A state mandate to prohibit advance payments from the Federal Emergency Management Agency has left dozens of cities, counties and school districts waiting months to receive nearly $4 billion in federal funds to pay recovery...
Florida officials said about 3 million of those who left were not in evacuation zones, The Palm Beach Post’s Kimberly Miller reports....
Topics include but are not limited to Board Committee Reports. https://www.citizensfla.com/-/20180411-bog Materials from this month’s Citizens’ committees Consumer Services Committee Audit Committee Finance and...
Businesses that plan ahead of time are more likely to survive a major disaster, 850 Magazine’s Erin Hoover writes....
One homeowners’ insurer in Florida offer what it calls a “deductible installment plan,” Patrick Wraight writes for Insurance Journal. https://www.insurancejournal.com/blogs/academy-journal/2018/04/04/485077.htm
The rift between the House and Senate is whether to allow policy that would allow the state’s gambling industry to grow, potentially competing with the six casinos operated by the tribe....
A proposal that would have prohibited governmental agencies from using lobbyists to influence the annual appropriations process in the Legislature was rejected Tuesday by a Constitution Revision Commission panel. THE NEWS...
Governor Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet will appeal a federal judge’s order to devise a new process for restoring voting rights to felons. Jim Rosica reports for FloridaPolitics.com....
New law allows beachfront property owners to restrict access to sand behind them. Ethan Calloway reports for News4Jax.com. https://www.news4jax.com/news/florida/trips-to-florida-beaches-will-soon-come-with-more-restrictions
For Amscot, it was just one part of an effort to persuade a group of lawmakers whose constituents would be most affected by the bill. The Tampa Bay Times’ Lawrence Mower reports for “The Buzz” blog....