May 23, 2007
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., campaigning in Florida, said this week the federal government needs to do more to prepare for disasters and that she favors the creation of a national insurance backup fund. Clinton said Monday …
April 26, 2007
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is betting on an early Florida primary and continued his push for support this week, wooing Gov. Charlie Crist and speaking a lot about a top Florida insurance issue. The former Massachusetts governor made flattering …
March 8, 2007
With a special session on insurance, a natural disaster and initiatives to make government more open and user friendly checked off his to-do list, Charlie Crist was set to outline the agenda for the rest of his first year as …
February 12, 2007
After the Florida Legislature passed a bill that lawmakers say will address the state’s insurance problems, Gov. Charlie Crist and legislative leaders said their attention will be on pushing for a national catastrophe fund. Crist plans to lobby his peers …
January 29, 2007
Now that the Florida Legislature has passed a bill that lawmakers say will address the state’s insurance problems, Gov. Charlie Crist and legislative leaders said Thursday their attention will be on pushing for a national catastrophe fund. Crist plans to …
January 25, 2007
The difference in how the state Legislature approached Florida’s insurance problems this year compared to last year are like the differences between night and day, hot and cold, black and white, and Jeb Bush and Charlie Crist. Last May, lawmakers …
December 4, 2006
Florida’s Gov.-elect Charlie Crist expressed confidence Friday that lawmakers would be productive in a special session to address the state’s homeowners insurance problem. He said he favors some of the goals in a bill prepared by Gov. Jeb Bush’s office, …
November 6, 2006
Florida gubernatorial hopefuls Charlie Crist and Jim Davis agree that three challenges facing the state are skyrocketing homeowners insurance rates, rising property taxes and public schools that some rank among the nation’s worst. That’s where the similarities end. Each is …
October 30, 2006
Charlie Crist and Jim Davis agree that three challenges facing Florida are skyrocketing homeowners insurance rates, rising property taxes and public schools that some rank among the nation’s worst. That’s where the similarities end. Each is taking different approaches to …
September 20, 2006
Charlie Crist and Jim Davis have a similar message. Both candidates for governor in Florida say they want to do something about rising property taxes and homeowners insurance rates. Both also say that leading the state should be about people, …