Jim RosicaJuly 20, 2019
6min972
"This is an incredible and deserving outcome."
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9min1053
Sam Culpepper "would be brought in when a prison was experiencing disruption."
Ryan NicolApril 29, 2019
3min350
"The cuts ... would be devastating to Nicklaus Children’s, and children and families."
Peter SchorschOctober 4, 2018
4min595
When McClatchy bought Knight-Ridder, the now-defunct newspaper company, it was valued in the billions. Now, the Sacramento, California-based chain, which owns The Miami Herald among other papers, is worth less than $65 million. To compare, USA TODAY and newspaper publisher Gannett’s market capitalization, the total dollar market value of a company’s outstanding shares, is nearly […]
Jim RosicaJuly 27, 2018
5min563
The federal government is now ‘missing in action’ in a lawsuit over records on March’s pedestrian bridge collapse at Florida International University that killed six people. U.S. Attorney Christopher P. Canova of the Northern District of Florida had asked a Tallahassee judge to delay any rulings while his office decides whether to get involved in […]
Jim RosicaJune 28, 2018
5min395
The federal government is asking a Tallahassee judge to delay any rulings while it decides whether to get involved in a lawsuit over records on March’s pedestrian bridge collapse at Florida International University that killed six people. U.S. Attorney Christopher P. Canova of north Florida had first sent a notice on June 15 to Circuit Judge […]
Jim RosicaJune 19, 20185min558
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for north Florida has told a Tallahassee judge it now “is considering participation” in a lawsuit by The Miami Herald seeking records on March’s bridge collapse at Florida International University that killed six people. U.S. Attorney Christopher P. Canova sent a notice dated June 15 to Circuit Judge John Cooper saying […]
Jim RosicaMay 5, 20185min561
A lawyer for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has told a Tallahassee judge that “at least two federal agencies” and Miami-Dade police are pursuing criminal investigations into March’s collapse of a pedestrian bridge at the Florida International University campus. The disclosure came in a letter sent this week to Circuit Judge John Cooper, who’s presiding […]
Jim RosicaMay 1, 2018
7min1238
Real estate billionaire Jeffrey Soffer has closed on a deal to buy South Florida’s former Mardi Gras Casino and Race Track. The closing was disclosed in a final order filed Monday and released Tuesday by the state’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR). But the department, which regulates gambling in the state, withheld a final […]
Jim RosicaMarch 29, 2018
10min1439
Updated May 1 — Court records show that the cases reported below were settled out of court and closed. The terms of the settlements were not disclosed. __ As news broke earlier this year that a real estate tycoon was in talks to buy Hallandale Beach’s Mardi Gras Casino and Race Track, longtime casino head Dan Adkins […]