By The News Service of Florida An administrative law judge Tuesday rejected a challenge to a state Board of Medicine proposal that would increase the cost of copies of patient medical records. The 57-page decision by Judge Lynne A. Quimby-Pennock came after a long-running battle about the issue that included the Florida Justice Association trial-lawyers […]
Backroom Briefing: Scott Nemesis Pops up in Pot SNAFU- The News Service of Florida
THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, September 3, 2015…… Steve Andrews, a perennial thorn-in-the-side of Gov. Rick Scott and his administration, popped up again recently in one of the Tallahassee lawyer’s more obscure public-records requests, this time regarding pot. Andrews has garnered a reputation within and outside of Scott’s inner circle for his requests for documents accessible to […]
State Capital Briefs (Evening Edition) – The News Service of Florida
EFFORT FORMING TO PUSH FOR OPEN-GOVERNMENT PROTECTIONS Worried that lawmakers and Gov. Rick Scott’s administration are chipping away at Florida’s open-government laws, a coalition of groups is being formed to try to “push back,” a leader of the effort said Thursday. Barbara Petersen, president of the First Amendment Foundation, said a meeting was held Thursday […]
