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Mitch PerrySeptember 17, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham believes Florida should have been better prepared to handle the impact of Hurricane Irma. “The state of Florida was not ready for this storm,” Graham declared Saturday night. The 54-year-old attorney and former Tallahassee-area congresswoman made the comments while delivering the keynote address before a record crowd at the Hillsborough […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 5, 2017

The mother of a Tallahassee elementary schooler is suing the local school board after a teacher slammed a “time out room” door on her special-needs son’s hand, breaking his finger, according to her complaint. The case is being handled by an attorney for Morgan & Morgan, the statewide personal injury law firm founded by Orlando […]

Drew WilsonAugust 28, 2017

A new poll of the likely 2018 U.S. Senate race finds Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and likely challenger Gov. Rick Scott virtually tied. The Florida Atlantic University poll, scheduled for release Tuesday, shows Nelson with 42 percent support compared to 40 percent for Scott. “It is very early with many undecided voters,” wrote FAU political […]

Jim RosicaAugust 23, 2017

Medical marijuana advocate John Morgan has added three more plaintiffs to his lawsuit against the state, filed after lawmakers refused to allow marijuana to be smoked, according to court filings accessed Wednesday. Diana Dodson of Levy County, a cancer patient; Catherine Jordan of Manatee County, who has Lou Gehrig’s disease; and Roberto Pickering of Leon County, […]

Scott PowersAugust 7, 2017

Chris King wants to convince Florida voters that the state really doesn’t have it so good, that the economy has stagnated for this entire century, and that it’s the Republicans’ fault since they’ve been in charge the whole time. King, the Winter Park developer who’s seeking the Democratic primary nomination to run for governor of […]

Gary FineoutJuly 28, 2017

Florida’s price tag for losing legal battles – which has included courtroom fights over drug testing, voting rights and gay marriage – continues to grow under Gov. Rick Scott. Scott recently agreed to pay $1.1 million to cover the legal bills of physicians and medical organizations in their successful challenge of a law that restricted […]

Staff ReportsJuly 26, 2017

Ben Crump is breaking up the band. Crump, a civil-rights attorney who has represented the families of Martin Lee Anderson and Trayvon Martin, Wednesday announced he’s leaving longtime friend and law partner Daryl Parks and teaming up with Orlando mega-lawyer John Morgan to open “Ben Crump Law.” The new firm “will focus on civil rights, […]

Guest AuthorJuly 17, 2017

Dear John Morgan: All kinds of Florida Democrats are enthused that you will follow your successful campaign to expand legal medical marijuana with a 2018 campaign for governor. You could self-finance, and the party sorely needs to concentrate its fundraising down ballot. You have name recognition, but it doesn’t carry the baggage of a government […]

Blake DowlingJuly 8, 2017

The “Leon Consulate of Florida” was overthrown this week, thanks to the chumps at the Moroccan Islamic Union-Mail. I suppose they meant Leon County, since this hacking wing of ISIS hasn’t quite mastered English. What they refer to is the Leon County (North Florida) website; it was indeed hacked for a couple of minutes, replaced […]

Jim RosicaJuly 6, 2017

John Morgan’s lawsuit against the state for not allowing medical marijuana to be smoked is “disappointing,” but “not surprising,” said the head of the Drug Free America Foundation on Thursday. Morgan, the Orlando-based attorney and entrepreneur, backed the medical marijuana constitutional amendment that was OK’d by 71 percent of voters last year on the statewide ballot. He filed […]

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Gwen Graham: Hurricane Irma showed Florida isn’t as prepared as it should be

Lawsuit: Tallahassee teacher breaks kid’s finger

Bill Nelson and Rick Scott virtually tied, new poll shows

Smoke this: John Morgan adds plaintiffs to marijuana lawsuit

Chris King: ‘I want to be the economy candidate’

Florida’s cost for losing lawsuits keeps growing

Civil-rights attorney Ben Crump to form own law firm

Steve Webb: Run, John Morgan, run — no, not for that

Blake Dowling: Wise Kim meets Leon County

Drug Free America calls John Morgan lawsuit ‘disappointing’