The joys of Christmas do not include coping with crowds at shopping malls or wracking your brains trying to figure out what to get as a gift for someone who already seems to have everything.
Irish bookmakers Paddy Power have made former House Speaker Newt Gingrich an 8-15 favorite to win Iowa, and he's now even money with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, both at 5-4 odds, to capture the Republican presidential nomination.
However, the oddsmakers continue to have President Barack Obama as the favorite to win next November.
They didn't release odds of the GOP field for the Jan. 31 Florida primary.
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A Florida TaxWatch report says the state's hurricane insurance system is underfunded and overexposed, and needs reform to protect Floridians.
The current insurance system puts taxpayers on the hook for potentially billions in assessments, while providing little assurance that their claims will be paid in the event of a catastrophic hurricane or series of hurricanes, said Dominic M. Calabro, Florida TaxWatch president and CEO.
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If there is a Florida port that wont see growth when the Panama Canal expansion is completed, it would be the port located closest to the canal.
Already one of the busiest ports of call in the nation, Key West is strictly a cruise ship and ferry port, with berths -- Outer Mole Pier, Mallory Dock, and Pier B -- at the western end of the island city that sits at the end of the Florida Keys.
No cargo comes through the port.
Southern Strategy Group has joined the extensive team of lobbying professionals working for the Florida Chamber of Commerce.
The addition of SSG to the Florida Chamber lobbying program takes Floridas voice of business to over 30 lobbyists, making it one of the largest and most experienced business lobbying programs in Tallahassee, a release from the Chamber states.
The following is from the release:
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With state legislators returning to Tallahassee for the final committee week before the 2012 regular session, Associated Industries of Florida, which has started to run pro-"destination resort" ads on North Florida cable stations, has also released its legislative priorities for the 2012 session that begins in just over one month.
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Parents could be electronically notified when law enforcement makes a report on their teenage driver, under a bill filed by Rep. Richard L. Steinberg, D-Miami Beach, and Sen. Greg Evers, R-Baker.
Under the bill, HB 571 and SB 854, parents would have the option to be notified whenever a ticket or traffic violation is issued, a crash is reported or the license is suspended.
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