Not only has the Florida Building Code not been fully effective in protecting homes in the Panhandle clobbered by last fall’s Hurricane Michael, now neither are mitigation efforts designed to fortify our homes and businesses, according …
Now that Hurricane Michael has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm – only the fourth on record – Governor DeSantis is asking the President to increase the federal cost sharing of recovery from 75% …
Assignment of Benefits (AOB) reform goes before the full House on Wednesday, as the Senate’s version goes through further review and vetting. Both chambers will begin budget negotiations this sixth week. Last week the …
The Florida House and Senate held their last of six “committee weeks” from February 18-22 to hear proposed legislation making its way through the process. With the formal 2019 legislative …
It’s been a busy two weeks of House and Senate Committee meetings. During a “committee week” the full House and Senate do not meet as a body in their respective chambers …
We’re recapping the third week of legislative committee meetings from January 22-24 and previewing this week’s fourth week of meetings – the first of three weeks in a row. The legislature will then …
Assignment of Benefits (AOB) reform and the broader issue of excessive litigation remain a legislative priority for the 2019 Florida legislature. There’s a renewed sense of optimism by key lawmakers that real progress …
