Governor Rick Scott called an emergency meeting of the Cabinet for Wednesday in anticipation of a federal court not approving a delay in adopting a new system of granting the right to vote to convicted felons. The Tampa Bay...
State Senator Jeff Brandes, a Republican from St. Petersburg, championed a long list of criminal justice reform bills this session, with little success. He’s already getting ready to go back in the ring. The Tampa Bay...
Environmentalist’s free speech right just cost her millions
April 25, 2018
Disputes, court cases and regulatory actions have been detonating for ten years over Lindemann’s 2,200-acre “Lake Point” project in far-western Martin County, near Lake Okeechobee. Marty Merzer reports for...
Seminole County Florida residents alarmed by re-emergence of plan to build hundreds of homes in rural area
April 25, 2018
Residents of the rural eastern outskirts of Seminole County are alarmed by a developer’s proposal to build a community of hundreds of new homes and apartments near the environmentally sensitive area, the Orlando...
Texas Windstorm Policy Assumption Program to Begin Soon
April 25, 2018
This will be the third round for the Assumption Reinsurance Depopulation Program that was authorized by the Texas Legislature in 2015, Insurance Journal reports....
FEMA Hosts Flood Insurance Roundtable in West Virginia
April 25, 2018
FEMA Region III said it will work with other state partners to host Flood Insurance Partner Roundtable events throughout the region in the coming year to broaden the conversation to reduce the risk of future flooding,...
Panels will be tested for wind, fire and impact resistance. Additionally, a solar-powered onsite weather station will continually collect data, documenting temperatures, humidity and solar radiation levels, Insurance Journal...
Why Coastal Living Is Becoming Affordable for Only the Rich
April 25, 2018
When Hurricane Irma reached Florida’s Big Pine Key in September, it caused the floor of Terry and Sharon Baron’s cream-colored mobile home to collapse. On Marathon Key, twenty miles north, the winds lifted Diane...
California Insurance Commissioner Jones renews request to insurers to offer insurance for cannabis industry
April 25, 2018
Over 24 surplus lines insurers and the first admitted insurer are now offering insurance for various risks faced by the cannabis businesses in California. ...
Months after an insurance broker won a contract for a company to sell policies to Mississippi prison system employees, he was called to see Christopher Epps, who was the state corrections commissioner at the time. Emily...