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Hurricane center watching 2 tropical waves. FL to see thunderstorms as tax holiday kicks off
The tropics remained calm as a sales tax holiday for hurricane and other disaster supplies kicked off Saturday, but severe weather could affect portions of Florida over the weekend. Tropical cyclone activity is not expected over the next seven days, the National Hurricane Center reported in its latest update. ...
‘Lying,’ ‘fraud,’ ‘rude.’ Enemies profess peace after hard-fought primary season that set South Florida congressional races
Outspent by more than 4-to-1. Run for office repeatedly, but never won. Facing multiple opponents, including one who’s repeatedly been elected. Despite the challenges, Joe Kaufman finished 15 points ahead of his main rival on Tuesday to win the Republican nomination for Congress in the Broward-Palm Beach county 23rd District. Kaufman will be his party’s candidate in the November general ...
Owner of closed Polk law firm asks Supreme Court to halt disciplinary cases against him
The owner of a law firm that catered to elderly clients wants the Florida Supreme Court to halt disciplinary action against him over his admitted misuse of company funds. Family Elder Law, based in Lake Wales, shuttered its offices there and in Lakeland and Sebring last month with no warning to clients. The...
HUD to grant $1.2M to local nonprofit for low-income older adults to age in place
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded three organizations across the country more than $3.7 million to help keep low-income older adults in their homes and safely age in place, and one local nonprofit is benefiting the most. It’s part of HUD’s Older Adults Home Modification Program,...
Florida regulators approve base rate hike for Duke Energy customers
(The Center Square) — Nearly 2 million Florida electricity customers will pay a higher base rate after Duke Energy Florida's increase petition was approved by state regulators. The Florida Public Service Commission approved the highly contested rate hike Wednesday after negotiations between Duke Energy, groups representing residential customers — including the Sierra Club and the League of United Latin American Citizens — industrial customers and environmentalists reached a mutual agreement. ...
Wealthy Floridians Are Buying Up All of N.Y.C.’s Luxury Homes, a New Report Says
It was only a couple of years ago that a record number of high-earning New Yorkers fled the Big Apple. Oh, how the times have changed.Inside the New Southeast Asian N.Y.C. Restaurant From a Korean Fine Dining Pioneer In 2022, approximately 545,000 New York City residents packed their bags and moved to other parts of the country. A whopping 90,000 New Yorkers headed south to Florida, according to census data. As of last month, the state’s population had swelled to over 23 million, and each year has been adding anywhere from 350,000 to 375,000 new residents over the last decade. However, a new report from...
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