As we regularly discuss here at LMA, flooding is sadly becoming a regular occurrence here in Florida and for countless Americans, many of whom live far away from the high-risk flood zones we’ve traditionally …
Leaders of the Florida House and Senate will spend this and the next few weeks figuring out how to bridge a $1.4 billion gap that exists between their …
Florida’s drought prompts new water use restrictions and calls for conservation, new research quantifies the value of coral reefs in protecting against coastal flooding, and a federal dredging project threatens Florida’s last …
Leaders of the Florida House and Senate will spend this and the next few weeks figuring out how to bridge a $1.4 billion gap that exists between their two chambers’ proposals for …
In a repeat of last year’s session, the Florida Legislature will not be ending its regular 60-day session on time this coming Friday for lack of agreement on a …
With no budget conferences held this past weekend between the two chambers of the Florida Legislature, long time lobbyists and legislators agree that it’s unlikely the session will end …
Lawmakers begin their last third of the legislative session today – or do they? While each passed its own budget proposal last week (and there is a relatively modest …
The Florida House of Representatives worked through yesterday’s President’s Day holiday and the Senate will join them this morning to begin ironing-out differences in the two chambers’ state budget …
Senate President Ben Albritton has made it clear that he expects there will be no major property insurance law changes from this legislative session. He said so just a …
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 …
