October 12, 2011 - 6:00pm
Citizens Hikes Standard and Sinkhole Coverage
Submitted by Anonymous on October 13, 2011 - 12:01am
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. board members on Wednesday boosted the standard coverage 6 percent for the majority of its nearly 1.5 million customers, while formally hiking sinkhole policies to a rate lowered last month by state regulators.
Sinkhole policies will still jump 32.8 percent, but the amount is down from the initial request from the state-backed Citizens that averaged 447 percent statewide.
The board had agreed to cap the sinkhole increase at 50 percent on the eve of an expected contentious public hearing in Tampa on Sept. 13.
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Happy Anniversary, Charlie Crist: Thanks a Bunch for U.S. Sugar Deal
Submitted by Nancy Smith on October 12, 2011 - 11:18pm
Congrats, Charlie, it's your anniversary.
Yes, it's been one year exactly since Florida completed its $197 million land deal with U.S. Sugar Corp., when Gov. Charlie Crist bought Floridians what amounts to a draft pick to be named later.
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Scott Taps Floyd, Carroll as Court Appointments
Submitted by Anonymous on October 12, 2011 - 10:10pm
Gov. Rick Scott has appointed Mose L. Floyd of Ponte Verde Beach to the Duval County Court and Kevin Carroll of Tallahassee to the 2nd Judicial Circuit Court.
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Scott Names Three to Environmental Regulation Commission
Submitted by Anonymous on October 12, 2011 - 9:59pm
Gov. Rick Scott has appointed Adam R. Gelber and Susan C. Grandin to the Environmental Regulation Commission, while reappointing Dr. Joseph C. Joyce to the board.
Joyce, 62, of Gainesville, is the executive associate vice president of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. He is reappointed for a term beginning Oct. 10, 2011, and ending July 1, 2015.
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Congress, Governors Nix High-Speed Train Plans
October 12, 2011 - 6:00pm
Dead. Kaput. Through. Finished. Washed up. Gone-zo.
Rep. Ted Deutch: Trade Agreements 'Escalate Global Race for Cheap Labor'
Submitted by Anonymous on October 12, 2011 - 5:28pm
Though three free-trade agreements were cleared by the White House and passed by wide margins in both the House and Senate Wednesday evening, Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, voted nay.
"In the midst of unprecedented long-term unemployment, I cannot support trade agreements that repeat the mistakes of previous trade deals that shipped millions of American jobs overseas and exploded our national trade deficit," Deutch said in a statement.
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Bermuda Insurer Approved to Cover Foreign Nationals in Florida
Submitted by Anonymous on October 12, 2011 - 5:06pm
Bermuda-based Best Doctors Insurance Ltd. has become the first international company to take advantage of the states new rule that allows international carriers to insure foreign nationals working in Florida.
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced Wednesday the offshore insurer would operate a Miami office, offering insurance to people from Central and South American countries.
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Legislative Leaders Promise to Work With Rick Scott on Taxes, Education
October 11, 2011 - 6:00pm
Bill Nelson's Spokesman Draws Heat over News Tip about Marco Rubio
October 11, 2011 - 6:00pm
Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson's highly paid spokesman crossed the line when he touted a political poll to a Florida newspaper, a Heritage Foundation fellow charged.
"Most [spokesmen] know they're supposed to draw a line on political activity. When a staffer is handing out materials that are not at all related to the business before the Senate, that's a problem," said Hans von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow at the conservative Washington think tank.
Nelson spokesman Dan McLaughlin made news of sorts on Oct. 6 when an Orlando Sentinel blog reported:
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