, 2009……A measure that calls for increased premiums for the state-run property insurance company’s policyholders and reduced hurricane exposure for the state prompted enthusiastic responses on Thursday. …

By KATHLEEN HAUGHNEY THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, May 27, 2009… A Leon County grand jury tacked on perjury to the list of charges against former House Speaker Ray Sansom and former Northwest Florida State College President …

The shortfall in available funding for the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FCHF) has raised concerns that it may not be able to meet its liabilities if there is a large hurricane this year. According to Chris O’Kane, CEO of Aspen …

Gov. Charlie Crist said Wednesday that he’s “still studying” a bill that would restore a limit on what plaintiffs lawyers can be paid in workers compensation cases. The bill was among the top priorities this year in the Legislature for …

By KATHLEEN HAUGHNEY THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, May 13, 2009… Florida Chief Financial Officer and potential gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink called for a revamping of the State Board of Administration’s governing system Wednesday. A year and …

By KEITH LAING THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, May 6, 2009……….The stormy Florida economy could cloud power companies ability to deal with major hurricanes this year, the state’s largest electric and phone companies told the Public Service …

Sarasota Herald Tribune–Wednesday, May 6, 2009  Passage of SB 360 was the ultimate 11th-hour surprise. THE IMPACT ON FLORIDA’S ROADS … CURRENT LAW: In Florida, growth laws have required developers to expand or add roads to accommodate the extra traffic …

By KATHLEEN HAUGHNEY THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, May 5, 2009….. A legislative session that public school teachers had feared might leave schools scarred by layoffs and program cuts didn’t turn out quite so bad, education advocates …

Local governments would no longer be allowed to charge motorists for crashes under a bill that passed the House Friday and now on its way to the governor. The bill, SB 2282, would prevent cities and counties from imposing fees …