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Jim RosicaNovember 9, 2016

Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump‘s campaign manager, appeared to leave the door open as to whether the president-elect would make good on his promise to name a special prosecutor to investigate Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Conway appeared Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program. Early Wednesday, Trump — the real estate tycoon-turned-reality TV star — captured 276 electoral college votes, more […]

Jim RosicaNovember 8, 2016

A federal prosecutor has become the fourth applicant for a seat on the Florida Supreme Court. Roberta J. Bodnar, an assistant U.S. attorney in the Middle District of Florida, filed on Tuesday, according to Jason Unger, chair of the Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission. Bodnar, who works in Ocala, was admitted to the Florida bar in 1993, […]

Jim RosicaNovember 7, 2016

Patricia Strowbridge, appointed a trial-court judge by Gov. Rick Scott just last year, has become the third applicant for the upcoming vacancy on the Florida Supreme Court. Her application was received over the weekend, said Jason Unger, chair of the Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission, on Monday morning. Strowbridge, with a long background in adoption and family law, […]

Jim RosicaNovember 7, 2016

A sunglasses-wearing Vice President Joe Biden wanted a Tallahassee crowd on Monday to “imagine” a world with Donald Trump as president. It wasn’t pretty. “We don’t have to make anything up; we just have to say what they want to push,” Biden said during a midday get-out-the-vote rally at Florida A&M University. Several times, he […]

Jim RosicaNovember 7, 2016

And then there were two. Orlando civil-trial defense attorney Dan Gerber has become the second applicant for an upcoming opening on the Florida Supreme Court. Jason Unger, chair of the Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission, confirmed the name Monday morning. The 51-year-old Gerber joins conservative appellate judge C. Alan Lawson as the only applicants so far for the seat […]

Jim RosicaNovember 4, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott ordered flags at half-staff on Saturday in honor of Taylor County sheriff’s deputy Michael Scott Williams. The order came in a memo to Taylor County Administrator Dustin Hinkle and county Sheriff L.E. “Bummy” Williams. The governor “direct(ed) the flags of the United States and the State of Florida to be flown at half-staff” at the Taylor […]

Jim RosicaNovember 4, 2016

Don’t call it a retirement. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle of Tallahassee moves to senior status on Monday — not that that really changes anything, he says. “When a judge takes senior status, the judge can keep working as much as the judge is willing to work, and another judge can be appointed,” he added. “I’m taking senior status so […]

Jim RosicaNovember 4, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott ordered flags at half-staff on Friday in honor of Miami Police Officer Jorge Sanchez. The order came in a memo to Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Giménez, and Police Chief Rodolfo Llanes. The governor “direct(ed) the flags of the United States and the State of Florida to be flown at […]

Jim RosicaNovember 3, 2016

When a mortgage foreclosure action gets dismissed by a Florida court, it resets the clock on the state’s five-year statute of limitations, the Supreme Court decided Thursday. That means the lender can try again to get paid, as long as it’s within the next five-year period and the borrower had started paying again and then […]

Jim RosicaNovember 3, 2016

Liz Dudek, who retired earlier this month as secretary of Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration, is joining the Greenberg Traurig law firm as its director of Healthcare Affairs. “I am thrilled to be adding a well-respected health care professional like Liz to Greenberg Traurig’s team here in Tallahassee,” said Fred Baggett, managing shareholder of Greenberg […]

Jim Rosica

Kellyanne Conway coy on special prosecutor for Hillary Clinton

Federal prosecutor applies for state Supreme Court

Patricia Strowbridge latest applicant for Supreme Court

Joe Biden connects with campus crowd in Tallahassee

Second application in for Fla. Supreme Court opening

Rick Scott orders flags at half-staff for North Florida deputy

Federal judge Robert Hinkle going ‘senior,’ but not retiring

Rick Scott orders flags at half-staff for Miami officer

Florida Supreme Court decision will cause ‘new wave’ of foreclosures

Personnel note: Liz Dudek to Greenberg Traurig