Lack of regulations surrounding sober homes and lucrative urine testing were the two main drivers for the insurance scam that came to be known as “The Florida Shuffle.” ESPN’s John Barr and Mike Farrell...
A deaf South Florida man is suing the Legislature because it doesn’t provide closed captioning for its “online live streaming videos,” FloridaPolitics.com’s Jim Rosica reports....
Florida eye doctor ordered to pay millions more
April 9, 2018
The Palm Beach Post reported that after Melgen was sentenced federal prosecutors identified additional insurers and former patients who paid Melgen for eye treatments that were unnecessary....
AIDS Healthcare Foundation says the State of Florida will recklessly disrupt care for a vulnerable population of nearly 2,000 Florida HIV patients....
The FMIT offers workers’ compensation, liability, property and health insurance to Florida’s local governments. Governed by elected officials, the FMIT is a nonprofit, tax-exempt risk-sharing pool that has been in...
Governor Rick Scott announces Senate run in Orlando
April 9, 2018
Governor Rick Scott announced his long-expected run for the Florida Senate today in an Orlando rally, setting the stage for a contentious and expensive battle against Democratic Senator Bill Nelson. The Miami Herald’s...
Florida governor vetoes “toilet to tap” bill
April 9, 2018
With a pen stroke, Scott avoided the epithet “Governor Poopy Water,” something environmentalists had vowed to call him if he let the bill become law. The Associated Press’ Brendan Farrington reports via the...
State Representative Lori Berman, a Democrat, is running against Tami Donnally, the vice chairman of the Palm Beach County Republican Party, the Associated Press reports....
Rick Scott’s third career act
April 9, 2018
His third act might make those against-all-odds aspirations seem easy. Now he wants to defeat Florida’s most popular Democrat, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, in a time when almost every Republican with close ties to...
A team including an Iowa State University researcher studied Galveston, Texas, homes following Hurricane Ike, finding that the types of housing and homeowners – and how U.S. recovery policy handles each – played a major...