A district appeals court urged the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to weigh in on how long is too long when sentencing a juvenile for crimes other than murder, since the U.S. Supreme Court has said such kids can't spend their entire lives in prison.
At approximately 3 p.m. Wednesday, Judge Terry Lewis ofthe 2nd Judicial Circuit Court dismissed a lawsuit brought againstFlorida Supreme Court JusticesBarbara Pariente, Peggy Quince, and R. Fred Lewis by theSoutheastern Legal Foundation (SLF).
SLF, a conservative public-interest law firm, is representing two citizen plaintiffs whoallege that the justicesemployed the services of their law clerks to further their campaigns and falsified campaign documents, both of which would be violations of state law.
Traumas suffered by a society generations ago can still have a negative effect centuries later.
Energy experts are closely watching how the $18 billion merger of Progress Energy into Duke Energy will impact Floridas overall power grid.
Already a significant energy company in Florida, Progress Energy is now backed by the largest electric power holding company in the United States.
The future of the Crystal River nuclear power plant remains under review, while the natural gas segment is expected to continue to play a significant role in Florida.
The first of the estimated $170 million in economic impact from the Republican National Convention is already reaching that Tampa region, the group hosting the event announced.
Through contracts with businesses, the 2012 Tampa Bay Host Committee stated that they have already infused millions of dollars into the Florida economy.
Two unions representing nurses and other state employees were back in court this morning, arguing that efforts by the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) to privatize prison health services violate state law.
The case was heard at 11:05 a.m. by Judge Kevin Carroll of the 2nd Judicial Circuit Court.
But the prison privatization saga is nowhere near over. The parties will be back in court in a couple of weeks, when Carroll will decide whether to let the case proceed, or else dismiss it and tell the unions they need to start from scratch and file a new lawsuit.
Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania intends to rally conservatives for the man who defeated him for the Republican presidential nomination -- former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts -- when the GOP holds its convention in Tampa later this month.
On Wednesday, a day after it was announced that Santorum would address the convention, the former presidential candidate said that Patriot Voices, an organization that he chairs, will hold an event for Romney in Tampa on Wednesday, Aug. 29.
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who on Tuesday said she planned to attend the Republican National Convention in her hometown of Tampa but didnt know what role shed play, was named a headline speaker on Wednesday for the partys marquee event.
The Florida attorney general's office is investigating allegations that as many as half of the cardiac operations at some of Floridas major hospitals are being performed needlessly.
