Alexa Woronowicz

February 28, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The bill (HB 9B), which passed during a special legislative session this month, gives DeSantis authority to appoint the special district's five-member Board of Supervisors and changes the name to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District.

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida

3 minute read

February 27, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Fried emerged the winner in a four-way contest at the Sheraton Orlando North Hotel in Maitland on Feb. 25, fending off a major challenge from former state Sen. Annette Taddeo of Miami.

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

February 27, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Sen. Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers, raised a concern that electric vehicles could become roadblocks if they run out of power on highways crowded with fleeing residents.

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida.

4 minute read

February 27, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The plan (HB 837) comes after years of business groups calling Florida a "judicial hellhole" because of the frequency and costs of lawsuits.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida.

5 minute read

February 27, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

With a new administration taking charge in Harrisburg, Sen. Jim Brewster, D-Allegheny, is leading a bipartisan effort to push for expedited completion of the long-delayed Mon-Fayette Expressway.

By Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus

2 minute read

February 24, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Tyre Nichols' death is one of many instances where police conduct led to a Black person's death, writes the Young Lawyers Advisory Board.

By Young Lawyers Advisory Board

4 minute read

February 20, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Pennsylvania appellate court said Feb. 9 that it will not order Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration to produce records on voters and election systems sought by Republican lawmakers in a quest inspired by former President Donald Trump's baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

By Marc Levy, The Associated Press

2 minute read

February 13, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Voters who kept three Pittsburgh-area state House seats in Democratic hands last week effectively also flipped control away from the Republican majority that has run the chamber for more than a decade, one of a handful of legislative bodies across the United States where partisan control shifted in recent months.

By Mark Scolforo, The Associated Press

3 minute read

February 06, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania voters almost certainly will not see a package of proposed constitutional amendments on the statewide ballot in May's primary election after a deadline set by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration came and went Jan. 27 for lawmakers to pass the measures.

By Brooke Schultz, The Associated Press

4 minute read

January 30, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

The refusal thus far of Gov. Josh Shapiro to disclose who paid for his glitzy inaugural bash has exposed the gap in state law that lets governors in Pennsylvania escape the kind of transparency that is sometimes required elsewhere.

By Marc Levy, The Associated Press

4 minute read