Described by other commissioners as stable and diplomatic, former state Rep. Ronald Brise will serve as chairman of the Florida Public Service Commission for a two-year term starting in January, reports the News Service of Florida. The PSC on Tuesday unanimously chose Brise to succeed Art Graham in the job, which typically rotates among commission [...]

Among the very exclusive VIP crowd at last week’s off-the-books performance by Las Vegas virtuoso band The Killers at the renovated Mahaffey Theater was Governor Charlie Crist and wife Carole. Being a huge fan myself of Brandon Flowers and the rest of the bandmates, I now like Charlie even more (if that’s possible).  Of course [...]

A debate about doctors dispensing drugs to workers compensation patients is growing increasingly noisy, as business groups contend the practice drives up insurance costs, reports Jim Saunders of News Service of Florida. The debate played out Wednesday during the meeting of a relatively obscure workers-compensation insurance panel. Tom Panza, an attorney for Automated HealthCare Solutions, [...]

In the first Senate hearing on a proposal to allow up to three luxury casinos in South Florida, executives from some of the biggest casino companies in the world told lawmakers their proposals would bring thousands of jobs and better regulation to the gambling industry in Florida. But executives from the pari-mutuel industry say they [...]

Could it all stem from this, asks David Royse of the News Service of Florida. Backers of a little school in Lakeland hope the state’s future – one that includes lots of jobs in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, could have reached an important milestone this week. Maybe not Priestley and oxygen or [...]

“Florida is facing an economic and jobs crisis. Nearly a million Floridians are out of work. Yet, the Seminole Tribe of Florida has vowed to stand in the way of job creation and deny 100,000 Floridians of the high-wage jobs with benefits that would come from the passage of destination resorts legislation,” said Brewster Bevis, Vice-President of [...]

Brandon Larrabee of the News Service of Florida reports that the list of Republican Party of Florida officials and big-wigs that former chairman Jim Greer wants to depose in his civil lawsuit against his past employer makes one thing clear: If this is Greer’s exit from the public stage, he’s going to try to make [...]

The Seminole Tribe of Florida confirmed Thursday what those following the gaming debate already knew – it will fight efforts to expand non-tribal gaming outside of South Florida, reports the News Service of Florida. The tribe, which operates seven casinos has an exclusive compact with the state granting it the right to offer slots and [...]

Brandon Larrabee of the News Service of Florida reports that deposed Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer and his former employer will be in court Thursday morning on a motion to dismiss Greer’s lawsuit against the organization, Greer’s lawyer said. The hearing is scheduled to begin around 9 a.m. and should wrap up about [...]

Gov. Rick Scott said Tuesday he’ll go to Israel next month on a trade mission, saying the journeys abroad to drum up business for Florida “really work.” In an interview on 92.5 Fox News Radio in Fort Myers Tuesday morning (via the News Service of Florida), Scott confirmed he’ll make another international trip, following a [...]