In December, a Florida state court ruled singer Gloria Estefan’s company is entitled to recover more than $5.6 million from an American International Group Inc. unit in connection with hurricane damage to a hotel she and...
Category: Florida News
Many Florida counties concerned they will be stuck paying for hurricane evacuation shelters
April 11, 2018
A new interpretation of how hurricane evacuation-shelter costs are reimbursed could end up costing Florida counties millions of dollars and creating lots of red tape. Colleen Wixon reports for TCPalm.com....
Report details disputed Florida workers’ comp bills
April 11, 2018
More than half of the disputed workers’ insurance compensation bills sent to a panel for review last year were either withdrawn or tossed out because services weren’t authorized. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via...
A state board on Tuesday approved updated reimbursement rates for medical providers, hospitals, and ambulatory care centers, FloridaPolitics.com reports. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/260948-workers-comp-panel-reimburse
Lantana Democrat Lori Berman easily defeated Republican Tami Donnally in the special election to fill the Senate District 31 seat vacated by former Senator Jeff Clemens....
Florida Republican Congressman Dennis Ross is retiring
April 11, 2018
He dismissed the suggestion that his retirement had anything to do with a possible Democratic wave, though the open seat will now become a target, while setting off a scramble among Republican hopefuls. The Tampa Bay...
Janet Cruz officially announces challenge to Dana Young
April 11, 2018
Outgoing House Democratic Leader Janet Cruz announced Tuesday that she will challenge Republican state Senator Dana Young, thus setting up a tough election fight in a Tampa swing seat. Matt Dixon reports for Politico...
Rick Scott will appoint a replacement, who would get a two-year term. The circuit covers Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee counties. TCPalm.com’s Paul Ivice reports....
Many of the state’s largest school districts had already signaled that they would reject the program, the Tampa Bay Times’ Ron Brackett reports....
Florida readies for Volkswagen’s dirty-diesel dollars
April 11, 2018
Volkswagen’s diesel scam has netted nearly $3 billion for states to spend on low- or no-pollution cars, buses, trucks, locomotives and other vehicles from forklifts to ships. Kevin Spear reports for the Orlando Sentinel....