The list of lawmakers criticizing Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for a $52 million deal with a new insurance company continues to grow. The latest critic: House Speaker Will Weatherford.By Toluse OlorunnipaHerald/Times Tallahassee Bureau
Critics see political donations and heavy lobbying by Heritage Property and Casualty as evidence that Citizens Property and Gov. Rick Scott are tapping the insurer’s $6.4 billion surplus for special giveaways to politically-connected companies.
Senate President Don Gaetz and House Speaker Will Weatherford hit the road to highlight what they see as success stories of their joint legislative agenda and the 2013 state budget.
Gov. Rick Scott completed Florida’s election law about-face, signing a bill to reverse changes to early voting laws.
From a coast-to-coast bike trail to tuition increases, Gov. Rick Scott vetoed more than $350 million from the state budget, which he signed Monday.
When he signs the state budget Monday, the governor is also expected to approve an extra $65 million for safety-net hospitals like Jackson and Broward Health.
Legislative analysts flip-flopped on whether lawmakers’ vote on Gov. Rick Scott’s manufacturi...
Gov. Rick Scott, who campaigned on a pledge to shrink the size of government, has until next week to decid...
Tallahassee has long resonated with talk about our precious, precious school children. Except lately the al...
The state House quietly kept members’ health insurance rates low. How low? Less than 9 bucks a month.
In six weeks, the political campaign for tax dollars to fund a Sun Life Stadium renovation became one of th...
South Florida lawmakers led the charge to give millions of dollars to private tutoring firms, even after re...
From alligator marketing to rowing centers, the state budget has millions of dollars aimed at lawmakers...
Florida’s Democratic chairman attacked Gov. Scott over his teacher pay promise. Unfortunately, her m...
Though the vote garnered little attention from outside observers, Republicans hailed it as among the year&#...
Lawmakers approved spending $10 million to protect the state’s springs, but the Department of Enviro...
State universities say they aren’t counting on extra money the Legislature approved.
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