A committee looking for a new president for Florida State University will now cast a net that extends beyond powerful state Sen. John Thrasher, the head of the panel announced late Tuesday. Ed Burr, chairman of the FSU Presidential Search Advisory Committee, said an outpouring of interest in the position
Close to half of this year’s state legislative races are no races at all, with incumbent lawmakers in those districts running unopposed for re-election. Of 140 state Senate and House seats up for grabs, 60 sitting legislators had no opposition. Read entire article here: .pdf | Naples News
TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who came into office promising to tame government spending, signed into law on Monday a record $77 billion budget for the coming year. Scott not only approved the new budget, but he also used a light touch on his budget vetoes during his fourth
Eight hurricane-free years in Florida and a seller’s market in catastrophe bonds have fortified the state against the cost of major storm damage as the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1. “Florida is in its best position in a decade,” said Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute.
When it comes to Florida’s property insurance rates, what a difference a little pressure from the state’s chief financial officer can make. In 2013, most of Florida’s property insurers, as usual, filed for rate increases — despite eight straight years without a hurricane and sharp reductions in insurers’ costs.
TALLAHASSEE — Two top executives at Citizens Property Insurance called for an investigation Monday into the way the state-run insurer handles employees who leave the agency to go to work for companies that receive contracts. Citizens CEO Barry Gilway and chairman of the board Chris Gardner asked the agency’s inspector
— U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida’s Republican rising star, may be on a collision course with his friend and mentor, GOP elder statesman, former Gov. Jeb Bush. Both politicians are contemplating a run for president in 2016, which would thrust two prominent South Floridians into a scramble for the White
Now that John Thrasher has submitted his resume and letter of interest for the FSU presidency, the question in a lot of minds is not if the influential state senator will get the job but when. he answer may have big implications for control of the Senate in 2016 and
TALLAHASSEE | Sen. John Thrasher hasn’t been named president of Florida State University. At least not yet. But in Tallahassee circles, it’s widely assumed Thrasher will get the top job at his alma mater, and that means behind-the-scenes discussions already have started about who will run for Thrasher’s solidly Republican
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