The U.S. Supreme Court seemed to be divided on whether the president overstepped his authority in signing the orders to shield millions of immigrants from deportation after hearing oral arguments in a case against the measures Monday.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case against President Barack Obama’s 2014 executive order to protect immigrants and make them eligible to work in the United States.
State prosecutors have dropped charges against conservative political blogger Javier Manjarres, alleging his accuser had stopped cooperating with them.
Manjarres, author of the Shark Tank blog, was arrested last month for attempted murder with a gun and for burglary of a conveyance with battery after an alleged incident with his sister’s boyfriend, Jason Holowinski.
Politico reported Monday charges had been dropped because Holowinski refused to cooperate with Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg’s office in the case.
Sen. Greg Evers, R-Baker, has officially filed to run for Congress, according to new information posted on the Federal Election Commission’s website.
Evers will run for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, running for the seat in Florida’s first congressional district, which covers the western Panhandle area of the Sunshine State.
The first congressional district covers all of Escambia, Holmes, and Santa Rosa Counties and is the most Republican district in the entire state.
Gov. Rick Scott vetoed the family law reform bill on Friday, legislation to reform alimony in the Sunshine State. Scott said he feared SB 668 would improperly place the needs of a parent before the needs of a child.
It was a little over a week ago last that self-proclaimed anarchist Cara Jennings made headlines for her vicious encounter with Gov. Rick Scott at a Gainesville Starbucks, catapulting her way into national headlines. News outlets like Vice lauded Jennings for her rant where she called Scott an “a**hole.” The Miami New Times deemed Jennings a “Florida Hero.”
Florida has created nearly 40,000 private-sector jobs since January, but the state’s unemployment rate dipped slightly for the month of March at 4.9 percent.
Gov. Rick Scott’s put his lawmaking pen to work Thursday, signing 20 bills into law, five of which honed in on education in the Sunshine State.
Immigration reform protesters are preparing to descend upon Washington, D.C. next week to protest when the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments over President Barack Obama’s executive orders on immigration.
The policies in question are two executive orders signed by President Obama which would have widespread impact on immigration in the United States.
Gov. Rick Scott signed Florida’s newest tax-cut package into law Wednesday. Scott has said the package adds up to $1 billion in tax cuts over the next two years.
The drama continued between Gov. Rick Scott and Broward Health this week, with a Broward Circuit Court judge ruling Monday that the governor overstepped his authority when he used an executive order and suspended Broward Health chairman David Di Pietro for alleged “malfeasance.”
Scott suspended Di Pietro, who was appointed to the board in 2011, and Commissioner Darryl Wright after Chief Inspector General Melinda Miguel expressed “grave concerns” that board members might be interfering with her investigation on all of Broward Health’s contracts since July 2012.
