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Sarasota Herald-Tribune
DAVID W. MYERS: Comprehensive new survey ranks best states for retirement
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
ANSWER: A home cannot “pass” or “fail” an inspection. The nonprofit American Society of Home Inspectors (847-759-2820; www.homeinspector.org) notes that it's merely a general examination of a property's physical condition, much like a routine visit to ...

Valley News
Business Notes: Hanover Kitchen Shop Changes Hands
Valley News
Art Keating, of Brownsville, is opening Vermont Home Inspection Services on July 9 to provide home inspection services to home buyers on the Vermont side of the Upper Valley. Keating, a certified consultant with the American Society of Home Inspectors, ...

Lansing State Journal
What to Expect at Your Home Inspection
Lansing State Journal
According to the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI), a home inspection is “an objective visual examination of the physical structure and systems of a house, from the roof to the foundation.” Most savvy buyers include a home inspection ...

The Northwest Florida Daily News
In foster homes, veterans are cared for like family
The Northwest Florida Daily News
Ralph Stepney's home on a quiet street in north Baltimore has a welcoming front porch and large rooms, with plenty of space for his comfortable recliner and vast collection of action movies. The house is owned by Joann West, a licensed caregiver who ...

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MyPalmBeachPost
How safe is your home insurer in 2018? What you need to know
MyPalmBeachPost
Florida's second largest insurer, state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp., decided Wednesday to delay a proposed 8 percent rate increase in what chairman Chris Gardner called a “consumer-friendly action” following “the devastation brought on by Irma.”.

Citizens delays rate increases
KeysNews.com
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation's Board has postponed implementing new rates for 2019, which include increases until December to give Florida Keys South Florida policyholders more time to recover from Hurricane Irma. The Citizens board ...

MDJOnline.com
State-backed insurer tables rate hikes for 440K homeowners until next year
MDJOnline.com
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation's Board of Governors Wednesday tabled discussion on proposed rate hikes for more than 440,000 homeowners until the state-owned insurer can better assess potential savings from its “depopulation” effort and its ...

NPR
For VA Whistleblowers, A Culture Of Fear And Retaliation
NPR
To be closer to his family in neighboring Florida, Kassner's contract allowed him to read medical images remotely part of the time, a common practice in radiology. The Montgomery leadership began to use that telework ..... In a strongly worded letter ...

Sun Sentinel
Lobbyist registration to start at Citizens Insurance
Florida Politics (blog)
Lobbyists who represent clients at Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will have to register with the insurer beginning Sept. 1 under a policy unanimously approved Wednesday by the Citizens Board of Governors. Although lobbyists seeking to influence ...
Citizens Insurance board delays rate increase hearing until DecemberSun Sentinel
Citizens puts insurance rate hike decision on holdFlorida Today
Florida's Citizens Delays Decision on Proposed 2019 Rate IncreasesInsurance Journal
CBS Miami -Tampabay.com
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Texas Tribune
Separated migrant children are headed toward shelters that have a history of abuse and neglect
Texas Tribune
In Texas, where the resettlement agency awarded the majority of the grants, state inspectors have cited homes with more than 400 deficiencies, about one-third of them serious. Allegations included staff members' failure to seek medical attention ...
Migrant children sent to shelters with histories of abuse allegationsReveal
Migrant children coming to the US are being sent to shelters with histories of child abuse allegationsPRI
'Tender age' facilities across US rampant with allegations of abuseThinkProgress
AP News
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Wednesday's Daily Pulse
Florida Trend
High lumber prices are affecting Florida's housing market. ... For the second year in a row, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is asking state regulators to approve hefty rate hikes because of an abundance of non-weather claims that end up in court. If ...

NorthEscambia.com
Citizens considers hiking homeowners insurance rates about 8 percent
Tampabay.com
"We're seeing greater litigation stemming from (non-weather claims" and that's driving rates higher," Citizens spokesperson Michael Peltier said. On average, multiperil homeowners insurance for those who live inland in Florida will jump 8.3 percent ...
Citizens Insurance May Delay Rate HikeNorthEscambia.com

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Florida Politics (blog)
Sunburn – The morning read of what's hot in Florida politics – 6.20.18
Florida Politics (blog)
“Citizens board may delay rate hike” via Lloyd Dunkleberger of the News Service of Florida – Citizens Property Insurance is poised to delay a 7.9 percent rate increase for policyholders, after some board members suggested Tuesday another rate hike may ...

Reveal
Migrant children sent to shelters with histories of abuse allegations
Reveal
Taxpayers have paid more than $1.5 billion in the past four years to private companies operating immigrant youth shelters accused of serious lapses in care, including neglect and sexual and physical abuse, a Reveal investigation has found. In nearly ...
Separated migrant children are headed toward shelters with a history of abuse and neglectBryan-College Station Eagle

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Sun Sentinel
Data challenges Citizens Insurance' reason for South Florida rate hikes
Sun Sentinel
State-owned Citizens Property Insurance Co. is once again seeking to increase annual rates by about 10 percent — the maximum allowable by state law — while blaming “skyrocketing nonweather related water loss claims in South Florida.” Yet according to ...
Insurer Citizens delays local premium hike above $3000 on averageMyPalmBeachPost
Citizens board may delay rate hikeWPEC

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Citizens board might delay 7.9% rate hike
The Ledger
Any rate increase approved by the Citizens Board of Governors is subject to review by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. Last year, the board approved a 6.7 percent increase for homeowners' multi-peril policies but the rate was reduced to 6.6 ...

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Questions remain after roller coaster derails hours after passing inspection
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando
Collins said she's counting her blessings and is glad to be home from the hospital. She was in Florida from Kentucky for a work trip when the accident took ... As part of our investigation into how the ride could pass an inspection only to derail hours ...

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Marc Dunbar says he's 'interested' in Citizens Insurance chairmanship
Florida Politics (blog)
Marc Dunbar, the Tallahassee-based lawyer and gaming lobbyist, has officially “expressed interest in serving as chair of the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Board of Governors,” CFO ... John McKay, a former Florida Senate President. — Freddie Schinz ...