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Staff ReportsSeptember 28, 2017

Brevard Sheriff Wayne Ivey is endorsing Republican Ashley Moody as Florida’s next Attorney General. “There is no better choice to serve Floridians as our next Attorney General than Ashley Moody,” Ivey said in a statement Thursday. “Her strong and reasoned approach to the criminal issues that plague our state will have a lasting impact on the safety of […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 28, 2017

A Tallahassee judge has set a trial week in a lawsuit over the state’s environmental funding under a constitutional amendment passed almost three years ago. Circuit Judge Charles Dodson scheduled a weeklong bench trial for next July 23-27, with a pretrial conference set for June 15, court records show. Discovery in the case was ordered finished […]

Associated PressSeptember 28, 2017

First, Hurricane Maria knocked out power and water to Puerto Rico. Then diesel fuel, gas and water became scarce. Now, it’s money. The aftermath of the powerful storm has resulted in a near-total shutdown of the U.S. territory’s economy that could last for weeks and has many people running seriously low on cash and worrying […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 28, 2017

Thomas Hobbs is the newest lobbyist with Ramba Consulting Group, and will become Chief Pilot and Operations Manager for Capital Air Service, according to a Thursday press release. Hobbs, a captain in the Florida Army National Guard, is just back from National Guard duty in the Florida Keys after Hurricane Irma, and less than six […]

Scott PowersSeptember 28, 2017

Drawing on state data on what jobs are out there and what they pay, and what college and career school programs cost, the Florida Chamber Foundation is launching a new website aimed at helping people understand where the money is and what it will cost. “I have to say to you this is just a […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 27, 2017

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A Philadelphia law firm has sued the Orlando-based Morgan & Morgan law firm in federal court, saying its well-known ads are “misleading” potential clients. The ubiquitous ads, found on billboards and buses in the Sunshine State, wrongly give the impression that the firm “actively litigate(s) claims in Pennsylvania” when its personal-injury practice there is actually “non-existent […]

Scott PowersSeptember 27, 2017

Florida Agriculture Commissioner and leading Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam told the Florida Chamber of Commerce Wednesday that Florida needs to do more to help Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, including preparation for a mass migration of Hurricane Maria aftermath evacuees. Putnam, speaking before the Florida Chamber of Commerce’s 2017 Future of Florida […]

Scott PowersSeptember 27, 2017

The Florida Chamber of Commerce intends to push the Florida Legislature this year and candidates next year to focus on tort reform to ease Florida’s increasing reputation as a place where litigation is a high cost of doing business. At the chamber’s annual Future of Florida Forum in Orlando Wednesday, Florida Chamber President and Chief […]

Associated PressSeptember 27, 2017

Relatives helped Maribel Valentin Espino find shelter when Hurricane Maria roared through her community in northern Puerto Rico. Neighbors formed volunteer brigades to cut fallen trees and clear twisty mountain roads after the storm had passed. Now, friends and a local cattle ranch provide the water they need to survive in the tropical heat. Valentin […]

Scott PowersSeptember 27, 2017

A lot of Florida’s economic weaknesses and longterm economic security can be treated with a bigger, more focused attention on vocational and technical education, Adam Putnam told a gathering of business leaders at the Florida Chamber of Commerce’s conference in Orlando Wednesday. Given just enough time, he surmised, to talk about just one issue in […]

Headlines

Brevard Sheriff endorses Ashley Moody for Attorney General

Environmental lawsuit over ‘Amendment 1’ funding set for trial

Now even money is running out in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico

Personnel note: Thomas Hobbs joins Ramba Consulting

Florida Chamber Foundation launches ‘My Career’ website tool

Morgan & Morgan sued on false advertising claim

Adam Putnam calls for Florida to prepare for Hurricane Maria evacuees ‘with open arms’

Litigation reform, fraud protection key issues in Florida Chamber conference

‘Nothing, nothing.’ Aid lags in hurricane-torn Puerto Rico

Adam Putnam: renewed push for technical education key to fixing economic woes