Category: Archive – Seminars

By Sandra Block, USA TODAY Families who lost their homes to the foreclosure crisis this year will have at least one reason for cheer this holiday season: They won’t have to worry about a big tax bill. Shortly before adjourning …

BY SUSANNAH A. NESMITH AND GARY FINEOUT A circuit court in Tallahassee tossed out the Legislature’s plan to save money by appointing special public defenders to represent indigent defendants who can’t be represented by the elected public defenders in each …

By DAN CHRISTENSEN The Miami Herald Two men sent to prison for staging a car crash in Lauderdale Lakes are the first in Broward County sentenced under a tough Florida law enacted to combat no-fault insurance fraud, prosecutors say. Circuit …

TALLAHASSEE – Following the Governor’s appointment of Representative Wilbert “Tee” Holloway to the Miami-Dade County School Board, state Senator Larcenia J. Bullard, District 39, has assumed the Interim Chairperson position of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus. Senator Bullard (D-Miami) was …

TALLAHASSEE – Governor Charlie Crist today joined Senate President Ken Pruitt and Dr. Peter Gruss, President and CEO of the Max Planck Society based in Munich, Germany, to announce the creation of the Florida Max Planck Institute of Bio-imaging in …

Orlando Sentinel, 12/18/2007 One reason local governments invested billions of tax dollars in a now-struggling state fund was because of the low management fee. But now, the private company hired by Florida to salvage the account damaged by exposure to …

Commissioner Bronson recognizes the Toys for Tots program ANNOUNCEMENTS:Next Cabinet meeting: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 AGENDA ORDER: State Board of Administration – Division of Bond Finance Financial Services Commission – Office of Insurance Regulation Department of Revenue Department of Highway …

The Florida State Board of Administration’s Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, on behalf of the Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology, announces a Notice of Meeting/Workshop Hearing to which all persons are invited. To view the meeting agenda, click here. …

The Florida Department of Financial Services, Office of Insurance Regulation has issued a Notice of Proposed RuleforRule No: Rule Title 69O-170.0155: Forms PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To adopt the Personal Injury Protection Health Care Provider Certification of Eligibility Form as required …

TALLAHASSEE — During his eight years in office, Gov. Jeb Bush earned national stature as a tax-cutting conservative icon with nearly $20 billion in cumulative cuts during his eight years. But the same conservatives who relished their role during Bush’s …