FLORIDA KEYS OFFICIALS SPEAK LOUD AGAINST COURT CONSOLIDATION IDEA AT TAMPA HEARING
Inside a Hillsborough County courthouse, state attorneys, public defenders, sheriffs and residents provided three hours of testimony to a committee tasked with recommending whether...
FUNDING AXED: TWO KEYS PROJECTS VETOED BY FLORIDA GOVERNOR
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed more than $500 million from a legislatively-approved budget on June 15 in Fort Pierce. Two budget items eliminated by...
STATE TAKES AIM AT FEDS IN FLOOD INSURANCE LAWSUIT
Wind insurance rate increases aren’t the only costs crippling Monroe County property owners.
A new requirement forces everyone with a wind insurance policy with the...
TALKING DOLLARS: FLORIDA BUDGET PROPOSES MILLIONS IN FUNDING FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS
Several critical Keys programs found their way into the Florida Senate and House budget proposals that were unveiled last week in Tallahassee.
While the amounts...
AFFORDABLE HOUSING & SPECIALITY CONTRACTOR LICENSES HIGHLIGHT FIRST WEEK OF STATE SESSION
Time is of the essence for painters, pavers, landscapers and other specialty contractors in the Florida Keys and throughout the state affected by a...
STATE SESSION PREVIEW: KEYS SEEK CARVEOUT ON INSURANCE PREMIUM HIKES
Two special sessions of the Florida Legislature in 2022 confronted the state’s crumbling property insurance industry with reforms that targeted litigation and attorney fees,...
PROPERTY INSURANCE REFORMS PASSED BY FLORIDA LEGISLATURE DON’T INCLUDE RATE DROPS
Florida legislators passed an array of reforms to the state’s crumbling homeowner’s insurance industry during a special session in Tallahassee that began Dec. 12....
1ST POLITICAL FORUM GETS FEISTY IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
Florida Keys candidates in nine political races fielded questions on July 18 from four local panelists at Hometown’s first election forum. The lively audience...
CRUISE SHIPS: STATE EXPANDS PIER B’S BOUNDARIES
Key West’s great cruise ship debate is far from over, and in fact exploded like a firework on July 1, when state officials agreed...
STATE LEGISLATORS ADDRESS PROPERTY INSURANCE CRISIS
A reinsurance program and a crackdown on fraudulent roof claims are among the proposals approved during a special session in Tallahassee to address a...
