Category: Florida News
Mar 18, 2009
By MICHAEL PELTIER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE, March 17, 2009 — Additional homestead tax breaks for first-time home buyers, limits on commercial property assessments and an overall cap passed a key Senate committee Tuesday but still face long …
Mar 18, 2009
By GARY FINEOUT THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE, March 17, 2009 — The executive director of the state panel that enforces election laws is resigning, ending an 11-year tenure that was marked by clashes with state legislators and her …
Mar 18, 2009
South Florida Business Journal–March 18, 2009 Boca Raton-based People’s Trust Insurance has agreed to stop writing property insurance policies in the state until it complies with a consent order it signed with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. A state …
Mar 18, 2009
A workers’ comp proposal could keep costs down but might also give an unfair advantage to companies who can spend more on lawyers. BY DAVID DECAMP Miami Herald–March 18, 2009 TALLAHASSEE — Big business scored a victory Tuesday when a …
Mar 18, 2009
Florida Today–March 18, 2009 By Jim Ash Florida Capital Bureau Chief The Florida Senate began pushing back Tuesday against the dozens of cash-strapped local governments that have begun charging crash victims for police and firefighter response. The measure (SB 2282) …
Mar 18, 2009
Florida could save $700 million a year by providing more basic screenings and preventive care, researchers say. BY JOHN DORSCHNER Miami Herald–March 14, 2009 Legislators are expected to receive next week a research paper that concludes the state could save …
Mar 18, 2009
A federal jury said two Miami-Dade doctors and two medical assistants filed $5.3 million in bogus Medicare claims. By JAY WEAVER Miami Herald–March 18, 2009 They manipulated blood samples. Falsified medical records. Wrote prescriptions for HIV patients who didn’t need …
Mar 18, 2009
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Mar 18, 2009
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Mar 17, 2009
Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Holly Benson said Tuesday during a meeting on federal stimulus implementation that it’s not clear if the agency needs legislative approval to spend more than $800 million that the state is getting as a …