Numbers of first-time unemployment claims in Florida continue to see little change, as a new report indicates many small-business owners remain worried about inflation. The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday estimated 6,021 initial unemployment applications were filed last week in Florida, down from a…
Read More Florida Jobless Claims Remain Steady
A “near-normal” forecast has become an “above-normal” forecast as this year’s hurricane season enters its peak period. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday upgraded its forecast for the season, which started June 1 and will end Nov. 30. “Forecasters believe that current ocean…
Read More Hurricane Season Forecast Bumped Up To ‘Above-Normal’
Digging into the meaning of “heart disease,” a divided Florida appeals court said Wednesday that a firefighter is not entitled to workers’ compensation insurance benefits after treatment for a type of aneurysm. A panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal, in a 2-1 ruling,…
Read More Florida Firefighter Benefits Denied In Heart Disease Dispute
A federal appeals court Tuesday revived a lawsuit in which a Polk County, Florida inmate contended that his rights were violated by jail officials scanning his legal-related mail into a computer. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district…
Read More Florida Inmate Challenge To Mail Scanning Gets Go-Ahead
After filing a constitutional challenge last month, attorneys for migrants and advocates Tuesday asked a federal judge for a preliminary injunction against a new Florida law that makes it a felony to transport into the state people who enter the country illegally. The motion, filed…
Read More Injunction Sought Against Florida Immigration Law
A man shot in the neck by a Lakeland police officer more than two decades ago and a woman who was critically injured and later died after a Florida Highway Patrol officer used a stun gun on her are among the subjects of 10 newly…
Read More Lakeland Police Shooting, Florida Highway Patrol Stun Gun Incident Among 10 ‘Claim’ Bills Filed
A Florida Democrat has filed paperwork to run in a special election this fall to replace former state Rep. Juan Alfonso Fernandez-Barquin in Miami-Dade County’s House District 118. Miami Democrat Johnny Gonzalo Farias opened a campaign account Thursday, according to the state Division of Elections…
Read More Florida Democrat Tees Up Special Election Bid In Miami-Dade County
As it sought to remind Floridians that the 2023 hurricane season is entering its busiest months, State Farm insurance said Wednesday that it received nearly 59,000 claims and paid out $597 after Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole last year. Ian crashed into the Southwest Florida…
Read More State Farm Insurance Reports $600 Million In 2022 Florida Storm Claims
Landlines continue to be cut in Florida, while the overall demand for telecommunication services rapidly expands. The Florida Public Service Commission on Tuesday released a report that said about 900,000 landlines were in use in Florida in 2022, about 19.5 percent fewer than in 2021.…
Read More Landlines Continue To Be Cut In Florida
A state appeals court Wednesday turned down arguments by a former South Florida congressional candidate who was arrested for trespassing while collecting petition signatures outside a gun show. A three-judge panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal rejected Christine Scott’s challenge to her conviction…
Read More Florida Congressional Candidate Appeal Rejected In Gun Show Trespassing Case