South Florida

Ryan NicolNovember 26, 2018

Sen. Lauren Book will again try to create a tax exemption for purchases of diapers and incontinence products in the 2019 Legislative Session. Book, who represents Senate District 32 in Broward County, has filed the measure before, though it didn’t pass. The 2019 version (SB 60) would exempt purchases of “diapers, incontinence undergarments, incontinence pads, or incontinence […]

Ryan NicolNovember 19, 2018

State Sen. Lauren Book says new proposals by the Department of Education to change the process for universities handling sexual harassment claims will ultimately be bad for victims. In short, new rules proposed by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos reduces the types of claims universities are required to investigate. And in those cases that are […]

Jacob OglesNovember 18, 2018

Even as a sharply partisan recount process played out in his backyard, state Rep. Matt Willhite celebrated a new bipartisan role he will play in the coming Legislative session. The Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation unanimously elected Willhite as its new chairman. “It’s an honor to be put there by my colleagues to fight for […]

Peter SchorschNovember 18, 2018

In a single election cycle, Florida’s firefighter union destroyed relationships dating back nearly 20 years. Why? Leaders of the Florida Professional Firefighters Union had out-and-out lied to membership. And because of that, the recently ended 2018 election cycle was nothing short of catastrophic for the FPF and its local Miami chapter. The crux of the […]

Ryan NicolNovember 16, 2018

U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued an order Friday allowing the Palm Beach County canvassing board to proceed with a machine recount of House District 89 once the hand recount in the U.S. Senate race is completed. Democratic HD 89 candidate Jim Bonfiglio, who is trailing his Republican opponent, Mike Caruso, by just 37 votes, […]

Ryan NicolNovember 15, 2018

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The Broward County Supervisor of Elections office reported its results of the machine recount too late on Thursday, missing the 3 p.m. deadline by two minutes. Broward officials under Supervisor Brenda Snipes actually completed the recount on time. But due to a delay uploading the results to the state’s website, the completed recount numbers were […]

Ryan NicolNovember 15, 2018

Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher has missed the deadline to complete several machine recounts following last week’s midterm elections. The state’s deadline to submit machine recount totals was Thursday at 3 p.m. A bit confusingly, county officials are still allowed to continue the machine recount. However, the numbers determining whether a race will go […]

Michael MolineNovember 15, 2018

The Supreme Court has OK’d a public reprimand for Miami-Dade County Judge Deborah White-Labora, concluding she tarnished her position by writing a character reference for a defendant in a federal prosecution. “Accordingly, we hereby command Judge Deborah White-Labora to appear before this court for the administration of a public reprimand at a time to be […]

Ryan NicolNovember 14, 2018

Republican blogger Javier Manjarres, who was defeated in the August primary for Florida’s 22nd Congressional District, is now being counter-sued for defamation after initiating a defamation case against the victor in that race, Nicolas Kimaz. As the Aug. 28 primary date neared, Manjarres appeared to begin throwing lawsuits at the wall to see if one […]

Ryan NicolNovember 13, 2018

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A lawsuit filed by Democratic House District 89 candidate Jim Bonfiglio demanding an immediate recount in his race has now been transferred to federal court. Bonfiglio first filed the lawsuit Monday in the state’s 2nd Judicial Circuit, based in Tallahassee. Secretary of State Ken Detzner, the Palm Beach County canvassing board, and Palm Beach Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher were […]

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Lauren Book renews effort to secure tax break for diapers

Lauren Book bashes federal proposal to change Title IX sexual harassment rules

Matt Willhite relishes bipartisan role as Palm Beach delegation chair

Firefighter unions played the worst hand ever in modern politics

Judge allows HD 89 recount to begin ahead of statewide races

Broward County misses recount deadline by 2 minutes

Palm Beach County fails to meet recount deadline

Praise for defendant brings rebuke for Miami-Dade judge

Javi Manjarres remains in legal wrangle with primary opponent Nicolas Kimaz

Jim Bonfiglio recount lawsuit ‘removed’ to federal court