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Michael MolineSeptember 8, 2016

The results of Florida’s Aug. 30 primary election are now final. The state Elections Canvassing Commission — comprising Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam — took less than two minutes to certify the results Thursday morning. Secretary of State Ken Detzner presided over the meeting in the state Capitol. […]

Jim RosicaJuly 18, 2016

The state of Florida is asking a judge to toss out a lawsuit over funding of the state’s court clerks. The Department of Revenue, the Department of Financial Services and the Joint Legislative Budget Commission last month filed a motion to dismiss against Broward County Clerk of Court Howard Forman, according to court dockets. Forman wants a Leon County circuit judge to […]

Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2016

Florida’s primary election takes place Tuesday, Aug. 30, but early voting will begin days, or in some cases weeks, earlier, depending on where you live in the Sunshine State. Here are the dates and some starting times for Florida’s largest counties. In Miami-Dade, Duval, Hillsborough and Palm Beach counties, early voting takes place for the maximum 14 days, Monday, Aug. […]

Florence SnyderJune 27, 2016

The Department of Children and Families (DCF) is not the worst offender in Florida’s never-ending War on Open Government. It just gets caught in the act more often than fellow offenders at the state, county and municipal levels. That’s because DCF is one of the few agencies left which ever has to contend with watchdog journalism. DCF chieftains, […]

Drew WilsonJune 22, 2016

A third Democrat has filed to run against state Reps. Kevin Rader and Irv Slosberg in the race for Senate District 29. Mindy Koch, the president of the Democratic Club of Boca Raton and Delray Beach, filed to run in SD 29 on Tuesday, turning the contest into a three-way primary. So far, Rader is […]

Jim RosicaJune 13, 2016

The Florida Supreme Court is signaling it agrees with the proposed punishment for a Broward judge. A panel of the Judicial Qualifications Commission had recommended a public reprimand, mentoring and stress management classes after Circuit Judge John Patrick Contini was brought up on judicial conduct charges last year. The court issued an order to Contini on […]

Ryan RayJune 8, 2016

Democrat Ken Keechl still has a long way to go to close the fundraising gap with incumbent Republican Rep. George Moraitis in House District 93, but May did see Keechl cut into his lead. Keechl brought in $17,247 during the May reporting period according to new campaign finance data, bringing his overall total to $38,445 overall. Nearly all of that sum […]

Jim RosicaMay 24, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott made two judicial appointments in South Florida on Monday. Jose A. Izquierdo, a criminal defense lawyer, was named to a circuit judgeship in the 17th Judicial Circuit serving Broward County. Izquierdo, 40, of Miramar, most recently practiced on his own and with Izquierdo & Marin, according to a governor’s office news release. He previously […]

Gary FineoutMay 13, 2016

The Seminole Tribe of Florida, owner of Florida’s largest casinos, is trying to get a federal judge to block the publication of information related to a trial that could upend their businesses and to seal a key deposition until it can be redacted. Tribal attorneys this week filed an emergency motion seeking to seal a […]

Jim RosicaMay 11, 2016

The battle over Broward Bridge is over. The state’s Department of Corrections and Bridges of America announced a settlement Wednesday afternoon. The state had been planning to pull the plug on Broward Bridge, a residential program offering transitional counseling, drug treatment and other services to inmates on work release. Bridges, the Orlando-based nonprofit that runs the program, had […]

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State leaders sign off on Florida primary results

State wants court clerks’ funding lawsuit dismissed

Early voting for Florida’s Aug. 30 primary depends on where you live

Florence Snyder: At Florida Department of Children & Families, the sun don’t shine

Third Democrat enters SD 29 race to face Kevin Rader, Irv Slosberg

Supreme Court could reprimand judge over ‘undignified conduct’

Ken Keechl tops George Moraitis in May fundraising, still trails in HD 93

Rick Scott names two new judges in Broward

Seminole Tribe trying to stop publication of financial info

Corrections settles case over prisoner program shutdown