Faced with a credibility problem in the eyes ofsome of the states top lawmakers, one of Florida's oldest and most influential business advocacy organizations reached for a big gun -- a top-tier veteran who ran the House when many of those same lawmakers were still learning to navigate the maze of the Capitol hallways.
Gov. Rick Scott has appointed Richard Hersch, of Miami, to the 11th Judicial Circuit Court.
As a lifelong resident of Miami with 30 years of experience in courtrooms, Richards continued study of the law and extensive work ethic are evidence of his ability to serve on the bench of the circuit court, Scott stated in a release.
I am confident of his ability to deliver reasoned and impartial rulings based upon evidence and a careful review of the law.
According to a release Monday from the governor's office:
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Gov. Rick Scott appointed Stanley M. Weston to the Commission on Ethics.
According to a release Monday from the governor's office:
"Weston, 51, of Jacksonville, has been a partner at Moseley Prichard Parrish Knight and Jones since 1994.
"Previously, he was an assistant general counsel for the city of Jacksonville from 1985 to 1993.
"He is a member of the Defense Research Institute and the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel.
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Gov. Rick Scott says hell be surprised if the Florida Senate rejects the proposal to privatize correctional facilities in Central and South Florida as a vote is expected Tuesday.
Senators narrowly kept alive the bill on Monday when they rejected an amendment -- proposed by Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey -- to the bill, SB 2038, that would potentially postpone any action this session by requiring a time-consuming study.
A House panel moved forward Monday with a bill aimed at helping doctors fend off medical-malpractice lawsuits -- but a proposal to offer sovereign immunity to emergency-room physicians appears dead.
Also, it remained unclear whether the House would go along with a controversial Senate proposal that would tie medical-malpractice changes with additional drug-prescribing powers for optometrists. That proposal stems from a deal between the Florida Medical Association and optometrists, longtime opponents on the prescribing issue.
Although Barack Obama is the first black president of the United States, he is by no means unique, except for his complexion. He follows in the footsteps of other presidents with a similar vision, the vision at the heart of the Progressive movement that flourished a hundred years ago.
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is starting to feel the heat from conservatives to get out of the race as conservatives slip away from him to back Rick Santorum.
On Monday, National Review, one of the leading conservative publications of American conservatism since 1955, called upon Gingrich to end his bid for the Republican nomination in favor of Santorum.
The House Education Committee, voting along party lines with Republicans in favor, on Monday supported a bill, HB 317, which would allow students -- without guidance from school district employees -- to deliver undefined inspirational messages at public school events.
The bill next will go before the full House.
The Senate approved a similar version of the bill with a 31-8 vote two weeks ago.
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The Florida House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee approved Monday a slimmed down bill dictating how federal public assistance debit cards issued through the state can be used.
The bill, HB 1401, as proposed, continues to ban the use of the debit cards issued through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP), including the program better known as food stamps, from being used at ATMs located in strip clubs, Internet cafes, liquor stores and bottle clubs.
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Florida is the only state in the nation that allows Social Security numbers to be distributed for the purpose of locating owners of unclaimed property.
And state Sen. Jack Latvala wants to keep it that way.
Currently, the state Department of Financial Services has a database of Social Security numbers it receives from holders of unclaimed property where the rightful owner cannot be located, such as abandoned safe deposit boxes or uncollected utility security deposits.
