Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration will decide whether to drop its contract with AIDS Health Care Foundation by the end of this month, WMFE’s Danielle Prieur reports....
Allen Winsor, Wendy Berger picked to serve as federal judges
April 10, 2018
President Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped two Florida appellate judges with ties to Attorney General Pam Bondi and former Gov. Jeb Bush to serve as federal district judges. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via...
She was slated to be his U.S. Senate campaign’s Hispanic media outreach director, Politico Florida’s Sergio Bustos and Marc Caputo report....
Florida ACLU leader retiring after decades of battles
April 10, 2018
The ACLU’s “Voting Restoration Amendment” would automatically restore the right to vote for felons who have completed their sentences, fulfilled probation or parole and paid restitution. The proposal, which...
An administrative law judge Monday sided with a Central Florida “foreclosure-rescue” firm in a dispute about whether it had improperly performed loan-modification services without a state license. THE NEWS SERVICE OF...
Women’s pay in Florida worsening, report says
April 10, 2018
Florida’s gender pay gap is 12.5 percent, meaning women employed full-time, year-round earn 87.5 cents for every dollar a man makes. That’s a yearly pay difference of $5,474. Casey Logan reports for the Naples Daily...
New Jersey Department of Insurance Warns Financial, Mortgage Entities on New Wire Transfer Fraud Schemes
April 10, 2018
Scammers are now deploying “porting” technologies and “business email compromise” (“BEC”) to intrude fraudulently into wire transfer technology, the New Jersey Department of Insurance advised in Bulletin 18-04...
California investigation into sale of short-term health policies leads to $5 million settlement with HCC Life Insurance Company
April 10, 2018
In a joint market conduct examination with 41 other insurance departments, the California Department of Insurance reviewed HCC Life’s marketing and sale of short-term health insurance products, and claim handling...
The private rail line, which debuted in South Florida in early January, has now been involved in six fatalities and two non-fatal accidents since it began testing the train in 2017. Arie Chokey reports for the Sun-Sentinel....
Rick Scott re-appoints six compensation claims judges
April 9, 2018
Governor Rick Scott on Friday announced the reappointments of six Judges of Compensation Claims, who handle disputed workers’ compensation cases, FloridaPolitics.com reports....