Jim RosicaJanuary 23, 2019
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Legislation to ban the 'slot machine' style games failed last year
Tag: Circuit Judge John CooperThe O'Connor family land in Putnam County has many wetlands. Image via North Florida Land Trust.
Jim RosicaJanuary 23, 2019Jim RosicaJuly 27, 2018
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The federal government is now ‘missing in action’ in a lawsuit over records on March’s pedestrian bridge collapse at Florida International University that killed six people. U.S. Attorney Christopher P. Canova of the Northern District of Florida had asked a Tallahassee judge to delay any rulings while his office decides whether to get involved in […]
Jim RosicaJune 28, 2018
5min395
The federal government is asking a Tallahassee judge to delay any rulings while it decides whether to get involved in a lawsuit over records on March’s pedestrian bridge collapse at Florida International University that killed six people. U.S. Attorney Christopher P. Canova of north Florida had first sent a notice on June 15 to Circuit Judge […]
Jim RosicaJune 19, 20185min558
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for north Florida has told a Tallahassee judge it now “is considering participation” in a lawsuit by The Miami Herald seeking records on March’s bridge collapse at Florida International University that killed six people. U.S. Attorney Christopher P. Canova sent a notice dated June 15 to Circuit Judge John Cooper saying […]
Jim RosicaMay 5, 20185min561
A lawyer for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has told a Tallahassee judge that “at least two federal agencies” and Miami-Dade police are pursuing criminal investigations into March’s collapse of a pedestrian bridge at the Florida International University campus. The disclosure came in a letter sent this week to Circuit Judge John Cooper, who’s presiding […]
Jim RosicaMarch 2, 2018
5min373
The House and Senate gambling bills were heard separately Friday, but one lawmaker already is folding his hand. “The chances of a gaming bill passing this session are none,” said Rep. Joe Abruzzo, a Boynton Beach Democrat. “Let’s go home.” A strike-all amendment had been OK’d on the Senate’s legislation (SB 840) in the Appropriations […]
Jim RosicaFebruary 22, 2018
5min233
A bill to ban pre-reveal games, slot machine-style entertainment consoles, was rescued Thursday in a procedural move after it initially failed on a tie vote. The measure (HB 1367) now is available for the floor after a subsequent motion in the House Commerce Committee to reconsider the bill won the day. The pre-reveal concept has […]
Jim RosicaAugust 15, 2016
3min300
An appellate court has thrown out a lawsuit over this year’s student government election at Florida A&M University. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal unanimously agreed Monday to reverse a trial judge’s earlier injunction and dismiss the case. The reason: Under state law, Circuit Judge John Cooper “did not have jurisdiction” to […]