Jim Saunders News Service Of Florida

December 13, 2017 | Daily Business Review

State regulators Tuesday approved a controversial proposal by Florida Power & Light to collect at least $176.4 million from customers for a project…

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

4 minute read

December 05, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The Fifth District Court of Appeal, in an eight-page ruling Friday, upheld a decision by the state Office of Insurance Regulation to reject restrictions proposed by Security First Insurance Co.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

3 minute read

February 24, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The state Supreme Court on Friday turned down an appeal by Florida Power & Light in a case about whether the utility could be required to install underground transmission lines as part of a nuclear-power project in Miami-Dade County.

By Jim Saunders News Service of Florida

5 minute read

February 01, 2017 | Daily Business Review

In a ruling that could have implications for medical malpractice cases across the state, the Florida Supreme Court said a Jacksonville hospital system was required to provide records to a patient's family because of a 2004 constitutional amendment.

By Jim Saunders News Service of Florida

8 minute read

January 25, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Trying to end a debate about the possibility of fracking in Florida, a bipartisan group of lawmakers Tuesday backed a proposed ban on the controversial method of drilling for oil and natural gas.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

January 23, 2017 | Daily Business Review

With a federal judge poised to hear arguments, the state has fired back at a lawsuit that seeks to block part of a controversial abortion law approved last year by the Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

January 20, 2017 | Daily Business Review

An appeals court dug into a dispute between regulators and State Farm Florida about disclosure of information that shows where the company is selling property-insurance policies.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

9 minute read

January 19, 2017 | Daily Business Review

In a dispute stemming from a proposal to add a charter school in Palm Beach County, an appeals court upheld the constitutionality of a law that allows the State Board of Education to overturn local denials of charter-school applications.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

January 11, 2017 | Daily Business Review

With insurers and regulators blaming a surge in water-damage claims for higher property-insurance rates, Florida lawmakers began grappling with a controversial debate that includes homeowners, contractors, insurance companies and trial lawyers.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

January 10, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A state administrative law judge said a Southwest Florida high-school teacher should be disciplined, but not fired, for making negative comments about transgender people.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read