State Rep. Joe Gruters has made headlines this week for leading the charge on a bill to get rid of “dark money” in politics, but the Sarasota Republican is facing criticism that his newfound crusade against shadowy committees is simply a personal vendetta and, contrary to its goal, may actually limit transparency in the political process.
One case involved a tiny horse track where an employee waved a red rag to start a "race" between two aging nags
Another centered on whether pari-mutuels could continue to offer popular "designated-player" poker-style games at card rooms throughout the state.
And a third focused on a dispute between a public hospital system and an industry giant over building a new medical center in Doral.
A Republican Florida senator stood before the Senate Committee on Health Policy Wednesday to make the pitch for a strict system to regulate the new medical marijuana industry in the Sunshine State.
West Palm Beach attorney Michelle Suskauer has been chosen as president-elect designate of The Florida Bar.
Suskauer will be sworn in as president-elect at the Bar's annual convention in Boca Raton June 23, when current President-elect Michael J. Higer of Miami becomes president. Suskauer will begin her term as Bar president in June 2018.
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Gov. Rick Scott wasted no time in replacing Aramis Ayala as the prosecutor in the Markeith Loyd murder case after she announced that she would seek life without the chance of parole instead of the death penalty.
Already drawing fire from the left on former President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is now getting it from the right on the issue.
From his perch on the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, U.S. Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., scored a win this week as his bill giving Congress more oversight of wasteful spending in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) passed the U.S. House without opposition.
A key House committee Tuesday approved a gambling measure aimed at creating a new agreement with the Seminole Tribe, though a tribe representative recently called the proposal a "non-starter" and major differences remain with the Senate.
The Florida Legislature is continuing to grapple with the issue of implementing Amendment 2 on medical marijuana.
