News Service Of Florida

December 20, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Hurricane damages in Florida have reached at least $1.59 billion from the two storms that hammered parts of North Florida and the East Coast this year, according to the latest numbers from the insurance industry and the state.

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

December 20, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Another agency's controversial contract with a Miami rapper, and its aftermath, was on the mind of Space Florida officials, as they reaffirmed a $1 million line of credit for an unnamed company.

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

December 19, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The battle lines are being drawn. Or maybe they never went away. But Florida senators last week got a taste of the debate that will play out in the coming months among business, legal and labor groups as the Legislature looks at revamping the workers' compensation insurance system.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

December 19, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The state asked a federal judge to reconsider his decision that Florida violated a $1 billion gambling agreement with the Seminole Tribe.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

9 minute read

December 16, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The Miami rapper Pitbull released details of a controversial $1 million deal to promote Florida, two days after the state House filed a lawsuit to try to get the information.

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida

9 minute read

December 15, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Amid debates across the country about higher minimum wages, three major Florida business groups filed a lawsuit challenging a plan to gradually raise the minimum wage in Miami Beach.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

December 15, 2016 | Daily Business Review

With a major nursing-home group looking for changes, a Senate panel began delving into part of the Medicaid program that involves seniors enrolling in managed-care plans.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

December 15, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A Senate panel began exploring issues surrounding medical marijuana as lawmakers prepare to carry out a constitutional amendment overwhelmingly approved by voters in November.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

8 minute read

December 14, 2016 | Daily Business Review

State economists modestly increased the estimate of tax revenues that lawmakers will have at their disposal in next year's spending plan, but other projections and the looming threat of Zika fallout means budget-writers still have little room to maneuver.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

December 13, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A state appeals court said an increase in workers' compensation insurance rates will continue amid a legal battle about whether Florida's Sunshine Law was violated during the ratemaking process.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

8 minute read