With Election Day less than a week away, Sunshine State News continues its review of several of the most controversial rulings of three Florida Supreme Court justices up for retention on the ballot. In this installment, we take a look at a pair of landmark decisions concerning drug possession.
In an exclusive interview with Sunshine State News, Professor Elizabeth Price Foley of Florida International University College of Law condemns what she insists were "misleading" early media stories on a report she authored on three Florida Supreme Court justices up for retention on the November ballot.
Should utility companies be held liable to individual citizens for harm those citizens suffer from faulty management of utilities, even when government contracts don't specifically establish such liability and where there is no explicit legal precedent for imposing it?
Yes, according to three Florida Supreme Court justices up for retention on the November ballot: Barbara Pariente, R. Fred Lewis, and Peggy Quince.
Of the 12 ballot measures Florida voters will weigh in on as they head to the polls in the days leading up to the Nov. 6 election, the last of these is arguably the most obscure: it doesnt implicate taxes or revenues, and doesnt address any controversial social issues.
If passed by 60 percent of the voters, Amendment 12 the Florida Appointment Process for State University System Board of Governors Revision Amendment would change the way the state selects the student representative who sits on the Florida Board of Governors (BOG).
Bernie DeCastro is an ex-convict running for sheriff of Marion County on an obscure third-party ticket; and he might win.
That's because the redeemed jailbird-turned-social worker, whom Jeb Bush once referred to as "one of my heroes," is the only man in the race whose name appears on the ballot.
Beginning Saturday, Floridians will have the opportunity to weigh in on a ballot measure that would substantially ease the homestead tax burden on low-income seniors, while critics warn the measure would put a greater financial strain on everyone else or result in cuts to local government services.
Amendment 11 the Florida Senior Homestead Tax Exemption Amendment would alter Article VII, Section 6 of the state Constitution so as to allow the Florida Legislature to empower county and city governments to grant a special homestead exemption to low-income senior citizens.
Palm Beach County state attorney candidate Dave Aronberg -- known a year ago as "Florida's drug czar" -- received almost $14,000 in campaign contributions, directly and indirectly, from a medical and lawyer referral service in February 2012 ... at the same time Aronberg's boss was investigating that service for deceptive and unfair trade practices.
In this latest installment in our exclusive series on the three Florida Supreme Court justices up for retention on the November ballot, Sunshine State News takes a look at a ruling that could have opened taxpayers up to innumerable lawsuits for natural happenings beyond their control.
Just days after a trial court judge dismissed his suit challenging his razor-thin August primary election defeat, sources close to Democratic Rep. John Patrick Julien tell Sunshine State News the legislator is considering a party switch.
Julien, of North Miami, is one of Floridas three Haitian state legislators, each of whom are Democrats but have come under fire from their party leadership for their stances in favor of businesses, school choice and the right to life of the unborn.
When voters head to the polls in the coming weeks, several of the 11 amendments on the ballot will force them to make a tough choice during equally tough economic times: Do residents need more tax breaks at the expense of local government revenues?
If passed by the required 60 percent margin, Amendment 10 the Florida Tangible Personal Property Tax Exemptions Amendment would enshrine additional tax exemptions for small businesses into the Florida Constitution, to the tune of an estimated $61 million less revenue to local governments over the next three years.
