Tallahassee – A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., has indicted former Florida Congressman David Rivera on charges of failing to register to lobby for a sanctioned Venezuelan businessman and laundering money to conceal the work, the U.S. Department of Justice announced December 18.
Tallahassee – In a more-celebratory mood than four years ago, Florida’s 30 Republican electors on Dec. 17 cast their votes for President-elect Donald Trump.
Tallahassee – Senate President Ben Albritton on Dec. 16 suggested phasing out a decade-old law that allows some undocumented immigrant students, known as “dreamers,” to receive in-state tuition rates at Florida universities and colleges.
Tallahassee – Attorney General Ashley Moody wants the Florida Supreme Court to take up a dispute about whether a former Jackson County sheriff’s deputy should have been convicted on a racketeering charge related to planting drugs in vehicles during traffic stops.
Tallahassee – Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Cabinet could be poised to approve spending more than $318 million to buy conservation land and enter other deals that would shield rural properties from development.
Tallahassee – In a win for Florida Power & Light, the state Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a dispute stemming from allegations that the utility did not meet obligations to help prevent power outages during 2017’s Hurricane Irma.
Tallahassee – An administrative law judge Monday waded into a legal battle about a plan to drill for oil and gas in part of rural Northwest Florida, with project backers and an environmental group offering dramatically different perspectives.
