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The state-run Citizens Property Insurance covers property owners who cannot find coverage on the open market.
Florida Citizens customers: Check mail or face costly insurance switch
Problems with a vendor are leaving some policyholders with a shorter deadline than usual.
Florida sports betting fight may head to US Supreme Court
A pari-mutuel plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the state's gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which owns the Guitar Hotel near Hollywood.
At issue is a “hub and spoke” mobile sports-betting plan that’s part of a gambling agreement between the state and the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
Miami restaurant settles with DeSantis administration to end drag show complaint
Kat Wilderness performs for guests during a drag brunch at R House Wynwood in Miami in April 2022.
R House agreed to pay a $10,000 fine.
Here’s the Republican tapped to be Florida’s next House speaker
Rep. Daniel Perez, R-Miami, speaks at the Capitol in Tallahassee on May 25, 2022. He didn’t spell out his agenda for his term as speaker during his designation ceremony speech, but told reporters afterward that the “only” issue he hears constituents ask about is “property insurance.”
Daniel Perez, 36, of Miami is expected to assume control beginning in November 2024.

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  1. Florida reacts to death of Times journalist Lucy Morgan
    3 hours ago• Politics
    Columnists Lucy Morgan, left and Mary Ann Lindley laugh along with Gov. Charlie Crist at the introductory jabs before the governor speaks at the Tiger Bay Club luncheon on Wednesday March 19, 2008, in Tallahassee.
  2. DeSantis is betting his presidential bid on Iowa. Will it work?
    Earlier today• Politics
    Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis shakes hands with fairgoers after taking part in a Fair-Side Chat with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds at the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. A super PAC supporting DeSantis has spent nearly $17 million on promoting DeSantis in Iowa, according to campaign finance documents, and he is a constant presence in the state.
  3. On campus with UF President Ben Sasse as he seeks a ‘north star’ beyond rankings
    Earlier today• Education
    Erica McCray, left, an associate dean in the College of Education, meets University of Florida President Ben Sasse moments before Sasse shared his strategic vision for UF during a meeting with faculty on Aug. 25 in Gainesville.
  5. Lucy Morgan, Pulitzer-winning force of Florida journalism, dies at 82
    Earlier today• Politics
    Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Lucy Morgan seen here in the 1980s multi-tasking.
  6. Arrest of driver under Florida immigration law heightens Mexico’s tensions with DeSantis
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Highway Patrol on Aug. 21, 2023, initiated a traffic stop that resulted in the arrest of Raquel López Aguilar, a Mexican national, on charges of transporting immigrants into Florida who are in the country illegally.
  7. Florida university staff could be fired under proposed restroom policy
    Yesterday• Education
    The Florida Board of Governors has proposed a policy to go with Florida's new law regulating who can use what restrooms at the state's public universities. Violators could face discipline, including dismissal.
  8. Ex-CEO of Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence faces charges
    Yesterday• Politics
    This was the office of the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence in Tallahassee on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020.
  9. Tampa City Council approves 2024 budget with affordable housing boost
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Tampa City Council gathered earlier this month for a budget workshop meeting, discussing the spending plan and investment priorities for the upcoming fiscal year.
  10. How DeSantis’ immigration law could slow Florida hurricane recovery
    Yesterday• Politics
    Rogelio Rauda stacks damaged drywall from a Crystal River motel room in the bed of his truck to take to the dumpster on Sept. 12. The room was flooded by Hurricane Idalia.
  11. Florida Citizens customers: Check mail or face costly insurance switch
    Yesterday• Politics
    The state-run Citizens Property Insurance covers property owners who cannot find coverage on the open market.
  12. Pasco-Hernando State College announces new president
    Yesterday• Education
    Jesse Pisors was announced as the fifth president of Pasco-Hernando State College on Sept. 19, 2023.
  13. Miami restaurant settles with DeSantis administration to end drag show complaint
    Yesterday• Politics
    Kat Wilderness performs for guests during a drag brunch at R House Wynwood in Miami in April 2022.
  14. Here’s what else is in the $6.5 billion Tropicana Field redevelopment
    Sept. 19• Politics
    A rendering from a plan submitted by the Tampa Bay Rays and Hines shows a view looking north across Booker Creek at a new Rays stadium and proposed music hall.
  15. New Rays stadium price tag: How much taxpayers are contributing
    Sept. 19• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch speaks at Tropicana Field on Tuesday in St. Petersburg. The Rays, St. Petersburg and Pinellas County announced an agreement for a new ballpark to be built in St. Petersburg.
  16. Florida prisons use artificial intelligence to surveil calls
    Sept. 19• Florida
    The entrance to Florida State Prison in Starke is shown Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. All Florida prisons are now subject to artificial surveillance of phone calls.
  17. Pinellas schools ban 5 books after hearing passages read aloud at meetings
    Sept. 19• Education
    Pinellas County resident Katie Harvey reads a passage from "Water for Elephants" to the school board during a meeting on Aug. 1. The district later restricted the book to juniors and seniors with parental permission.
  18. Rays ballpark deal would end decades of St. Petersburg stadium drama
    Sept. 19• St. Petersburg
    Tampa Bay Rays principal owner Stu Sternberg, left, steps from the podium at a Hillsborough County Commission meeting as team president Matt Silverman prepares to speak during a discussion about a potential new baseball stadium.
  19. These Florida lawmakers oppose fertilizer giant Mosaic’s ‘radioactive roads’
    Sept. 19• Environment
    Mosaic's several facilities across Florida take mined phosphate, like this, and turn it into millions of tons of fertilizer a year. What's left behind is a mildly radioactive byproduct called phosphogypsum, which the company wants to use as a test ingredient in road construction. Several state lawmakers and local officials have signed a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency opposing the plan.
  20. Florida sports betting fight may head to US Supreme Court
    Sept. 18• Florida
    A pari-mutuel plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the state's gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which owns the Guitar Hotel near Hollywood.
  21. Anna Paulina Luna’s first congressional challenger has checkered past
    Sept. 18• Politics
    John Liccione, 62, of Gulfport has filed paperwork to run as a Democrat for the Pinellas congressional seat held by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna in 2024.
  22. The Gas Plant District and the Tampa Bay Rays: Here’s what to know
    Sept. 18• Rays
    The gas plant (shown here are the storage tanks) and surrounding neighborhood as seen from Graham Park Towers at Ninth St. and Third Ave. S. in April 1979. The area was razed to make way for what is now Tropicana Field.
  23. Tampa gets $1M federal grant to plant trees to reduce extreme heat
    Sept. 18• Environment
    An aerial view of West Prospect Road near South Marti Street, looking west toward Sout MacDill Avenue, shows several large shade trees creating a canopy on July 6 in Tampa.
  24. Here’s the Republican tapped to be Florida’s next House speaker
    Sept. 18• Politics
    Rep. Daniel Perez, R-Miami, speaks at the Capitol in Tallahassee on May 25, 2022. He didn’t spell out his agenda for his term as speaker during his designation ceremony speech, but told reporters afterward that the “only” issue he hears constituents ask about is “property insurance.”
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