Category: Florida News
Apr 23, 2018
The most recent estimates show than more than $27 million remains unpaid more than a year and half later. Tony Jarmusz reports for the Daytona Beach News Journal. http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20180421/cities-to-florida-show-us-money-for-hurricane-costs
Apr 23, 2018
TIKD’s defense has been the Uber argument: Just as the ride-booking company says it isn’t a transportation concern but a technology company, TIKD has said it’s “a technology platform,” not a law firm, on which customers pay a “fixed, pre-determined …
Apr 23, 2018
Despite the dire warnings of environmental advocates, the Legislature last month passed a bill to allow the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to take over issue federal wetlands destruction permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Governor Rick Scott signed …
Apr 23, 2018
To constitution experts, as well as some former members of Florida’s Constitution Revision Commission, the proposed amendments may be doomed. The Miami Herald’s Mary Ellen Klas and Lawrence Mower report. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article209410859.html
Apr 23, 2018
There are currently 34 approved retail dispensaries open in the state, which are operated by 13 licensed companies approved by the Legislature. Justine Griffin reports for the Tampa Bay Times. http://www.tbo.com/news/health/Florida-hits-a-milestone-More-than-100-000-people-are-registered-to-use-medical-marijuana-here_167516249
Apr 23, 2018
Scott wants term limits for members of Congress: 12 years and no more in an entrenched system where power is determined almost entirely by longevity. The Tampa Bay Times’ Steve Bousquet and Alex Leary reports for the Tampa Bay Times. …
Apr 23, 2018
They’re not concocting what brewers in Colorado are, but a handful of craft brewers in South Florida are floating what they believe is an exciting new trend — pot-tasting beer. Brad Slager reports for SunshineStateNews.com. http://sunshinestatenews.com/story/cannabis-craft-beer-beerijuana-feds-tell-florida-brewers-dont-you-dare
Apr 23, 2018
The complaint brought by the Communications Workers of America alleges that General Dynamics Information Technology misclassified employees at call centers in Kentucky, Florida, Arizona and Texas to suppress their wages. Danielle Paquette reports for the Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/04/23/huge-federal-contractor-failed-to-pay-workers-100-million-in-wages-union-says/?utm_term=.0b3930014b54
Apr 23, 2018
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced April 12 that We Florida Financial (We Florida), a credit union based in Florida, will pay $898,000 to resolve allegations it delivered loans for ineffective online study materials to more than 200 Massachusetts consumers. LegalNewsLine.com reports. …
Apr 23, 2018
Under SB 2467, which Bryant signed April 13, a 3 percent surcharge currently added to the cost of specialized “surplus lines” policies would be redirected from the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association to the State’s Treasury, Insurance Journal reports. https://www.insurancejournal.com/blogs/right-street/2018/04/17/486623.htm