Artificial reefs have become a significant part of Florida’s marine environment, providing habitat for sea life and diving and fishing opportunities for millions of state residents and visitors. By law, coordinates for more than 2,700 artificial reefs off 34 counties are available to the public, but a pair of bills in the Florida Legislature that […]
Blind trust appeal suit is rejected – Tallahassee Democrat
A state appeals court on Monday tossed out a challenge to a Florida law that allows Gov. Rick Scott to use a blind trust instead of providing a detailed accounting of his finances. The 1st District Court of Appeal on rejected a lawsuit that had been filed by a former aide to the late Democratic […]
Media Organizations Want Records Preserved in Bailey Case – The News Service of Florida
Pointing to “a series of unfortunate incidents,” media companies and other open-government backers filed an emergency motion Monday seeking to assure that Gov. Rick Scott and the state Cabinet will preserve electronic information about the ouster of former Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey. The motion came in a lawsuit filed earlier this […]