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Florida CFO Ignoglia slams Seminole County for raising property taxes, millions in 'wasteful' spending
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FOX 35 Orlando - Florida
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Florida’s chief financial officer is accusing Seminole County of wasting nearly $50 million in taxpayer money, weeks after county leaders approved their first property tax increase in 16 years. SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. - Florida Chief Financial...
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Insurance laws will protect us from AI decision making, experts tell panel
Insurance companies will always be held responsible for any decisions made with help from artificial intelligence even as the technology becomes more widely adopted and may someday be used to pay claims, insurance experts told a panel of state...
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Investors vie to lead Fiserv stock lawsuit
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Payments Dive
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A South Florida police pension fund and a European-based investment firm want to serve as lead plaintiff in a class-action shareholder lawsuit against Fiserv over the payment behemoth’s Clover unit. The motions last month were filed by the pension...
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Florida Panthers vs Chicago Blackhawks: Odds, Puck Line, and Total
The Florida Panthers are not fully prepared for the start of the 2025-26 NHL season. With superstar injury cases and the distraction of a crazy end to the preseason, you might think that the Panthers' long-term betting line to three-peat as...
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Florida leaders used state DOGE effort to call out cities and counties for ‘wasteful spending.’ The communities are pushing back.
Dive Brief: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia released examples of what it considers “wasteful spending” in 10 of the state’s cities and counties. The Oct. 1 press release comes after the state’s Department of...
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Florida KidCare expansion stalled despite legislative approval
TALLAHASSEE (WCTV/Gray Florida Capitol Bureau) — Thousands of Florida children remain without health insurance despite a 2023 state law that unanimously expanded eligibility for subsidized coverage, lawmakers learned Tuesday during one of the...
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Florida CFO Ingoglia blasts Seminole spending, but no DOGE audit planned
After facing criticism for not delving into the spending of Republican cities and counties, Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia on Tuesday came to GOP-stronghold Seminole County to blast it for raising property taxes to finance “a...
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Florida's CFO claims Seminole County is overspending by $77 million
Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia held a news conference in Seminole County on Tuesday morning, calling for cuts to property taxes and emphasizing what he described as wasteful local government spending across several...
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Florida think tank pushes tax and education overhauls
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Tallahassee Democrat - Florida
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The James Madison Institute released its 2026 policy priorities for Florida, focusing on governance, enterprise, and education. The think tank aims to reduce local governments' reliance on property taxes, similar to Gov. Ron DeSantis. And the...
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Florida AG leads support for parents’ SCOTUS case over child’s pronouns
Credit: via January Smith Littlejohn/Facebook Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier led 21 states in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court Monday supporting a Tallahassee mother who claimed her rights were violated when a local middle school...
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State can’t say how many children have been dropped from Florida KidCare
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WLRN - Florida
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Florida’s top Medicaid official came before the Legislature Tuesday to update state senators on a pending legal battle with the federal government over expansion of the popular children’s health insurance program known as Florida KidCare. But...
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Boca Raton resident 'grateful' to WPTV after finally receiving My Safe Florida Home grant
BOCA RATON, Fla. — For Jennifer Gilli, her $10,000 check from the My Safe Florida Home finally arrived. "I was actually surprised when I got it because the whole process took since February," Gilli said. WATCH BELOW: $10K grant finally arrives...
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Altus Power Expands Florida Footprint with Acquisition of Three Operating Projects from Origis Energy
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North American Clean Energy
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Altus Power, a nationwide leading provider of commercial-scale power, announced the acquisition of three ground-mounted solar projects in Florida, totaling 8.6 MWs. The projects were purchased from Origis Energy and are already generating and...
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How taxes on homeowner profits could be slowing down South Florida’s housing market
This story was originally produced by WLRN, South Florida’s only public radio station at 91.3 FM, as part of a content sharing partnership with Miami’s Community News. Read more at WLRN.org. Alex Harris / Miami Herald A home in the River Oaks...
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‘Automated Treat Machine’: Bank debuts free dog ATM at Boston location
One Boston bank is soon going to have a brand-new set of cute, four-legged customers. TD Bank has debuted a dog ATM — short for “Automated Treat Machine” — at its location at 535 Boylston St. in Copley Square. The ATM was unveiled on Oct. 4 and...
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How taxes on homeowner profits could be slowing down South Florida's housing market
Low pandemic-era interest rates have been blamed for contributing to higher home prices as owners feel locked in to their low mortgage rate. But longtime homeowners facing a large federal tax bill also may play a role in staying put, including in...
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Accessible transit service draws Florida DOGE’s attention in Palm Beach County
The state’s chief financial officer offered an early example of what Florida DOGE considers wasteful spending in Palm Beach County — but the county says it’s not as the CFO is making it out to be. “Palm Beach County, their paratransit costs...
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VFW to offer cannabis drinks at local posts under a co-branding agreement with Florida beverage company
Gov't Institution
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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Veterans of Foreign Wars announced a new partnership with Torch Beverage Co. to place VFW branding on some of the Florida company’s cannabis-infused beverage products with proceeds supporting initiatives for veterans, according to the VFW. (Torch...
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UF trustee James W. Heavener accused of financial fraud
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The Independent Florida Alligator
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A federal court case accuses UF trustee James W. “Bill” Heavener of defrauding the government by inflating numbers at two universities he manages. A federal court case in California alleged Winter Park’s Full Sail University and the west...
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UFL changes 3 cities, new investor shares vision for spring football
ON SUNDAY AGAINST THE BROWNS. YEAH, DEFINITELY. YEAH. I’M BACK FOR SHIRLEY. I WANTED TO GET BACK BEFORE THE BYE WEEK JUST TO GET MY LITTLE GROOVE IN, BUT IT WAS FOR THE GREATER GOOD. I GOT SOME MORE TIME, SO. YEAH, WE’RE WE’RE READY NOW. SO TODAY...
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