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Jim RosicaNovember 10, 2015

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Circuit Judge George Reynolds stuck to his guns Tuesday, saying that pre-trial conference and trial dates for a state Senate redistricting challenge were “carved in stone.” Reynolds held a brief case management conference at the Leon County Courthouse, reiterating that Dec. 1 and Dec. 10 would be reserved for pre-trial, with trial remaining on Dec. 14-18. As he […]

Peter SchorschNovember 9, 2015

As Douglas Adams wrote in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, “We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!” That pretty much describes Florida’s political landscape right now, with a year until Election Day (and, perhaps more astonishingly, just four months to the Presidential Preference Primary). A slew of key state races are as yet unformed, with breakout […]

Jim RosicaOctober 1, 2015

A Tallahassee judge on Thursday denied a request from an environmental group to stop a planned bear hunt in Florida later this month. After a 4 1/2-hour hearing, Circuit Judge George Reynolds rejected Speak Up Wekiva’s request for a temporary injunction against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), which approved the week-long hunting season. […]

Steve VancoreJuly 27, 2015

This saltshaker test will be short on originality and long on quotes. The latest Mason-Dixon poll results of both Democratic and Republican primaries for U.S. Senate apparently come from the same survey of, “500 registered Republican voters and 500 registered Democratic voters.” So in assessing its validity/reliability, we will offer our first quote from a recent […]

Gary FineoutMay 18, 2015

Backers of Florida’s largest private-school voucher program scored a significant victory Monday in an increasingly bitter legal battle. Circuit Judge George Reynolds tossed out a lawsuit that contended that the program that serves nearly 70,000 students across the state by placing them in private and mostly religious schools is unconstitutional. Reynolds ruled that the groups […]

Gary FineoutFebruary 9, 2015

The fate of Florida’s signature private-school voucher program – which began when Jeb Bush was governor – could soon be decided by a circuit judge. Opponents to the state’s tax credit scholarship program squared off for nearly two hours Monday against lawyers representing the state and parents of children enrolled in the program. Judge George […]

Gary FineoutFebruary 9, 2015

The fate of Florida’s signature private-school voucher program – which began when Jeb Bush was governor – could soon be decided by a circuit judge. Opponents to the state’s tax credit scholarship program squared off for nearly two hours Monday against lawyers representing the state and parents of children enrolled in the program. Judge George […]

Tag: George Reynolds

Judge holds to dates for state Senate redistricting trial

A year out from Election Day in Florida, confusion, uncertainty reigns

Judge declines to stop Florida black bear hunt

Salt applied to Mason-Dixon U.S. Senate poll

Florida judge throws out lawsuit against voucher program

Crucial legal question confronts Florida's voucher program

Crucial legal question confronts Florida’s voucher program