Category: Florida News
Feb 4, 2008
Lawsuits accusing the Department of Children & Families of mishandling reports that a foster parent was molesting young girls will end up costing the state almost $2.26 million.
Feb 4, 2008
February 4-8House Interim Committee Meetings
Feb 4, 2008
Agenda items include Committee questions to Kevin McCarty, Florida Insurance Commissioner, a presentation on reinsurance and sworn testimony and response to Committee questions from property insurance executives and representatives of the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) and the Florida …
Feb 1, 2008
Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink released news today regarding the first meeting of the legislatively-created My Safe Florida Home (MSFH) Advisory Council to be held on Monday, February 4, 2008, in Tallahassee. Below is CFO Sink’s press release on …
Feb 1, 2008
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Court action deals blow to state in fight with Allstate In a blow to insurance regulators’ hopes that Allstate’s new business would again be quickly suspended, an appeals court has …
Feb 1, 2008
BY BEATRICE E. GARCIA A Florida district court of appeal will allow Allstate to continue writing new policies in Florida, but it sped up the appeal of its insurance license suspension. The First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee issued …
Feb 1, 2008
Rick Case’s 16th Annual Presidents’ Fest in The Park is back in town on February 14th – 18th at Markham Park.
Jan 31, 2008
Posted on Thu, Jan. 31, 2008–Miami Herald Crist: Tap healthcare funds to plug budget holes BY GARY FINEOUT Confronted with a souring Florida economy and a gaping $2 billion budget shortfall, Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday proposed tapping more than …
Jan 31, 2008
January 31, 2008–Daytona Beach News-Journal More tax reform talk delivered with amendment’s passage By JIM SAUNDERS and JAMES MILLER Staff Writers TALLAHASSEE — Before all the votes were even counted Tuesday night, business groups and House Republican leaders started firing …
Jan 31, 2008
Seminole gaming tug-of-war in Supreme Court’s hands The state Supreme Court gives no indication when it will rule on the Crist-Seminole deal. By STEVE BOUSQUET, Times Staff Writer Published January 31, 2008–St. Petersburg Times Florida’s Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday …