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Scott PowersDecember 6, 2017

A House of Representatives panel approved a bill that would award $750,000 from Orange County to a man injured when his motorcycle was struck by a county work van in 2006. The award, if it receives ultimate approval by the Florida Legislature, is far less than the $2.9 million awarded to Robert Allan Smith in […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 27, 2017

A settlement has been reached between state Rep. Kim Daniels and the Florida Elections Commission on disputed campaign spending from Daniels’ failed 2015 re-election bid to the Jacksonville City Council. Daniels will be compelled to pay $1,500, per a consent order signed in October. The deal will be finalized at an FEC meeting Tuesday. As Jacksonville’s Folio Weekly reported […]

Jim RosicaNovember 22, 2017

Former state Rep. Doug Holder will pay $6,500 in civil penalties to resolve an ethics complaint that he filed “inaccurate” financial disclosures in 2010-14. The Sarasota County Republican agreed to the settlement, which was disclosed by the Florida Commission on Ethics on Wednesday. The deal still must be approved by commissioners at their Dec. 8 […]

Jim RosicaNovember 14, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott built gambling money from the Seminole Tribe of Florida into his proposed $85 billion state budget for 2018-19. The Tribe and the state this summer settled a lawsuit over its ability to exclusively offer “banked card games” such as blackjack. Since then, “the payments associated with banked card games that the state has held […]

Staff ReportsJanuary 31, 2017

The Western Union Co. will pay $5 million and provide consumer warnings to resolve a multistate investigation into complaints that con artists used its money-transfer services to facilitate fraud. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the settlement Tuesday with 49 states, including Florida, and the District of Columbia. The money will cover investigation costs. In addition, […]

Associated PressApril 5, 2016

Florida health officials have reached a settlement ending a decades-long class-action lawsuit that alleged the state is violating federal mandates by failing to deliver critical health services to millions of children on Medicaid. The settlement comes after a 2005 lawsuit against three state agencies alleging 390,000 children did not get a medical checkup in 2007 […]

Tag: settlement

House panel approves $750K to man injured in Orange County wreck

Settlement reached in Kim Daniels campaign finance kerfuffle

Doug Holder agrees to settle ethics case

Blackjack cash bolsters state budget

Western Union settles complaints that it facilitated fraud

Florida reaches settlement agreement in kids’ Medicaid case