SENTENCING RULING The 1st District Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of an inmate who challenged his four-year sentence for fleeing from a law enforcement officer and driving without a license. The inmate said the trial judge who issued the sentence did not follow sentencing guidelines which would have given the inmate a maximum one-year Read more about Legal Updates[…]
Governor Scott Appointments: Board of Governors of the State University System Appointed was Fred Salerno, Hobe Sound, retired vice chairman and chief financial officer of Verizon. Salerno previously served for six years as the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York. Board of Optometry Appointed were Dr. David Rouse, Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]
South Florida Water Management District Governing Board Selected chair was Federico Fernandez and Melanie Peterson as vice chair. University of Central Florida Selected as its next president was Dale Whittaker. Whittaker currently serves as UCF’s provost and executive vice president. He is replacing president John C. Hitt, who will retire on June 30th after 26 Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]
BP SETTLEMENT FUNDS Four regional economic development projects in Northwest Florida will receive $19 million from Triumph Gulf Coast, the organization created to administer the settlement money from the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. The Port of Panama City and Wakulla, Escambia and Okaloosa counties are the initial project recipients, with more than $1.5 billion Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
FACIAL RECOGNITION The Orlando Police Department is one of the first police stations in America to test Amazon Rekognition facial recognition technology. The program allows police to upload a photo to “detect, analyze, and compare faces for a wide variety of user verification, cataloging, people counting, and public safety use cases.” The program is in Read more about Issues of Interest[…]