Table of Contents: (Click on titles for full summary) EDUCATION: HB 867 (SB 862)/FAILED: Relating to Parent Empowerment in Education by Rep. Trujillo (Sen. Stargel) SB 1076 / SIGNED by Governor: Relating to K-20 Education by Sen. Legg SB 1108 (HB 465) / SENT to Governor: Relating to Exceptional Student Education by Sen. Gardiner (Rep. …
2013 JMI Summary of Key Legislation
Posted 05/13/2013EMAIL: 2013 FL Legislative Session Breakdown from JMI
Posted 05/10/20132013 Florida Legislative Session Breakdown A summary of many of the public policy decisions made in 2013, where they stand and what they’ll mean for Florida. Another Florida Legislative Session has come and gone… Headquartered in Florida’s Capital City, The James Madison Institute (JMI) team knows Tallahassee still hums after the Sine Die …
February 2012 – Backgrounder No. 70 – “Workable Solutions for Florida’s Challenging Insurance Problems”
Posted 01/17/2012By Eli Lehrer & R.J. Lehmann JMI Adjunct Scholars Vice President, Heartland Institute & Deputy Director, The Heartland Institute Center on Finance Insurance and Real Estate View Press Release (PDF) View Full Brief: “Workable Solutions for Florida’s Challenging Insurance Problems” (PDF) Introduction The ways that Floridians purchase coverage to protect their property and insure their …
February 2011 – Backgrounder No. 67 – “Solutions to Restore Florida’s Property Insurance Marketplace to Protect Taxpayers and the Insured” 
Posted 02/04/2011
By Eli Lehrer Senior Fellow, The Heartland Institute Adjunct Scholar, The James Madison Institute INTRODUCTION The 2011 session of the Florida Legislature will convene in the midst of state budget worries, a lingering real estate crisis, and a still-sluggish national economy. Therefore, lawmakers will face a challenging series of problems that a single legislative session …
State Farm Florida: Good Neighbor or Good Riddance?
Posted 06/15/2010
By Kelton M. Farris Winter 2010 Journal Florida’s regulatory climate remains unfriendly to private property insurers.
March 2010 – Backgrounder No. 64 – “Property Insurance Solutions to Protect Homeowners, Taxpayers, and Florida Government from Financial Devastation”
Posted 03/09/2010
Florida’s Message to Insurers: Keep Out!
Posted 07/01/2009Florida’s Message to Insurers: Keep Out! by Eli Lehrer July 1, 2009
2009 March – Backgrounder No. 60 – Restoring the Private Property-Insurance Market to Reduce Florida’s Risk of Financial Insolvency
Posted 03/15/2009
Foreword By Robert F. Sanchez Policy Director, The James Madison Institute As Florida faces a worsening crisis involving property insurance
“The National Financial Crisis and Hurricane Insurance”
Posted 01/01/2009“The National Financial Crisis and Hurricane Insurance” by Donald D. Brown, Dennis A. Ross, and Leonard Schulte Winter 2009 Journal
Paying $224 Million for an Omaha Stake Won’t Protect Florida from Fiscal Disaster
Posted 08/01/2008Paying $224 Million for an Omaha Stake Won’t Protect Florida from Fiscal Disaster by Eli Lehrer August 1, 2008
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