Florida schools will take in hundreds from Puerto Rico. But who will pay for them?

Families from Puerto Rico who were displaced by Hurricane Maria won’t have to worry about having transcripts or immunization records if they enroll their children in Florida’s public schools this month, state education officials announced Friday.  But for county school districts taking in the new arrivals, there is no guarantee the state will provide financial…

Florida workers comp rates fall, lessening legislative battle’s urgency

Crisis, what crisis?  Just a year after dire predictions that the state’s economy was in peril due to rising insurance costs, Florida businesses could see an average 9.3 percent reduction in workers’ compensation premiums in the coming year under a rate filing Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier will consider later this month.  If approved, manufacturing businesses…