Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Jim RosicaNovember 16, 2016

Should school bus drivers get overtime pay for being stuck in traffic or “sweeping (out) the bus”? A group of current and former Sarasota County school bus drivers says “yes” in a federal lawsuit filed this week in Tampa. They sued the county school board for “wage theft” for not being paid for a long list […]

Jim RosicaNovember 16, 2016

A 64-year-old former employee of state Insurance Consumer Advocate Sha’Ron James says she was wrongly fired for, among other things, “sending James an email in all capital letters.” James told the worker, Camille Rawls, she “should have known (that’s) ‘the same as yelling at someone in person,'” according to a lawsuit Rawls filed in Leon County Circuit […]

Mitch PerryNovember 2, 2016

With less than a week to go before Floridians finish voting, critics of Florida’s Amendment 1 filed legal actions on Wednesday against the measure, calling on the Florida Supreme Court to reject the results of the vote because they contend the measure was created to intentionally deceive Florida voters. Citing new information unearthed from a leaked audio recording […]

Jim RosicaOctober 19, 2016

A Medicaid managed-care case manager is suing her employer, a state of Florida contractor, for unpaid overtime — one of many similar suits filed around the country against the company’s corporate parent. Shanna Veit filed her proposed collective- and class-action suit in Leon County Circuit Civil court against Sunshine State Health Plan, seeking an unspecified amount of […]

Jim RosicaOctober 11, 2016

RTXA96W-voter-at-ballot-election-1024x640-1024x1024.jpg

The League of Women Voters of Florida has launched its own lawsuit to extend the state’s voter registration deadline. Its complaint, filed in federal court in Tallahassee Tuesday afternoon, is in addition to action taken by the Florida Democratic Party. “The Democrats did a great job, but we had additional points we wanted to make,” said […]

Peter SchorschOctober 11, 2016

We don’t know why, but a St. Petersburg woman is suing Republican presidential nominee and locker room talker Donald Trump over ownership of the White House. Lillie R. Daniels filed her one-and-a-half page complaint in the Pinellas-Pasco Sixth Judicial Circuit last week. Her demand is plain: She asserts she is the “owner of the railroad track, (and) that makes […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 22, 2016

Incumbent state Rep. Dan Raulerson‘s Democratic opponent has sued him, challenging the credentials he used to qualify to run for office. Namely, Democrat Jose N. Vazquez Figueroa this week alleged that Raulerson should be disqualified for the House District 58 race because someone used “correction fluid,” such as Wite-Out, on his paperwork, his suit said. He’s suing Raulerson, a two-term Plant […]

Jim RosicaAugust 29, 2016

A Florida appeals court has ruled state agencies don’t have to give a specific reason when they black out an individual bit of information in a document produced under a public-records request. Specifically, a three-judge panel of the the 1st District Court of Appeal said the state’s “Public Records Act does not require agencies to […]

Associated PressAugust 19, 2016

Screen-Shot-2016-07-01-at-12.59.11-AM.png

A federal judge has turned down a request from Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart and six school districts to take over a lawsuit that challenges the state law preventing some students from being promoted to the fourth grade. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker ruled Friday following an emergency hearing. His decision means that the dispute will […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 9, 2016

What happens when a group gets thrown out of a Donald Trump rally for no apparent reason? If it’s the Kemetic Empire, they threaten to sue the city of Jacksonville, whose political leaders were on hand at that rally. The Kemetic Empire, an activist group dedicated to “human upliftment,” informed Jacksonville’s Mayor and Sheriff via letter it intends to […]

Tag: lawsuit

Sarasota County school bus drivers file wage theft suit

All caps email leads to lawsuit against Sha’Ron James

Solar power advocates go to Florida Supreme Court to half the vote count of Amendment One

Case managers sue Sunshine Health for unpaid overtime

League of Women Voters also sues over voter registration

Pinellas woman sues Donald Trump for ownership of White House

Dan Raulerson sued over Wite-Out on campaign form

Miami Herald loses appeal of ‘black outs’ in public records

Federal judge says ‘no’ to student promotions case

The Kemetic Empire alleges racial profiling at Donald Trump rally, threatens legal action