top of page


NEWS
Search
PAUSE Act needed to protect Floridians
ANOTHER VIEWPOINT Imagine it’s 2 p.m. on a sweltering day, and the outdoors feels like soup. You hunker down inside to escape the heat....
CANA of Wilton Manors
Apr 83 min read
Â
Â
Â
Condo bill seeking financial flexibility for ‘milestone inspections’ moves forward
By Dara Kam News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A key Senate committee gave initial approval Tuesday to a measure that would build on...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 283 min read
Â
Â
Â
Stormproofing grant program frees $103M
By Ron Hurtibise South Florida Sun Sentinel More than $100 million in state grant funding has been left unclaimed by My Safe Florida Home...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 283 min read
Â
Â
Â
Eight worthy Republican ideas at Florida’s Capitol
SUN SENTINEL EDITORIAL For every good idea that springs from the Republican supermajority in the Florida Legislature, there are usually...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 273 min read
Â
Â
Â
Program joins the fight vs. flooding
Elevate Florida offers funding to aid residents against future storms By Michaela Mulligan Tampa Bay Times ST. PETERSBURG — Like...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 255 min read
Â
Â
Â
Insurers vs. attorneys returns to Legislature
By Ron Hurtibise South Florida Sun Sentinel Like a sea monster that emerges every so often to stir up the populace, so too does the...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 238 min read
Â
Â
Â
Insurance costs fell near end of 2024
By Ron Hurtibise South Florida Sun Sentinel Homeowner insurance costs fell by 0.7% between the third and fourth quarters of 2024, a...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 213 min read
Â
Â
Â
Mayor blasts county for ‘impossible’ deadlines
Trantalis says commuter train tunnel needs 4 years of construction, not 2 By Susannah Bryan South Florida Sun Sentinel Fort Lauderdale’s...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 203 min read
Â
Â
Â
Lawmakers grill Florida regulators about study on insurance ‘accounting tricks’
By Lawrence Mower Tampa Bay Times TALLAHASSEE — State regulators told lawmakers on Friday that a state report showing insurers losing...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 185 min read
Â
Â
Â
Bill aimed at making it easier to sue insurance companies passes hurdle in Legislature
By Ron Hurtibise South Florida Sun Sentinel Policyholders would find it easier to sue their insurance companies under a bill that passed...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 164 min read
Â
Â
Â
Searching for solutions Manors library’s costs are a concern. The city has an idea to solve that
Wilton Manors residents Robert Bala, left, and Joseph Carney use a computer together at the Wilton Manors Library on Tuesday. Amy Beth...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 154 min read
Â
Â
Â
Affordable housing projects in limbo amid Trump tumult
By Jesse Bedayn Associated Press The Trump administration has stalled at least $60 million in funding intended largely for affordable...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 122 min read
Â
Â
Â
Lawmakers consider ‘granny flats’ to help address affordable housing problems
By Jim Saunders News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — As Florida continues to struggle with a lack of affordable housing, lawmakers are...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 122 min read
Â
Â
Â
Reconsider cuts to weather agencies, say Democratic Congress members
By Michaela Mulligan Tampa Bay Times Florida Democratic Congress members have sent a letter to the director of the federal Office of...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 122 min read
Â
Â
Â
Sweeping bill aimed at condo reforms advances in state House
A sweeping legislative bill that would, among other reforms, bar state-owned Citizens Property Insurance Corp. from covering condominiums...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 123 min read
Â
Â
Â
Many new proposals aim to help condo owners
By Ron Hurtibise South Florida Sun Sentinel A $2,500 grant to help low-income seniors pay assessments for condominium repairs. Exemptions...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 89 min read
Â
Â
Â
On FPL rate hike, regulators must do their job
SUN SENTINEL EDITORIAL No one should be happy with Florida Power & Light’s historic request for a nearly $9 billion rate hike. Likewise,...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 64 min read
Â
Â
Â
Citizens-Insurance-for-all bill withdrawn
Sponsor seeks ‘in-depth’ study By Ron Hurtibise South Florida Sun Sentinel A bill that would have made windstorm coverage by Florida’s...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 54 min read
Â
Â
Â
Tunnel vs. bridge debate: Fort Lauderdale hopes truce is on way for commuter rail
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis claims the county appears to be warming to the idea of building a tunnel instead of a bridge to get...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 44 min read
Â
Â
Â
Florida lawmakers must listen better to all of us
SUN SENTINEL EDITORIAL Florida legislators finally figured it out: They don’t work for Gov. Ron DeSantis. Now, they must follow up and...
CANA of Wilton Manors
Mar 43 min read
Â
Â
Â
bottom of page