Jacob OglesMay 11, 2019
4min519
Advocate groups filed suit against counties with large Puerto Rican populations.
Tag: Mark Walker
Jacob OglesMay 11, 2019
Ana CeballosApril 30, 2019
4min328
The idea is for more cases to be reviewed.
Jim RosicaFebruary 24, 2019
7min680
Payments meant to create 'good will' aren't bribery, lawyer says.
Staff ReportsJanuary 21, 2019
2min338
Litigation still lingers months after the election.
Ryan NicolJanuary 9, 2019
7min500
Former Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes won a partial court victory late Wednesday after a federal judge decided she must have a hearing on her suspension by former Gov. Rick Scott. That hearing must be held before March 31, according to North Florida Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker. Snipes filed a lawsuit against […]
Danny McAuliffeDecember 12, 2018
5min477
Tallahassee City Commissioner Scott Maddox and Downtown Improvement Authority Executive Director Paige Carter-Smith on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to public corruption charges in a 44-count federal indictment. Gov. Rick Scott later in the day signed an executive order indefinitely suspending Maddox from office without pay, saying it was “in the best interests of the residents of […]
Ryan NicolNovember 16, 2018
4min288
U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued an order Friday allowing the Palm Beach County canvassing board to proceed with a machine recount of House District 89 once the hand recount in the U.S. Senate race is completed. Democratic HD 89 candidate Jim Bonfiglio, who is trailing his Republican opponent, Mike Caruso, by just 37 votes, […]
Jim RosicaNovember 15, 2018
7min806
Updated Thursday — Judge Walker has ordered Florida elections officials to allow “voters who have been belatedly notified they have submitted a mismatched-signature ballot” to fix them by 5 p.m. Saturday. Click here to read more about the order. Wednesday’s story is below. The full 34-page order is at the bottom of this article. __ […]
Jim RosicaNovember 14, 2018
3min283
Gov. Rick Scott will sit out next Tuesday’s meeting of the state’s Elections Canvassing Commission, his attorney told a federal judge on Wednesday. The news came during a conference call with Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in a case brought by the League of Women Voters of Florida and Common Cause Florida. They wanted Scott […]
Staff ReportsAugust 23, 2018
5min421
A federal judge in Tallahassee has ruled in favor of a transgender inmate who sued the Department of Corrections two years ago for denying her “hormone therapy and other medically necessary treatment.” Reiyn Keohane is currently incarcerated at the Walton Correctional Institution, according to a press release from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida, which represented her. […]