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The governor and the state's CFO have finally agreed on a candidate for insurance commissioner.They have decided to promote deputy insurance commissioner David Altmaier.He replaces Kevin McCarty, who leaves the position on Monday.Both the... Read More.

Some parks in the region have emerged as hot spots for men to engage in sexual activity.WFTX-TV reports the arrest of a man for exposing himself to an undercover deputy at Flatwoods Environmental Park... Read More.

The Coast Guard keeps looking for a missing boater from Charlotte Harbor.It tells WFTX-TV that someone last saw this person leaving from the El Jobean boat ramp yesterday afternon.Authorities have identified him as 62-year-old... Read More.

The governor and top Republicans try once more to select a new insurance commissioner.He and three cabinet members have an emergency meeting today to interview new candidates for the job.Then they may vote to... Read More.

The governor wants the Republican Party to fall in line and back Donald Trump.Speaking to reporters in Tampa, Rick Scott says he anticipates Trump getting close to or reaching the party's delegate mandate to... Read More.

This month could end as the worst month for Florida panther deaths in recent years.The Miami Herald reports nine of them have died in road accidents this month, and that marks a record for... Read More.

Sarasota County commissioners have adopted an amendment that fines unlicensed contractors at least a thousand dollars per day.For more information on contractors or to file a complaint, please visit the website for the Florida... Read More.

A two-mile walk next weekend brings awareness to mental illness.It happens at Gilchrist Park in Punta Gorda.The walk begins at 8 o'clock in the morning on Sat., May 7.The first hundred walkers receive free... Read More.

The role that cash buyers have played in the region's residential real estate market has diminished.Numbers from RealtyTrac show cash buyers have accounted for 53 percent of all single-family home and condo sales so... Read More.

Construction jobs in the North Port-Sarasota-Venice market have increased in the last month.This same analysis shows payrolls have increased five percent in the last year.The Herald-Tribune reports Associated General Contractors of America have counted... Read More.