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By Joel Malkin Apr 13, 2021 While Florida's Agriculture Commissioner is widely expected to run for governor, if Nikki Fried decides to run for reelection, she may face a challenge from a former congressman. Tom Rooney served in two different Districts as a U.S. House member from 2008 until his announcement in 2018 that he would not seek reelection. The Republican told Florida Politics that he is considering a run to head up the state's Department of Agriculture next year, saying he still has political ambitions. Rooney left Congress to spend more time with his sons, while they were in...

Report: Florida home to three-quarters of U.S. property insurance lawsuits Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier said the trend is not new. A new report from the state’s Office of Insurance Regulation found Florida accounted for over 76% of all homeowners’ litigation in the United States in 2019. The data comes from an OIR review of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Market Conduct Annual Statement (MCAS) Data Call, covering 2016-2019. While Florida exceeded the rest of the nation in homeowners’ insurance litigation, the state accounted for only 8% of homeowners’ insu...

7 Apr 2021 New York, which is embracing coronavirus-related restrictions and continuing to implement a statewide mask mandate, has been recognized as a “top hot spot” of the Chinee coronavirus in recent days, reporting roughly 53,000 new cases in the last week. Both Johns Hopkins University data and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) figures reveal the Empire State topping red states and fellow blue states alike in terms of new reported cases of the virus. The  Hillrecognized New York as the “top hot spot,” comprising 12 percent of total U.S. cases. Johns Hopkins data ...

To Demand or Reward With supplies quickly becoming readily available, should dealers require or incentivize employees for receiving the Covid-19 vaccine? Author: “We need to get to herd impunity” say the health experts. “Any time an employee is out with Covid, we fall behind getting things done on time,” say marine dealers. But can a dealer require vaccinations? How about incentives for inoculated staff? The short answer is yes: An employer can require a vaccination if any staff member wants to continue working there. That said, there are also some exceptions for concerns relating t...

While Florida already has a firearms preemption law on the books that prohibits localities from imposing any gun control laws that are more restrictive than state law, a number of cities in the state have tried to ignore state statute over the past couple of years by imposing unwritten rules that don’t appear on the books. Several lawmakers in Tallahassee want to send a clear message to these cities that what they’re doing is a violation of state law, and on Wednesday a House committee approved HB 1409; which wouldn’t just remind localities of what the law is, but would ensure that cit...