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Florida Chamber chooses Kitson & Partners CEO Syd Kitson as regional chair

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On Wednesday, the Florida Chamber of Commerce named developer Sydney Kitson as Southwest Florida Regional Board chair. Kitson, who is CEO of private real estate development firm Kitson & Partners, will serve a one-year term as one of 12 individuals in the Regional Chair Program. “As an active business leader in the Southwest Florida region, I am excited to serve as the Florida Chamber’s Regional Board chair,” Kitson said, “and have the opportunity to get fellow business leaders involved in the mission…

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Florida Chamber chooses Todd Powell as North Central Florida regional chair

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On Wednesday, the Florida Chamber of Commerce named Todd Powell as North Central Florida regional chair. Powell is general manager of real estate at Plum Creek, the nation’s largest private landowner for forest products and mineral extraction. He will serve a year-long term as one of 12 people in the Regional Chair Program. “Plum Creek is committed to investing the time and resources necessary to support the Florida Chamber’s initiatives to make Florida the number one place to work and live,” Powell said…

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Florida Chamber names Gulf Power CEO as Panhandle regional chair

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On Tuesday, the Florida Chamber of Commerce named Stan Connally, president and CEO of Gulf Power Co., as Central Panhandle Regional Chair. Appointed by Chamber Chair Steve Knopik, president and CEO of Bealls, Inc., Connally will serve the 2014-2015 term as one of the 12 individuals making up the Regional Chair Program. Connally, who has led Gulf Power since July 2012, perviously served as senior vice president and senior production officer of Generation for Georgia Power. “Gulf Power Company is dedicated to investing…

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Rick Scott’s commission is focusing on the costs

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Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order identifying nine areas he wants a blue-ribbon healthcare commission to examine regarding healthcare costs in Florida, including  how much money “taxpayer-funded” hospitals spend on lobbyists, campaign contributions, and advertising. This is the second healthcare commission the governor has created since 2011 and, like its predecessor, it has a focus on the care delivered at “taxpayer supported” hospitals. In the May 5 executive order, Scott spells out the profitability percentages in 2012 and 2006 for…

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Rick Scott’s healthcare commission the hot ticket in town

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There are more questions than answers in Tallahassee regarding healthcare financing, Medicaid and the inevitable special session this summer. One thing is for sure, though: there’s plenty of interest in serving on the healthcare commission that Gov. Rick Scott created through an executive order on Tuesday and tasked with analyzing the state’s healthcare costs and investigate what can be done to lower them. “It is the intent of this administration to continue to develop cost-effective, patient-cenered approaches for making healthcare…

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Biz group says focus should be Medicaid financing, not health access expansion

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The Legislature should focus its efforts on securing continued supplemental Medicaid funding for Florida hospitals but should not push ahead with a plan to provide health insurance access to uninsured Floridians, Florida Chamber President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Wilson said in a memo Wednesday. The memo, directed to the Chamber’s board of directors and members Health Care Task members, said there are two realities in Tallahassee: The Senate’s current Medicaid “expansion” plan does not address important costs driver reforms…

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Florida Cabinet honors family-owned Bealls Inc. centennial

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The Florida Chamber of Commerce joined Florida Gov. Rick Scott and members of the Florida Cabinet in recognizing Florida-based retailer Bealls, Inc. on its 100-year anniversary. The company was honored with a proclamation for its centennial anniversary during today’s Cabinet meeting. “The department store chain, which started in Bradenton and now has more than 530 stores throughout the state, is the very embodiment of what free enterprise is all about – the ability to grow and expand private-sector business and create…

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