TALLAHASSEE | Lawyers for three immigrants urged the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday to throw ... That's insufficient because the warnings fall short of advising that federal immigration officials and judges have no choice but to deport ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A federal appellate court says Florida's law requiring "electioneering" groups to register and disclose their finances is constitutional. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal on Thursday affirmed a trial judge who rejected a ...

TALLAHASSEE — A state administrative law judge says former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell should be allowed to coach football in Florida schools ... charges were dropped except for a couple misdemeanor gun crimes more than 25 years ...

TALLAHASSEE — A pay day loan company’s lawyer argued Wednesday that the Florida Supreme Court must uphold ... t find lawyers willing to pursue individual claims for relatively small amounts of money in cases involving complex legal issues.

TALLAHASSEE | Eight ... that must be approved in a regular law, not in the annual budget. "The (Florida) Constitution prohibits using appropriations acts to enact or change substantive law," association lawyers wrote in the document.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ' Two defendants have pleaded no contest to lesser charges of misdemeanor hazing in the beating of a fellow Florida A&M University band member. Aaron Golson and Sean Hobson then were sentenced Thursday in Tallahassee to 30 days in ...

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.

State leaders joined hundreds of law enforcement ... Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Mayor Bill Foster of St. Petersburg, where three police officers were killed last year alone. "Last week, we learned Florida's crime rate is at a 41-year ...

The other members of the Florida Cabinet are Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Attorney General Pam Bondi. The cabinet also approved bonds to pay for the construction of new dormitories at Florida International ...

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.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Supreme Court is hearing oral argument in a mortgage foreclosure case that could have far-reaching consequences. Thursday's argument focuses on whether lenders or other plaintiffs can avoid penalties for filing forged ...

The Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission mandated on Thursday that the Florida Law Enforcement Certification of ... Sneads manager Connie Butts said the town’s attorneys were already looking into appealing the verdict.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida appellate court has reversed a $6.25 million judgment against an insurance company because it was for an injury that occurred four days before coverage was obtained. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal ...

Bob Levy, also a Tallahassee political consultant ... prompted by a series of reports in The Miami Herald, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Miami-Dade Office of the State Attorney launched an investigation of Rivera over ...

TALLAHASSEE -- With two experienced candidates in a district that could go either way, Florida ... R-DeLand, who instead plans to seek a seat on the Volusia County Council. In an interview this week, Hukill, a 65-year-old attorney, touted ...

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Attorneys for three immigrants urged the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday to throw ... who pleaded guilty to a 2001 drug charge in exchange for probation in Miami-Dade County when he was 19 years old. He has since earned ...

“I remember meeting many of you amidst the moving vans and the construction ... third in Southwest Florida. In his commencement address, attorney Robert George told students to keep their Catholic faith in all of their law dealings.

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme court says charter counties can have term limits ... Other counties with term limits are Brevard, Clay, Duval, Hillsborough, Orange, Palm Beach, Polk and Volusia. A term limit proposal is on the Nov. 6 ballot ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — More than 160 current and former employees and family members are suing the federal prison agency over ailments they blame on exposure to toxins at an electronics recycling facility at a penitentiary in the Florida Panhandle.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Prosecutors say a former Florida postal worker ran in the Boston Marathon and participated in other athletic events while claiming her back was too badly hurt to deliver the mail. A U.S. District Court jury agreed on Tuesday.

TALLAHASSEE -- A glitch in a new state law reforming no-fault car insurance could allow ... executive director of Personal Insurance Federation of Florida, an organization that represents State Farm, Progressive and Allstate.

Tallahassee, FL — In response to today’s ruling by Tallahassee Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis, League of Women Voters of Florida First Vice- President Pamela Goodman issued the following statement: “Today, Judge Lewis ruled that he cannot ...

TALLAHASSEE -- A federal appeals court Thursday quickly rejected a constitutional challenge to a 2010 Florida election law regulating some outside groups that run political ads or send mailers. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court ...

The Justice Department and a judge reject Democrats' claims.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTW) — Attorneys for three immigrants urged the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday to throw out their guilty pleas to felony charges because defense lawyers failed to warn them the result would be almost certain deportation. They cited a ...

TALLAHASSEE — TALLAHASSEE — The state Supreme Court year could rule on a foreclosure case this year that may affect thousands of cases in Florida and throughout the U.S. Thursday, the state high court heard arguments over whether lenders ...

Former County Attorney Renee Lee appeared before an Administrative Law Judge on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 in an attempt to quash the fact that the Florida ... of the Hillsborough County Commission. The hearing took place in Tampa and Tallahassee ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTW) — A homeowner's lawyer told the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday that the justices can strike a blow against rampant fraud by prohibiting lenders from simply voluntarily dismissing mortgage foreclosure cases to avoid penalties ...

Two defendants have pleaded no contest to lesser charges of misdemeanor hazing in the beating of a fellow Florida A&M University band member. Aaron Golson and Sean Hobson then were sentenced Thursday in Tallahassee to 30 days in the Leon County ...

TALLAHASSEE | A glitch in a new state law reforming ... "For insurance companies to use the gap to deny claims, I think, would be an embarrassment," said Michael Carlson, executive director of Personal Insurance Federation of Florida, an ...

TALLAHASSEE - Steve MacNamara ... helping to broker a sort of truce between Scott and the Republican Party of Florida after much of the establishment backed former Attorney General Bill McCollum in the 2010 gubernatorial primary.

TALLAHASSEE — A group of major players in the Internet ... Kelly Mathis, a Jacksonville attorney representing the group, said Allied Veterans affiliates are nonprofit organizations but pay taxes. While they contribute money to veterans ...

FORT WALTON BEACH — Okaloosa County commissioners on Tuesday put an end to the Tourist Development Council’s long-standing autonomy by placing strict limits on how the agency spends money. Tallahassee attorney Greg Stewart, who is conducting ...

TALLAHASSEE ... a Florida assistant attorney general, said the U.S. Supreme Court may soon rule on whether cases going back possibly decades can be appealed in light of the 2010 ruling. Florida justices could wait for further guidance from the federal ...

Politics alerts: Get South Florida politics news ... He also has worked as a consultant for attorney Jim Palmer, a Seminole County developer who owns land near the proposed Wekiva Parkway, which Dorworth supported in Tallahassee.

TALLAHASSEE ... is retroactive. The federal justices agreed on April 30 to consider that issue in an Illinois case. One result of the federal ruling, though, will be to require the Florida Supreme Court to recede from a 1987 opinion that precluded ...

Prosecutors say a former Florida postal worker ran in ... A U.S. District Court jury agreed on Tuesday. Jurors convicted 55-year-old Jacquelyn V. Myers of Tallahassee of health care fraud and making false statements to collect workers compensation.

TALLAHASSEE - A federal appeals court today quickly rejected a constitutional challenge to a 2010 Florida election law regulating some outside groups that run political ads or send mailers. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

A judge in Sanford ruled Tuesday that ... Amendment free speech rights," said his attorney, J. Marcus Jones of Oviedo. Jones has filed a similar but much broader suit in Tallahassee against the Florida Highway Patrol. A hearing in that case ...

TALLAHASSEE — TALLAHASSEE — The state Supreme Court year could rule on a foreclosure case this year that may affect thousands of cases in Florida and throughout the U.S. Thursday, the state high court heard arguments over whether lenders ...

TALLAHASSEE — It’s Friday, Gov. Rick Scott’s staff is making news all over the place, and here are the top stories we’re reading this morning: - The Florida Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday upholding Broward County’s term-limits for commissioners is making waves in other counties, including ending the incumbency of two Palm Beach County Commissioners. The Sun Sentinel [...]