News Service Of Florida

June 13, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The First District Court of Appeal issued an order after a flurry of activity that included Scott administration attorneys filing a request late Monday to block a ruling earlier in the day by Leon County Circuit Judge Charles Dodson.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

1 minute read

June 12, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The poll, conducted in late May and early June, showed four amendments with the necessary 60 percent of voter support.

By Lloyd Dunkelberger, News Service of Florida

1 minute read

June 08, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Should a judge step away from a case when a lawyer for one of the parties is her Facebook friend — even though judges and lawyers might be friendly in other settings?

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

1 minute read

June 07, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The court heard an appeal from Adam Lloyd Shepard, who was convicted on a charge of manslaughter with a weapon after fatally striking Spencer Schott in January 2011.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

1 minute read

June 05, 2018 | Daily Business Review

And all five announced attorney general candidates, from both parties, object in some fashion to a wide-ranging law approved by the Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott after the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people.

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida

1 minute read

June 05, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The payments from Homestead Hospital to the state are part of an ongoing tussle between hospitals and state officials over Medicaid coverage for people who may be in the country illegally but qualify for the program because of medical emergencies or because they are in labor or need dialysis.

By Christine Sexton, News Service of Florida

1 minute read

June 01, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, Winter Park entrepreneur Chris King and former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine back an across-the-board legalization of pot in Florida, where voters two years ago overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

1 minute read

June 01, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Under the proposed rule, changes to the “standard” visitation schedule would be implemented on a prison-by-prison basis and would be based on a variety of factors, such as staffing shortages and the amount of contraband being sneaked into the institutions.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

1 minute read

May 31, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Physical Therapy Association's new campaign is designed to promote how physical therapists can play a role in helping patients manage pain.

By Christine Sexton, News Service of Florida

3 minute read

May 31, 2018 | Daily Business Review

People United for Medical Marijuana and other plaintiffs, including patients with Lou Gehrig's disease and HIV, filed a motion asking Circuit Judge Karen Gievers to clear the way for her ruling on smokable marijuana to take effect.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

3 minute read