Category: Florida News
Apr 9, 2018
A deaf South Florida man is suing the Legislature because it doesn’t provide closed captioning for its “online live streaming videos,” FloridaPolitics.com’s Jim Rosica reports. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/260641-lawsuit-legislative-videos-deaf
Apr 9, 2018
The Palm Beach Post reported that after Melgen was sentenced federal prosecutors identified additional insurers and former patients who paid Melgen for eye treatments that were unnecessary. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article208280794.html
Apr 9, 2018
AIDS Healthcare Foundation says the State of Florida will recklessly disrupt care for a vulnerable population of nearly 2,000 Florida HIV patients. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180408005087/en/AHF-New-Statewide-Florida-Ad-Campaign-Targets
Apr 9, 2018
The FMIT offers workers’ compensation, liability, property and health insurance to Florida’s local governments. Governed by elected officials, the FMIT is a nonprofit, tax-exempt risk-sharing pool that has been in existence for more than 40 years, the Tampa Bay Reporter notes. http://www.tbreporter.com/politics/johnson-named-insurance-trust-board/
Apr 9, 2018
Governor Rick Scott announced his long-expected run for the Florida Senate today in an Orlando rally, setting the stage for a contentious and expensive battle against Democratic Senator Bill Nelson. The Miami Herald’s Lawrence Mower reports via the “Naked Politics” …
Apr 9, 2018
With a pen stroke, Scott avoided the epithet “Governor Poopy Water,” something environmentalists had vowed to call him if he let the bill become law. The Associated Press’ Brendan Farrington reports via the Palm Beach Post. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FL_FLORIDA_GOVERNOR_WASTEWATER_VETO_FLOL-?SITE=FLPAP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2018-04-06-17-51-44
Apr 9, 2018
State Representative Lori Berman, a Democrat, is running against Tami Donnally, the vice chairman of the Palm Beach County Republican Party, the Associated Press reports. https://apnews.com/02051558b5484d1da7757eaeaae1c7f8/Voters-to-pick-replacement-for-Florida-state-senator
Apr 9, 2018
His third act might make those against-all-odds aspirations seem easy. Now he wants to defeat Florida’s most popular Democrat, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, in a time when almost every Republican with close ties to President Donald Trump has lost or at least dramatically …
Apr 9, 2018
A team including an Iowa State University researcher studied Galveston, Texas, homes following Hurricane Ike, finding that the types of housing and homeowners – and how U.S. recovery policy handles each – played a major role in recovery outcomes, Insurance …
Apr 9, 2018
The U.S. territory is not ready for another disaster, Insurance Journal’s Danica Coto reports. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/04/09/485685.htm