Wire ServicesJuly 10, 2020
4min1997
Officials have a "valid basis" to require masks, the judge found.
Tag: John Cooper
Wire ServicesJuly 10, 2020
Ryan NicolSeptember 26, 2019
4min606
At issue is a bill abolishing the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority.
Jim SaundersJuly 18, 20194min294
“As a matter of law, MDX (the authority) no longer exists."
Staff ReportsJuly 5, 2019
3min364
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed a bill shutting down the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority and replacing it with the new Greater Miami Expressway Agency. HB 385 transfers all of MDX’s liabilities and assets — including toll facilities — to the new entity. Toll rates will stay the same under the Greater Miami Expressway Agency. “The […]
Danny McAuliffeJanuary 18, 2019
5min453
Erwin Jackson to appeal decision
Jim RosicaAugust 30, 2018
6min913
If a video game looks, plays and pays out like a slot machine, it’s a slot machine — even if you know whether you’re going to win or lose, an appellate court ruled Thursday. A unanimous three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal found that what’s known as pre-reveal games, specifically the kind […]
Drew WilsonAugust 25, 2018
3min480
The political committee backing a contentious education amendment raised another $100,000 as the Florida Supreme Court prepares to consider whether it should be on the November ballot. 8isGreat.org brought in the new cash via a single check Philadelphia real estate investor Howard Rich, who has a proclivity for funding term limits and pro-charter school initiatives. […]
Drew WilsonAugust 20, 2018
7min193
Leon County Judge John Cooper on Monday ordered a contentious education amendment removed from the November ballot. Amendment 8 bundled three education issues of varying popularity. It would set eight-year term limits for county school board members; require “civic literacy” to be promoted in public schools, and would strip school boards of their sole authority […]
Jim RosicaJuly 17, 2018
8min824
If a video game looks like a slot machine, plays like a slot machine, and pays out like a slot machine, is it still a slot machine if you know whether you’re going to win or lose? No, said an attorney for a Jacksonville company that distributes what are called “pre-reveal” games, which can be found across […]
Jim RosicaAugust 21, 20174min407
An appellate court was on the verge of rejecting an appeal of a lower court’s decision that entertainment devices known as “pre-reveal” games are in fact illegal slot machines. Dockets at the 1st District Court of Appeal show that Gator Coin II—the Jacksonville company that distributes the games—was ordered to show “why this appeal should not […]