by Brian Burgess | Dec 17, 2023
Florida’s Department of Children and Families (DCF) is in the hot seat after the agency’s child abuse hotline logged wait times of nearly an hour, prompting nearly half of all callers to abandon their attempts to report abuse. Nearly 53 percent of all callers to...
by Bethany Blankley - The Center Square | Dec 14, 2023
Florida maintains the top spot in Lightcast’s 2023 Talent Attraction Scorecard for attracting a skilled workforce, with California and New York ranking at the bottom. The state’s success attributed to investments in workforce education and training,...
by Caden DeLisa | Dec 13, 2023
A Proposed Committee Bill, aiming to overhaul governance of special districts in Florida, was approved by the House Subcommittee on Local Administration, Federal Affairs, and Special Districts. The measure includes significant reforms like term limits for elected...
by Caden DeLisa | Dec 11, 2023
A pair of bipartisan lawmakers have introduced a bill aimed at creating a Condominium Windstorm Pilot Program to offer new insurance options for condominium associations using Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The measures posit changing the insurance model from...
by Caden DeLisa | Dec 7, 2023
Florida’s rental market, and Miami in particular, has experienced significant year-over-year declines, with the state seeing a 4.84 percent decrease and Miami experiencing a 9.72 percent drop in rental prices, positioning it as the second-largest decline among...
by Ryan Dailey - News Service of Florida | Dec 7, 2023
Florida’s population reached 22.6 million in April, growing by nearly 359,000 people or 1.61% from the previous year, primarily due to people relocating from other U.S. states. State projections indicate a gradual slowing of population growth, expecting an...
