Earlier in session lawmakers approved sweeping changes to the state’s lawsuit climate, a move that worried consumer advocates and trial lawyers who accused the state of caving to insurance companies. Now, the legislature is turning its attention to those insurance companies in a move the Senate bill sponsor Travis Hutson says is aimed at targeting the quote: “bad actors.” Lynn Hatter has the story.
Elected officials are speaking out against legislative proposals that they see as attacks on Florida’s local governments. WMNF’s Chris Young reports.
With an increasing number of catalytic converter thefts from Florida vehicles, lawmakers are ramping up the penalties. Tom Flanigan has that.
A bill getting bipartisan support in the Florida House will create the Historic Cemeteries Program -- to help restore abandoned African American cemeteries. The fire chief in the small Central Florida town of Groveland is spearheading an effort to realize that vision at the local level. WMFE's Joe Byrnes has more.