Florida farmers await a cold weather disaster declaration from federal agriculture officials, regulators announce another drop in Florida auto insurance rates, and a former South Florida condominium property manager is accused of a nearly $1 million forgery scheme against residents. It’s all in this week’s Property Insurance News…
Bills that haven’t had their first committee hearing by the end of this week are extremely unlikely to be considered this session, as we will have passed the half-way point of the nine-week session scheduled to end on March 13. That has implications for …
The deadline for collecting enough voter signatures to put proposed amendments to Florida’s constitution on this November’s ballot was yesterday (February 1) but it will likely be a few weeks before we know which measures made it − and which didn’t. Two proposals have already been placed on the ballot directly …
Florida’s rural counties hit hard by the 2024 hurricanes get needed infrastructure improvement funding, St. Petersburg talks phase two of its hurricane rebuilding, and a Southwest Florida fire station wiped-out in 2022’s Hurricane Ian is back in service with help from FEMA. It’s all in this week’s Disaster Management Digest.…
Sargassum swells could swamp Florida beaches this year, the warm return to tradition hits commercial oyster fishers in Apalachicola Bay, and proposed offshore fish farms off Florida’s Gulf Coast are causing a stir. It’s all in this week’s Environmental and Engineering Digest.
Sargassum Swells: The familiar sight …
