Category: Florida News

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   FEMA covered up cancer risks to Katrina victims Documents obtained by Salon reveal FEMA officials ignored scientific advice about toxins in thousands of emergency trailers. Last summer, the …

Miami Herald–Posted on Tue, Jan. 29, 2008 Candidates trade some tough talk BY BETH REINHARD, TERE FIGUERAS NEGRETE AND CASEY WOODS On the last day of Florida’s most intense Republican primary campaign in decades, the invectives began flying at dawn. …

Miami Herald–Posted on Tue, Jan. 29, 2008 Florida election a barometer for country BY MARC CAPUTO AND LESLEY CLARK The biggest and most diverse swing state is about to render its verdict on the presidency and politics, and here’s what …

OrlandoSentinel.com CAMPAIGN 2008 Despite millions spent, nobody can predict if Amendment 1 will pass Aaron Deslatte and Christine Show Sentinel Staff Writers January 29, 2008   It has been a campaign as much about the charisma of a popular governor …

Jan 29, 5:29 AM EST Vegas-style slots debut at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino By ADRIAN SAINZAssociated Press WriterAdvertisement HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Purse in hand and eyeglasses on, 80-year-old Ruth Spivak stood behind a velvet rope just steps …

FEMA covered up cancer risks to Katrina victims Documents obtained by Salon reveal FEMA officials ignored scientific advice about toxins in thousands of emergency trailers. By Sheila Kaplan Jan. 29, 2008 | Last summer, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was …

  The Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) held a workshop today, Tuesday, January 29, 2008 on Proposed Rule 69J-2.003, F.A.C. entitled “Mediation Procedures for Resolution of Disputed Personal Lines Insurance Claims Arising from the 2004 and 2005 Hurricanes and Tropical …

OIR Workshop 9:30 a.m. 142 Larson Rule No: Rule Title: 69O-203.070 Annual and Quarterly Reports; Forms This Rule is being amended to adopt forms to be used by the prepaid limited health service organizations in filing their quarterly and annual …

To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   State panel to review insurers’ hurricane-risk models This year, the state is set to again consider the way insurance companies determine which areas of Florida are most at risk …

The Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) Board of Governors (“Board”) held a meeting on Thursday, January 24, 2008. To view a copy of the Board meeting agenda, click here. For links to the complete Meeting Packet sections, click here. Board …