Mid Florida Newspapers

1 day ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Christine Ibbotson

Dear Money Lady Readers: An adult lesson from a children’s book!I recently went to a friend’s home and had the pleasure of reading a book to her 4-year-old granddaughter and I had forgotten how wise these children’s books are. Written by adults for children, but with a message in the story for all of us. The book was called “Days with Frog and Toad,” written by Arnold Lobel. The story starts with Toad waking up one morning and complaining about his messy house and how many jobs he had to do.

6 days ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Jim Saunders

TALLAHASSEE — As the 2025 legislative session enters its final weeks, the Florida House and Senate are divided about a series of potentially high-stakes issues involving personal-injury and insurance lawsuits. The House has supported changes that could lead to people collecting increased damages in personal-injury and wrongful-death cases and force insurers to pay more in attorney fees. The Senate, however, has taken little action on the issues. The dynamic has been on display this week.

6 days ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Sharon Keeble

During an entertaining South Lake Chamber of Commerce breakfast hosted by Groveland, members were treated to updates on the ‘city with natural charm.’Groveland City Manager Mike Hein and Mayor Keith Keogh provided a sold-out audience with the past year’s news at the event on April 18 at the Puryear Building on S Lake Ave. Chamber members were also treated to locally made honey and blueberry jam, gifts of seeds from Waterwell Farms and locally grown flowers that adorned the tables.

1 week ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Bill Cotterell

There’s a bitter irony in unrelated headlines coming out of the April Fools’ Day special elections. In Washington, Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey got a well-deserved round of applause and loud cheers from the visitors gallery of the U.S. Senate as he set a record for holding the floor for 25 hours and five minutes in a wide-ranging denunciation of all things MAGA.

1 week ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Aamer Madhani |Josh Boak

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump slammed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday, reiterating his frustration that the Fed has not aggressively cut interest rates and saying that the central bank leader’s “termination cannot come fast enough.”Trump hinted at moving to fire Powell, whose term does not expire until next year.