Saturday is the American Red Cross National Day of Giving and volunteers with the local American Red Cross branch will be at Lakeshore Mall from noon to 4 p.m. to accept donations. ...more

December 12, 2008

Troubles with a national disaster relief fund are not expected to pose a problem if a hurricane hits Florida. ...more

June 23, 2008

Change isn't blowing in the wind for homeowner insurance changes that local leaders wanted made before the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season opens tomorrow. ...more

May 31, 2008

Married farmers with joint incomes of up to $1.5 million a year could still qualify for crop subsidies under a five-year, $300 billion farm bill compromise that would boost the Agriculture Department's food and farm programs. ...more

May 9, 2008

U.S. Rep. Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton, has asked Gov. Charlie Crist to convince Crist's new political big buddy, Sen. John McCain, the likely 2008 Republican presidential nominee, to drop his opposition to creating a national catastrophe fund to pay for damages from natural disasters such as hurricanes. ...more

February 16, 2008

The Senate on Friday approved a farm bill that would continue to funnel billions of dollars in subsidies to wealthy landowners and farmers who are earning record-breaking prices for their crops, rebuffing a concerted campaign by some senators to shift money to conservation, nutrition and deficit reduction. ...more

December 15, 2007

The U.S. House has passed legislation authorizing the creation of a national catastrophe fund that would help ensure American families are able to rebuild and recover in the aftermath of massive natural disasters. ...more

November 16, 2007

Regarding 'Canceled Coastal Insurance Policies Argue For National Disaster Fund' (Our Opinion< oct. 20): ...more

October 27, 2007

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has been pushing it since he was elected state insurance commissioner more than a decade ago, and Gov.Charlie Crist pounded the Washington pavement earlier this year hoping to persuade lawmakers a national disaster fund is necessary to protect the home front. ...more

October 20, 2007

The position taken by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Democratic Parties in the states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina is harmful to Florida and other states, selfish, probably illegal, and should be reversed. It is causing harm to Democratic efforts to win Florida and the White House. ...more

October 7, 2007