The roofing company owner devised a scheme to conceal the amount of wages earned by undocumented employees to avoid paying more than $1.7 million in federal income, Medicare and Social Security taxes, and more than $1 million...
As the Legislature’s elaborate but hurried response to the massacre heads to the full House, opposition is growing. The House bill (HB 7101) is in serious trouble as members of both parties keep finding reasons to vote...
Bills aimed at repealing city and county vacation rental rules appear to have stalled as the Florida Legislature prepares to wrap up its two-month legislative session next week. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune’s Zac...
Lawmakers continued negotiations Wednesday on a new $87 billion-plus state budget, after reaching agreement on several major issues, including a funding plan for public schools. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA’s Lloyd...
Though he has spent his entire Tallahassee career in the minority party, Abruzzo gained a reputation for being able to get legislation passed in the Republican-controlled Legislature, the Palm Beach Post reports....
Corps officials believed that a storm that could spill into homes would be so rare and irregular that it did not necessitate retrofitting the dams to avoid the potential flooding and litigation, despite mounting evidence that...
Flood risk is one of the most severe natural hazards in the United States, yet one of the least well-managed, National Underwriter’s Matt Nielsen reports for PropertyCasualty360.com....
Aon plc announced that Dominic Christian has been appointed as global chairman of Aon Benfield. At the same time, Julie Page has been promoted to chief executive officer of Aon UK Ltd., subject to regulatory approval,...
Attempt to Overhaul State’s No-Fault Auto Insurance System Fails in Senate Subcommittee The Legislation, one of House Speaker Richard Corcoran’s priorities, would have ended the State’s No-Fault Auto...
The U.S. Government Accountability Office was asked to review and report on federal contracting activity to support the work of FEMA and other federal agencies related to the response to the 2017 hurricanes.