Some flood insurance policyholders in Panama City, seeing their household budgets squeezed by the steady rise in premiums, now have another option. Under the state's federally funded Rebuild Florida Voluntary Home Buyout Program, they can sell their homes at fair market value to the city ..read more

Three years after it began sweeping the country, COVID-19 continues to cast a pall over the state's health care policy arena ..read more

While the Legislature addressed property insurance during special sessions last year, work remains as premiums continue to rise and insurers bail out. In the meantime, health care providers still struggle with rising costs, mental health coverage issues and staff shortages. Also on the agenda, there's opportunity for rare bipartisan agreement on two key issues: Resiliency and water ..read more

As Florida's population surges and the state posts a record surplus, there are common causes for Republican and Democratic legislators convening March 7: Defending against natural disasters and water shortages, upgrading infrastructure and providing for affordable housing and workforce needs ..read more

A distinguished group of attorneys who have consistently earned high rankings from their peers in the annual Legal Elite voting ..read more

Focus for 2023: Increasing Public Access to Legal Services Statistically speaking, For Florida's legal profession, there was much to be pleased about in 2022 ..read more

AI-based program makes easy work of legal contract reviews Reviewing contracts for legal purposes takes a lot of repetitive attention to detail. The use of artificial intelligence at the law firm Foley & Lardner makes that type of review easier, according to Jacksonville-based partner Chanley Howell ..read more

Update: Election results show Black, Hispanic women candidates bringing new perspectives to Florida politics In the November 2022 issue of FLORIDA TREND, we profiled several Black and Hispanic women candidates who are part of a trend of more women of color running for political office. The 2022 election set a new high bar for women of color in Florida politics: 49% of women candidates running for major state or federal office in Florida are women of color ..read more

Florida's Legal Leaders by Practice Area Florida Trend's Legal Elite Honorees by Practice Area - 2022 ..read more

Florida Trend's Legal Elite Honorees listed Alphabetically - 2022 ..read more