Category: Archive – Seminars
Dec 17, 2007
TALLAHASSEE – Florida, Georgia and Alabama Governors Charlie Crist, Sonny Perdue, Bob Riley and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today agreed upon a revised schedule to address the short- and long-term needs of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) and Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa …
Dec 14, 2007
Tampa Tribune, 12/14/2007 TAMPA – The cost of property insurance for businesses has fallen by 30 percent in some cases, but the state still has much work to do to solve its insurance problems, state Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink …
Dec 14, 2007
Sun-Sentinel, 12/14/2007 WASHINGTON – The Senate moved Friday against the worsening mortgage crisis, voting to make it easier for thousands of homeowners with ballooning interest rates to refinance into federally insured loans. The legislation, approved 93-1, would allow the Federal …
Dec 14, 2007
St. Petersburg Times, 12/14/2007 View article on St. Petersburg Times Florida lawmakers spent this week at the state Capitol, but many of them didn’t accomplish much until the sun went down. By day, legislators were on light duty, meeting …
Dec 14, 2007
Reuters, 12/14/2007 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A post-Sept 11, 2001 federal terrorism risk insurance program is likely to be extended next week for seven years along lines proposed by the Senate, said sources familiar with the matter on Friday.Set to expire …
Dec 14, 2007
Palm Beach Post, 12/14/2007 TALLAHASSEE North Palm Beach banker Jeff Atwater took the next-to-last step toward the Senate presidency this evening, winning the formal support of his Republican caucus.Assuming voters return Atwater to the Senate next November and his party …
Dec 14, 2007
Palm Beach Post, 12/14/2007 TALLAHASSEE Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will review its investment policies after a recent run of withdrawals on a state-run pool jeopardized nearly $2 billion of its assets, its chief financial officer told the Florida House Insurance …
Dec 14, 2007
Orlando Sentinel, 12/14/2007 Is state’s $137B pension fund OK? TALLAHASSEE – The state is expanding its audit of the troubled local-government investment fund to include Florida’s mammoth $137 billion pension fund — which bought some of the same downgraded mortgage-backed …
Dec 14, 2007
Posted on Fri, Dec. 14, 2007DBY MARY ELLEN KLASmeklas@MiamiHerald.com TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Charlie Crist ratcheted up his push to win the votes to pass the property-tax amendment on Jan. 29, with a news conference in the home of an Orlando …
Dec 13, 2007
Sarasota Herald Tribune, 12/13/2007 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Angry lawmakers on Thursday said they were stunned to find out in recent weeks that millions of dollars in state and federal money meant to make communities more ready for hurricanes hasn’t been …