by Brian Burgess | Oct 20, 2023
Hurricane Idalia’s actual insured losses in Florida are significantly lower than early projections, with current estimates at $269.3 million. Early predictions from data analytics firm Verisk had anticipated losses between $2.5 billion to $4 billion, primarily...
by Brian Burgess | Oct 19, 2023
Florida law enforcement and state regulators seized 2.5 tons of “gas station heroin” and synthetic THC, both illegal drugs in Florida The seizures took place across four different distribution facilities and included nearly half a million individual...
by Brian Burgess | Oct 18, 2023
Over 60% of inmates released from Florida prisons are rearrested within three years, new reports reveal. Nearly one-third of Florida’s 82,000 inmates are 50 years or older, raising concerns about the high cost of their care. The Florida Policy Project releases...
by Brian Burgess | Oct 18, 2023
Electric vertical takeoff passenger aircraft are nearing certification for passenger transport and could soon operate in Florida, according to a hearing yesterday in a Florida House Subcommittee. Leading companies like Boeing, Ferovial Vertiport, Beta and Lilian Jet...
by Brian Burgess | Oct 17, 2023
A proposal to redesignate the full length of Florida’s A1A as “Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway” is opposed by a supermajority of Capitolist readers. A second, more limited proposal has also been filed in the state legislature to rename only a small...
