Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, Jr. was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for his Feb. 12 conviction of fraud, bribery and related charges involving crimes in the aftermath…
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Corrections employees sue, claiming retaliation
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Four investigators for the Florida Department of Corrections have filed a lawsuit against the agency, saying they’ve been punished for calling attention to an…
Public employees fired over Facebook comments
The Sun-Sentinel reports today that two Broward County assistant public defenders were fired yesterday for Facebook comments calling Palestinians “cockroaches” and “filthy swine.” The newspaper had published last week an article on…
Candidate’s qualifying check bounced
South Florida Democratic Rep. David Richardson no longer has an opponent for his District 113 seat. The state Division of Elections on Wednesday disqualified Richardson’s challenger, Miami Beach Republican Laura Rivero Levey….
Even Crist’s supporters are questioning his political future
Peter Schorsch runs the most influential political blog in the state of Florida, SaintPetersBlog.com. He also runs Context Florida, a web service that post ediorial opinions from writers from various parts of…
Viewpoint: A long time coming
By Michelle Wilson, Executive Director Florida Commission on Human Relations On July 2, 2014, the Florida Commission on Human Relations will join the State of Florida and the rest of the nation…
GOP strategist reviews book about Greer that skewers Crist
A frequent guest on the most recent version of IN Your Head Radio was GOP political strategist Rick Wilson. The owner of Florida-based political consulting firm Intrepid Media, Wilson is routinely called…
Florida GI BIll, E-Cigarette Ban, Among New Florida Laws July 1
By Jim Turner THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA On Tuesday, the state’s record-setting, $77 billion election-year budget goes into effect, along with 157 other bills approved by the Legislature and signed by…
DCF has its own secret list, involves child deaths
By Marge Menzel, The News Service of Florida THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, June 24, 2014……….As the Florida Department of Children and Families rolls out a new website to track child deaths and make…
Scott Signs Law To Place Pow-Mia Chair In Capitol
An empty chair, set up to honor people who have been prisoners of war or remain missing in action, will be the latest feature of the Capitol complex, under a bill (HB…
Charlotte’s Web bill signed into law
Ryan Wiggins just texted me that Governor Rick Scott has signed into law the “Charlotte’s Web” bill that legalizes a special strain of cannabis that may help children deal with severe seizures….
U.S Chemical Safety Board: faulty blowout preventer caused Deepwater Horizon blast, leaves other rigs vulnerable (animation)
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has found that the Deepwater Horizon explosion was due to a Blowout Preventer that failed due to an unrecognized pipe buckling phenomenon. In its two-volume draft investigation…