By MICHAEL PELTIER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE MARCH 27, 2009…Two months after being denied higher rates, State Farm Insurance Co. and other large insurers could charge premiums not regulated by...
A proposed constitutional amendment to adjust a constitutional class size requirement cleared another hurdle Wednesday afternoon, winning approval from the Education Policy Council. But not without some fireworks from the...
In rolling out a potential budget for the Pre-K-12 system, Sen. Stephen Wise, R-Jacksonville, said the committee may examine changing the textbook buying cycle from six years to eight years in hopes of saving money. The...
If it took more than a couple seconds for you to get this story to come up on your computer, take heart. Florida would be able to seek federal money for the building of broadband Internet infrastructure under legislation...
The Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee has proposed a $25.1 billion budget that calls for billions in federal stimulus funds to make ends meet. The Agency for Health Care Administration includes $1.9...
By DAVID ROYSE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, March 26, 2009…..The House on Thursday rejected a proposed compromise and stuck with a hard cap on plaintiffs lawyers fees in workers compensation...
By KATHLEEN HAUGHNEY THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, March 25, 2009 — Two Florida lawmakers promoted a program Wednesday that would require universities to bill students’ private health...
The business-pushed measure that seeks to reinstate the cap on workers’ compensation lawyers fees is in Senate Banking and Insurance on Wednesday. The fee schedule for workers’ comp lawyers was thrown out by the...
Insurance-Journal--March 25, 2009 U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has asked the U.S. Treasury to provide assurances to private market lenders that any loans they make in Florida would be repaid at fair market interest in the event of a...
Orlando Sentinel--March 25, 2009 Aaron Deslatte Tallahassee Bureau CFO Alex Sink has angrily accused DeLand Rep. Pat Patterson of bottling up a bill meant to increase the penalties for unscrupulous insurance agents who bilk...