A circuit court judge threw out Florida’s congressional redistricting map Thursday ruling that the Florida Legislature allowed for a “secret, organized campaign” by partisan operatives to subvert the redistricting process in violation of the state constitution. Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis ordered two of the state’s 27 districts to be redrawn to bring the map […]
New Central Florida toll-road board meets, promises openness, honesty – Orlando Sentinel
The board of a new regional toll road agency met for the first time Thursday, with members promising to clean up the mess of predecessors and act more openly and honestly. Lake County Commissioner Welton Cadwell was elected chairman and predicted there would be skeptics among the motorists driving on the 109 miles of road […]
Republicans Say Ex-I.R.S. Official May Have Circumvented Email – The New York Times
Lois Lerner, the former Internal Revenue Service official at the center of an investigation into the agency’s treatment of conservative political groups, may have used an internal instant-messaging system instead of email so that her communications could not be retrieved by investigators, Republican lawmakers said Wednesday. The accusation against Ms. Lerner, the former head of […]