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5 Oct 2016, 12:00 am by Austin Turner
On October 3, 2016, in response to a five-day forecast from the National Hurricane Center for Hurricane Matthew, a major storm which is expected to impact large portions of the east coast, the Governor issued Executive Order Number 16-230 declaring a 60 day State of Emergency throughout every Florida county. [read post]
5 Aug 2023, 3:08 am by Immigration Prof
Governor Ron DeSantis championed Florida's immigration enforcement law, which requires businesses to verify new employees' immigration status through the federal E-Verify database. [read post]
1 May 2020, 3:49 pm
Under the plan, most of Florida would enter “phase one” of the state’s reopening process at 12:01 a.m. [read post]
20 Jan 2010, 11:43 am
Following a week of freezing temperatures that threatened Florida's fruit and vegetable crops, the governor of Florida, Charlie Crist, lifted the height, length, weight, and width restrictions on commercial trucks carrying crops. [read post]
14 Mar 2014, 8:39 am by Peter Snyder
The lawsuit [complaint, PDF], filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida [official website], names Governor Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Florida Surgeon General and Secretary of Health John H. [read post]
7 Jul 2007, 7:41 am
Florida is the newest state to put more bite into their State False Claims Act. [read post]
7 Jul 2007, 7:41 am
Florida is the newest state to put more bite into their State False Claims Act. [read post]
21 Oct 2021, 3:50 pm by Michael Froomkin
Imagine you are the Governor of the great state of Florida. [read post]
25 Aug 2022, 4:03 pm by Benjamin P. Edwards
At the urging of Governor DeSantis, Florida's State Board of Administration recently adopted a new resolution changing the state investment policy. [read post]
27 Nov 2012, 6:23 am by Brian Leiter
These developments bear watching, since venal "ideas" like these usually spread to other states with large numbers of right-wing crazies (the Florida Governor is a "Tea Party" favorite). [read post]
24 Mar 2005, 2:16 pm
[JURIST] AP is reporting that a Florida state judge has ruled that Governor Jeb Bush and Florida's social services agency do not have any legal grounds for taking protective custody [JURIST report] of Terri Schiavo [JURIST news archive]. 2:56 PM ET - Greer said in his ruling that "The requested intervention ... appears to be brought for the purpose of circumventing the courts' final judgment and [read post]
27 Jul 2016, 5:16 pm by Whittel & Melton, LLC
The mayor of the City of Tavares was suspended from his office by the governor of Florida on Thursday afternoon. [read post]
27 Apr 2024, 4:26 am by Immigration Prof
From NPR: About a year ago, Florida Governor- and then presidential candidate- Ron DeSantis supported passage of a tough immigration enforcement law. [read post]
28 Sep 2010, 12:14 pm by Rusty Shackleford
President/state governor, to force them to defend a statute in court. [read post]
21 Jun 2011, 6:30 am by Donna Eng
Here is an update to my previous post regarding Governor Rick Scott’s lack of respect for State employees:  the Florida Teachers Union has filed a class action lawsuit against the State of Florida in an attempt to stop the new pension requirement from taking effect July 1. [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 6:00 am by Bill Raftery
I mentioned yesterday the Florida Senate plan to tie funding for the state courts to a revocation of judicial immunity and changes to the state judicial disciplinary commission. [read post]
29 Jun 2017, 6:19 am by Juan C. Antúnez
As Governor, I oversee the appointment of notaries public in the State of Florida and have a responsibility to ensure that notaries safeguard the most vulnerable Floridians against fraud and exploitation. [read post]