The Florida ... state Senate, while Persis is running to replace him as chair.) Stetson University political science professor T. Wayne Bailey, part of the group that drafted Volusia's charter, said he was "not surprised, but pleased" with the ...

Earlier this week, Seminole ... 7000 Florida voters were wrongfully removed from the voter rolls for the 2000 presidential election — 13 times George W. Bush’s margin of victory in that state after the Supreme Court halted the post-election ...

A new report released today claims Michigan’s justice system is riddled with disparities in the way it treats teen offenders facing the state ... and Florida is third at 355, the report says. The study comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is ...

A Florida ... Court of Appeal in Tallahassee on Thursday ruled unanimously for Interstate Fire & Casualty Co. Fourteen-year-old Dakota Abernathy was hurt on an inflatable bungee run at a fundraiser for the Choctaw Touchdown Club of Fort Walton Beach.

Daniel Porter shouts out to supporters as he is escorted from a state police car by Trooper Jonathan Russell for his initial appearance at Belfast Superior Court in March 2012 in connection with the death of Florida firefighter Jerry Perdomo.

The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that voter-imposed term limits are constitutional. In the opinion, the court concluded a 2002 precedent that invalidated term limits for county offices was wrong, adopting the dissent in the case that said counties' home-rule charter powers clearly allow term limits.

By Lee Logan, Times Staff Writer Saturday, April 28, 2012 It's official: The state Senate district stretching from west Pasco to Sumter County will remain intact. The Florida Supreme Court on Friday upheld a new redistricting map for 40 redrawn Senate seats. The ruling represents a starting gun for what has been a slow-developing race between Rep. John Legg, R-Port Richey, and east Pasco ...

A state administrative law judge says former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell should be allowed to coach football in Florida schools ... Campbell can take his case to an appellate court if Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson rejects ...

Rick Scott has reinstated Osceola County's court clerk after he was acquitted on assault and ... human resources director when they discussed the Christmas card incident. A Florida Department of Law Enforcement report said Thompson acknowledged he had ...

BARTOW - Voter-imposed term limits are constitutional, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled ... be someone who can present a positive image both within Polk and at regional and state gatherings. The issue of term limits and a pay cap for ...

TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Supreme Court on Friday upheld the second-effort by lawmakers to fashion new Senate districts, ruling the Legislature had adequately balanced the rights of minorities and political parties under the state's 2010 anti-gerrymandering reforms.

CHARLOTTE — A Florida driver was jailed after he tried to elude state police during a short chase in Charlotte. Octavian Graur, 25, of Palm Springs Garden, Fla., was arrested on charges of negligent operation and attempting to elude police on U.S. 7 Saturday night, Vermont State Police said.

tells the newspaper he plans to appeal Thursday's ruling to the state Supreme Court. Ates was convicted in 2009 of fatally shooting his former son-in-law. An investigation by Bergen County prosecutors included wiretapping calls Ates made from Florida to ...

such as Lee and Palm Beach, plan to put the issue in front of voters. The Florida Supreme Court added to the debate last month when it ruled that lawmakers can allow slots in various parts of the state. Pointing to ineffective legal ...

The Florida Supreme Court ruled Friday that the new version of state Senate districts are constitutional, setting the final stage for the 2012 elections and a lot of work by the 67 Supervisors of Elections offices.

Chief Assistant State Attorney ... officer. Court records show he is being represented by attorney Frank C. Lawson and a status conference is slated for August. The incident occurred April 1. The case was turned over to the Florida Department ...

A state court judge has ordered a Florida logging company to pay $31,000 to some Effingham County property owners for failing to pay for harvested timber and failing to replant trees. Koon Logging LLC and Monte Koon, of Lake City, Fla.

PITTSBURGH (WTW) — The University of Pittsburgh is going to court in hopes of expediting ... of its core members. Central Florida, Houston, Memphis, SMU and Temple will join the league for all sports and Boise State, San Diego State and Navy are ...

Two Marion County men will appear in Federal Court in Chattanooga Thursday in connection with ... Dobson and Gott are accused of defrauding hundreds of investors in California, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia. The investigation was a joint ...

Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez ... Jennifer Hudson, who was in Florida at the time, attended every day of the two weeks of testimony, sobbing when photos of her relatives' bloodied, bullet-ridden bodies were displayed to jurors ...

A number of lower federal and state courts, however, have upheld the use of churches as polling places (e.g., a 2007 decision by a federal judge in Florida). The Freedom From Religion Foundation, the American Humanist Association and others ...

Krajcir also pleaded guilty to robbery and burglary in the 1978 incident. The woman's son, Mark Gregory, traveled from Florida to see Krajcir sentenced. In court, Krajcir said he was glad Gregory followed his orders or he would have likely killed him and his mother.

And in Florida, where the couple lived, state law bars inheritance for children conceived posthumously. Karen Capato challenged the denial of benefits in court, contending that Social Security Administration had misread the statute. She argued ...

Court clerks statewide are preparing for budget reductions as they try to work with legislators to prevent an approximately $30 million budget cut to clerks' offices throughout Florida.

Florida's Supreme Court ruled this morning that Broward's term limits for county commissioners are constitutional. Based on the foregoing, we recede from Cook and the rationale it relied upon in Thomas v. State ex rel.

Florida State fought back to make the score 3-2 moments later, however, with straight-set victories of its own on courts five and six. Nearly simultaneously, FSU’s Jason Zafiros defeated BSU’s Sears 6-3, 6-4 on court six, while Nole Cristian ...

Then again in Dallas in February. . . . trying to beat a top-tier team on its home court. Now they face it again -- with ... with two of the potential three remaining games set for South Florida. It doesn't matter that nobody outside the Pacers ...

The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences of three Marion County men. Two of the rulings came Thursday, when the court denied the appeals of Anthony Ponticelli and Ian Lightbourne.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court ... the states of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. It also covers certain counties in California, Florida, New York, North Carolina and South Dakota ...