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Michael MolineSeptember 12, 2016

Motorola Solutions Inc. has acquired a Florida company that helps police, firefighters, and other public-safety workers communicate via two-way radios and wireless systems. In announcing it’s acquisition Monday of Wireless Technology Equipment Co., a privately held company, Motorola did not provide the purchase price, but said the company has been one of its subcontractors and […]

Michael MolineSeptember 8, 2016

If you get an email from Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier, don’t reply. Do notify the Department of Insurance Regulation hotline at 877-693–5236. The department issued an alert Thursday warning that somebody is sending emails over Altmaier’s name, seeking to rip off consumers. “A fraudulent email, appearing to be sent from OIR Commissioner Altmaier, has […]

Michael MolineSeptember 8, 2016

A business coalition warned Florida homeowners Thursday against signing away their insurance claims for Hurricane Hermine damage to dodgy contractors or attorneys. The warning came amid a gathering campaign against such assignment-of-benefits agreements — sometimes known as AOBs. The effort promises to figure prominently when the Legislature meets next year. “Sadly, storms bring out scam […]

Michael MolineSeptember 8, 2016

The results of Florida’s Aug. 30 primary election are now final. The state Elections Canvassing Commission — comprising Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam — took less than two minutes to certify the results Thursday morning. Secretary of State Ken Detzner presided over the meeting in the state Capitol. […]

Michael MolineSeptember 7, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott hit the streets of Tallahassee Wednesday, picking up piles of fallen tree limbs and other debris and tossing them into the beds of Florida Department of Transportation trucks for disposal. Wearing jeans, work gloves, and a Navy bill cap, his shirt sleeves rolled up, Scott got to work on the city’s southside, […]

Michael MolineSeptember 6, 2016

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson urged federal authorities Tuesday to protect students enrolled at the ITT Technical Institute campuses in Florida as the for-profit chain shuts down. “While I support the Department of Education’s efforts to increase oversight of our nation’s for-profit universities, it’s important that we do everything we can to protect the students enrolled […]

Michael MolineSeptember 6, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott said Tuesday he personally would help clear debris in Tallahassee. On Wednesday, “I, along with agency heads, along with volunteers from the National Guard, along with veterans’ groups, we’re going to be out in Tallahassee in different places, and we’re going to be picking up debris,” Scott said in a news conference. […]

Michael MolineSeptember 6, 2016

Florida regulators have agreed to allow private companies take over nearly 70,000 policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-run insurer of last resort. “The Office of Insurance Regulation has determined that these companies have the experience and financial security to offer takeout policies for this number of policies,” Michael Peltier, a spokesman for Citizens, […]

Michael MolineSeptember 5, 2016

First comes the natural disaster. Then come the scam artists. Someone is going around Taylor County claiming to represent the Federal Emergency Management Agency and demanding $150 to help people file Hurricane Hermine-related insurance claims, the state Department of Financial Services said Monday. “There is no fee to file a FEMA claim and Floridians who […]

Michael MolineSeptember 5, 2016

Residents of two Tallahassee nursing homes languished without electricity Monday, relying on generators to power cooling and critical medical equipment four days after Hurricane Hermine left most of the city in the dark. “When I drive down Capital Circle and see that McDonald’s has power and two of our nursing centers don’t have power, it’s […]

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Wireless company makes acquisition, adds jobs in Florida

Scam artists impersonating Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier [update]

Hermine enlisted in business campaign against insurance rackets

State leaders sign off on Florida primary results

Rick Scott goes blue collar to clean up Tallahassee

Bill Nelson urges protection for Florida’s ITT Tech students

Rick Scott rolling up sleeves for Tallahassee cleanup — literally [update]

Regulators OK shift of 70,000 policies from Citizens Insurance

Post-Hermine scams reported in Taylor County

Nursing homes remain in the dark four days after Hurricane Hermine [Updated]

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