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Alachua County has become the first Florida County to raise the legal age for buying tobacco to 21. The move is meant to make it harder for high schoolers to get cigarettes and …
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Alachua County has become the first Florida County to raise the legal age for buying tobacco to 21. The move is meant to make it harder for high schoolers to get cigarettes and …
2019 is shaping up to be another year for catastrophic flooding and we’re not even into hurricane season yet. The winter’s California floods and this spring’s heavy storms across the Central U.S. have authorities …
The Florida Legislature this year is looking at an idea that many of us in disaster management and insurance have been frustrated hasn’t gotten much traction over the years: move more utility lines …
With just two full weeks left in the scheduled 2019 legislative session, budget negotiators are trying to reconcile an approximately $400 difference between the proposed House and Senate budgets …
Another contractor has been arrested for an Assignment of Benefits (AOB) insurance fraud and one of his alleged victims is a Hurricane Michael survivor. Meanwhile, recently released statistics show Florida …
As long anticipated, weather forecasters have increased Hurricane Michael’s strength to a Category 5 storm when it made landfall last October 10th, making it the first Cat 5 hurricane to …

We open this edition hoping that all of you had a wonderful celebration. The dates of the Christian holiday of Easter and the Jewish holiday of Passover are determined by the Vernal Equinox. While Passover celebrates the ancient Jews leaving …
After years of theorization, Black Holes have finally been brought into the light. Humanity has finally figured out a way to capture these behemoth star devouring forces of gravity in the form of a photograph thanks to the efforts of …
Recently announced changes in the federal flood insurance program were a topic of interest at last weekend’s spring meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) in Orlando. Commissioners discussed ways …
As more Florida cities allow the use of motorized scooters on streets and sidewalks, the Florida Legislature wants to put into place a statewide regulatory framework for uniform rules governing companies providing scooter sharing …