President Barack Obamas Affordable Care Act, the federal overhaul of health care, is under siege in Florida courts and the state Legislature, but those efforts arent enough for some tea party groups.
Floridas unemployment outlook remains bleak, with the state Agency for Workforce Innovation report released Friday showing a jobless rate of 12 percent for November.
Foreclosure filings in Florida fell 42 percent in November from the previous month, with one in every 267 housing units receiving a filing last month, according to a report released Thursday by Realty Trac, a California-based company that tracks foreclosed properties.
Floridas lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act, the federal overhaul of health care, took another step forward Thursday as U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson heard oral arguments in Pensacola.
Gas prices in Florida hit $3 per gallon this week, with the rest of the nation not far behind. But potential holiday motorists dont appear to be changing their plans because of it.
The Florida Retail Federation hopes to get $20 million from BP -- perhaps by paying for tax-free holidays -- to help make up for Northwest Florida retailers' lost sales and vitality during the oil spill.
The Florida Public Service Commission Tuesday reached a settlement with Florida Power & Light Co. that will allow the electric company to charge its ratepayers more -- though not as much as the company originally had sought. The increase will bring in an additional $75.5 million, but FPL's base rates will be frozen for the next two years.
State economic forecasters predicted Friday that without additional appropriations, Floridas Medicaid program could begin running a deficit as soon as the 2011-2012 fiscal year.
Florida will get at least one, and possibly two, more congressional districts after the U.S. Census data is released, but the state Legislature will decide where those new districts will be drawn on the map.
Facing the possibility of a $3.5 billion budget shortfall, some state senators see the state employee pension plan as ripe for the plucking.
