Billionaire Gives Money To Campaign To Oust Gov. Rick Scott Over Climate Change
Money aimed at ousting Gov. Rick Scott because of his views on climate change has begun trickling into Florida’s gubernatorial race.
Florida Lawmakers Won’t Talk About Hunting Trips With Big Sugar
The Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald published a great investigative story this week about the secrecy surrounding a series of hunting trips frequented by state lawmakers that were almost completely paid for by sugar companies.
Voting Groups Want New Election Schedule, Judge Is ‘Skeptical’
The Florida League of Women Voters and others asked Leon County Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis to push back August primaries in Florida, so the state’s congressional map can be redrawn. However, this week, Lewis informed the plaintiffs that he was “extremely skeptical” of that plan.
Florida Jury Slammed Cigarette Company With Almost $24 Billion In Damages
This week a Florida jury imposed punitive damages of $23.6 billion on the country’s second largest cigarette company.
Gov. Rick Scott’s Fundraising Event With CEO Of Private Prison Company Gets National Scrutiny
Gov. Rick Scott got some national media attention – again—this weekend following news that he held a campaign event in the home of the CEO of a controversial private prison company that operates a detention facility in Florida.
Judge Throws Out Florida’s Gay Marriage Ban In The Keys
A circuit judge in Monroe County ruled Florida’s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.