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Phil AmmannJune 4, 2015

On Thursday, the Florida Chamber of Commerce named First Commerce Credit Union President John Medina as Regional Board Chair for the Tallahassee area. Medina, who leads the First Commerce Investments and Insurance Division, will have a one-year term as one of 12 individuals in the Regional Chair Program. “Tallahassee is the center of all legislative […]

Phil AmmannJune 3, 2015

On Wednesday, the Florida Chamber of Commerce picked developer Sydney Kitson as Southwest Florida Regional Board chairman. Kitson, CEO of private real estate development firm Kitson & Partners, will have a one-year term as one of 12 individuals in the Regional Chair Program. “As an active business leader in the Southwest Florida region, I am excited […]

Phil AmmannMay 20, 2015

On Wednesday, the Florida Chamber of Commerce named Todd Powell as North Central Florida Regional Chair. Powell is general manager of real estate at Plum Creek, the nation’s largest private landowner for forest products and mineral extraction. He will have a year-long term as one of 12 people in the Regional Chair Program. “Plum Creek is committed to […]

Phil AmmannMay 19, 2015

On Tuesday, the Florida Chamber of Commerce picked Stan Connally, president and CEO of Gulf Power Co., as Central Panhandle Regional Chairman. Appointed by Chamber Chairman Steve Knopik, president and CEO of Bealls Inc., Connally will serve the 2014-2015 term as one of the 12 individuals making up the Regional Chair Program. Connally, who has led […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 5, 2015

There are more questions than answers in Tallahassee regarding health care financing, Medicaid and the inevitable Special Session this summer. One thing is for sure, though: There’s plenty of interest in serving on the health care commission that Gov. Rick Scott created through an executive order on Tuesday. It’s tasked with analyzing the state’s health […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 22, 2015

The Legislature should focus its efforts on securing continued supplemental Medicaid funding for Florida hospitals but not push ahead with a plan to provide health insurance access to uninsured Floridians. So said Florida Chamber President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Wilson in a memo Wednesday. The memo, directed to the Chamber’s board of directors and […]

Phil AmmannApril 2, 2015

Two new political ads from the Seminole Tribe of Florida again call on state lawmakers to renew a key provision of the 2009 gambling agreement set to expire July 31. The ads arrive as Florida considers the future of gaming in Florida, including the renewal of The Seminole Compact, the agreement giving the Tribe exclusive rights to operate […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 10, 2015

As the Senate Health Policy committee prepared to pass a Medicaid expansion on Tuesday, Florida Chamber President and CEO Mark Wilson advised the panel that his association couldn’t support the measure. His opposition had nothing to do with expanding Medicaid to working uninsured adults. Instead, the opposition to PCB 7044 lies in the fact that […]

Phil AmmannMarch 9, 2015

Two major pro-business groups, the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association are calling for renewal of the gambling agreement between state lawmakers and the Seminole Tribe of Florida. In a television ad released Monday, Mark Wilson, president and CEO of the Chamber and Carol Dover, president and CEO of the restaurant […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 1, 2015

Florida Chamber of Commerce leaders will not enter the debate between Gov. Rick Scott and Cabinet members about longtime state Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty. Chamber President Mark Wilson told reporters that McCarty was “doing a good job,” during the tenure of Gov. Charlie Crist, who Wilson called “the worst governor” in U.S. history. However, Wilson clarified that the entire agency failed to do a good job […]

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Florida Chamber picks John Medina as Tallahassee Regional Chair

Florida Chamber chooses Kitson & Partners CEO Syd Kitson as regional chairman

Florida Chamber chooses Todd Powell as North Central Florida Regional Chair

Florida Chamber picks Gulf Power CEO as Panhandle regional chair

Rick Scott’s healthcare commission is the hot ticket in town

Chamber says focus should be Medicaid financing, not expansion

Seminole Tribe launches new ads for Compact renewal

Florida Chamber wants health insurance rate cuts as part of health care expansion

New TV ad aims to extend Seminole Gaming Compact

Insurance commissioner doing better under Rick Scott than Charlie Crist, Florida Chamber says