Category: Florida News
Mar 26, 2018
Under state law, the use of a weapon bumped up the manslaughter charge from a second-degree felony to a first-degree felony, carrying a longer prison sentence. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/259721-supreme-court-to-decide-if-car-can-be-weapon
Mar 26, 2018
A homeowner details the 10-month saga she went through after finding a leak under her kitchen sink last year. FloridaPolitics.com Publisher Peter Schorsch notes the video. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/259728-consumer-protection-coalition-releases-new-video-in-aob-fight
Mar 26, 2018
The two bills (HB 7099, SB 7028) replace a pair of emergency rules that the Scott administration issued in September, FloridaPolitics.com reports. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/259773-rick-scott-signs-nursing-home-generator-requirements
Mar 26, 2018
Brad Piepenbrink most recently served as deputy chief of staff in the Governor’s Office where he oversaw the Governor’s policy development over the environment, health care, transportation, law enforcement and emergency management and was also the director of the Office …
Mar 26, 2018
The judge denied the at-times-hilarious motion to intervene in the challenge, filed by the NRA almost immediately after Governor Rick Scott signed a sweeping school-safety law on March 9. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA’s Dara Kam reports via her “Truth or Dara” blog. …
Mar 26, 2018
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) today released its 2017 Annual Report “A Blueprint for Strategy.” The report outlines the financial health of the NAIC, focuses on initiatives and operations directly impacted by the budget, and illustrates the efforts state insurance …
Mar 26, 2018
Lawsuits and a swirl of questions about financing, manpower and legal liabilities are now clouding the future of the school security push. John Kennedy reports via the Gainesville Sun. http://www.gainesville.com/news/20180324/states-new-school-safety-law-hits-roadblocks
Mar 26, 2018
A powerful panel of Floridians that meets every 20 years is about to decide whether a ban on oil drilling, term limits for school board members and nearly two dozen other ideas should be included in the state’s constitution. The …
Mar 26, 2018
The SmarterSafter Coalition, a group of insurance, taxpayer, environmental and housing organizations, repeated its call that a permanent fix is needed. Reuters’ Ginger Gibson reports via Insurance Journal. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/03/25/484318.htm
Mar 26, 2018
Economists have tended to view immigration as a mitigating factor in estimating the negative impact of the labor shortage. Insurance Journal’s Andrew G. Simpson reports. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/03/26/484326.htm