The growing trend
Across the US, over 11 million leaf blowers kick into action every year, blasting the natural autumn leaf cover far and wide – something that may soon come to an end. The general upkeep of the lawn …
Banning Leaf Blowers
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Last Week’s Rains and New Flood Prevention Measures
Plus, proposed expanded flood disclosures
A big storm system brings more flooding to South Florida, Fort Lauderdale unveils plans to answer last April’s 25-inch deluge, and a Florida bill could require flood disclosures on all property sales in the state. …
More Calls for Property Insurance Reform
As insurance company costs exceed premiums
The clamor for more state property insurance relief takes on a new voice in Congress, State Farm suffers another big underwriting loss, Citizens Property Insurance reports encouraging news on lawsuits, and yet another drop …
Are Changes Afoot in Florida’s Offers of Judgment?
Lawmakers hold hearing
Florida lawmakers are also expressing an interest in the Offer of Judgment statute (s.768.79, F.S.), colloquially known as the Proposal for Settlement (PFS) statute. Its intent is to incentivize parties in lawsuits to accept reasonable …
Lawmakers Probe Condo and Homeowners Associations
How AI may soon help weed-out bad actors
The Florida Legislature in its upcoming January regular session is also going to take another look at condominium governance and regulation. The Senate Regulated Industries Committee last week got an earful from …
More Home-Hardening Dollars Approved
Lawmakers hear needs of Idalia’s rural communities, too
In addition to providing more relief for farmers who suffered damage in last August’s Hurricane Idalia (see our Open story), the Florida Legislature in its recent special session also agreed to more …
Farmers, Friends and Funding
I grew up in Plant City, Florida with its mix of a quaint downtown and strawberry fields. To this day that mix is still fueling much of Eastern Hillsborough County’s growth. So many of the strawberry farmers are my friends …
Tampa Electric Craft Take to the Air
Tampa seems to be on the cutting edge of new flight technologies, welcoming the Alia, the US military’s first all-electric airplane this past week. As the world’s largest institutional producer of greenhouse gases, the US Air Force has confirmed its …
Florida Passes on Federal Solar Panel Funding
As fragile corals return to the sea
Florida leadership passes on the Biden Administration’s solar panels for low-income families, FSU researchers look for climate solutions right beneath our feet, and scientists return over 5,000 refugee corals back into the ocean. …
Cancer Rates Rising in Young Adult Floridians
Plus, Florida’s health plan bargains
Florida cancer rates are rising among people in their 20’s and 30’s, mirroring a growing national trend, and the federal heathcare insurance marketplace opens among news that Florida private plans have among the lowest rates …
