Jim Saunders

July 15, 2024 | Daily Business Review

The Florida House and Secretary of State Cord Byrd last week urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that seven South Florida state House districts and three congressional districts are unconstitutionally gerrymandered.

By Jim Saunders | Florida News Service

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July 12, 2024 | Daily Business Review

State regulators have paused a case that could lead to Duke Energy Florida raising base electric rates, as the utility and consumer representatives try…

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

July 11, 2024 | Daily Business Review

A Leon County circuit judge this week rejected a request to hold Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration in contempt for not providing records that could relate to a controversial 2022 decision to fly migrants from Texas to Massachusetts.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

December 20, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The justices issued an order rejecting an appeal by William Edenfield, who was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon after a 2020 shooting incident in Leon County.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

December 20, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Nancy Jacobs filed a motion to disqualify Abigail MacIver from a Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission hearing panel, in part because MacIver is married to Fifth District Court of Appeal Judge John MacIver.

By Jim Saunders

5 minute read

December 18, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The appeals panel backed a decision by Circuit Judge Brandon Young, who found the minor "failed to demonstrate sufficient maturity" to receive a waiver of the notification and consent requirement.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

December 18, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The case is playing out amid wide-ranging debates in Florida and other states about school officials removing or restricting access to books.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

December 15, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The plaintiffs argue that the redistricting overhaul violated part of a 2010 constitutional amendment that barred drawing districts that would "diminish" the ability of minorities to "elect representatives of their choice."

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

December 12, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The Supreme Court rejected a petition by attorneys for Philip Esformes, who was found guilty in 2019 on 20 counts related to kickbacks, money laundering, obstruction of justice and conspiracy, according to court documents.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

December 12, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The state's attorneys are describing a key part of the federal trial court ruling as an "arbitrary and unachievable" goal.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read