The president of the Florida Chamber of Commerce has an answer to Sen. Bill Nelson's demand that a series of "TV attack ads" be taken off the air.
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Nelson, D-Fla., assailed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for airing "false" advertising that "distorts my record on Medicare and health-care reform." He cited a liberal media outlet's claim that the ad -- reciting Nelson's health-care votes -- was "pants on fire" untrue.
But Florida Chamber of Commerce President Mark Wilson wasn't buying any of Nelson's spin.
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Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty will testify Thursday afternoon before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
The topic, according to a release from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, is to be the U.S. Insurance Sector: International Competitiveness and Jobs.
McCarty will be speaking on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
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U.S. Rep. Connie Mack got a boost for his bid to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in November when he won heavy praise from former Gov. Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate -- but another Republican could be entering the contest soon.
Campaigning in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Romney announced that he was endorsing Mack who has been a longtime supporter of his presidential ambitions.
Purchasers of certain Skechers Resistance Running athletic shoes may be in line for a refund as part of a $45 million settlement between Florida, 42 other states, the Federal Trade Commission and the maker of the footwear, Skechers USA Inc.
Attorney General Pam Bondis office reported Wednesday on the settlement that resolves health-related claimsthe company made in marketing its line of rocker-bottom shoes.
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U.S. Rep. Connie Mack got a boost for his bid to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in November when he won heavy praise from former Gov. Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate.
Campaigning in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Romney announced that he was endorsing Mack who has been a longtime supporter of his presidential ambitions.
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While Republicans control every state Cabinet office and hold veto-proof majorities in both chambers of the Legislature, Barack Obama carried Florida in the 2008 elections, and on Wednesday the GOP put the Democrat incumbent on notice that they intend to take the Sunshine State back in November.
Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, the GOPs presumptive presidential nominee, hit the Sunshine State on Wednesday with an event in St. Petersburg. Romney heads to Jacksonville on Thursday.
People are reaching deeper into their wallets to play a record number of the state's $1 and $2 games of chance, according to Florida lottery records.
However, when it comes to ways to gamble in the Sunshine State, the big winners continue to be the Tallahassee lobbyists.
On Wednesday, Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (Crossroads GPS), a conservative political group affiliated with Republican strategist Karl Rove, unveiled a new ad that will run in Florida and nine other battleground states that hammers President Barack Obamas record on economic issues.
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Jeb Bush on Wednesday endorsed Chauncey Goss for the seat being vacated by Rep. Connie Mack in Floridas newly drawn 19th Congressional District.
In a statement, the former governor said, "Chauncey has a clear vision to restore this nation to greatness by encouraging opportunity and individual initiative -- replacing dependence on government programs with entrepreneurship, ingenuity, hard work, and the pursuit of the American Dream.
Bush added about Goss:
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A former insurance agent from Palm Harbor was arrested for allegedly running a scam aimed at seniors where details of financial products were misrepresented, according to the office of Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater.
Neal Seth Smalbach, 49, was charged with grand theft after an investigation by the state Department of Financial Services Division of Insurance Fraud revealed Smalbachs misrepresentations resulted in an estimated $4.6 million being invested by seniors in products that were unsuitable for them, the CFO office reported.
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