Staff ReportsSeptember 25, 2019
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Oral argument in the case was held last Tuesday.
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Staff ReportsSeptember 25, 2019Staff ReportsSeptember 17, 2019
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“This is for law enforcement communications ... Those ‘calls’ can't be dropped.”
Jim RosicaJune 12, 2019
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"If they're entitled to a license, they'll get it."
Jim RosicaSeptember 5, 2017
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An appellate court on Tuesday unanimously reversed state regulators in favor of a ragtag north Florida horse track looking to become a “first-class (gambling) facility.” The Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering last year rejected an administrative law judge’s tossing out of the state’s complaint that Hamilton Downs ran “flag drop” races contrary to […]
Jim RosicaDecember 18, 2015
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A Tallahassee-based appeal court panel on Friday split 2-1 over whether a life sentence for touching an 11-year-old girl’s breast over her clothes is cruel and unusual punishment as banned by the U.S. Constitution. The 1st District Court of Appeal affirmed the “lewd or lascivious molestation” conviction and life sentence of Stephen C. Hanf, imprisoned at the Northwest Florida […]