After last week’s storm, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater wants to remind you about his Mock Insurance Village which will be set up next Thursday in Tampa. The post-disaster, on-site insurance village demonstrates the CFO’s hurricane preparedness plans. More information may be found here. If you were impacted by Hurricane Hermine and are having difficulty filing your claim, call Read more about A Message from CFO Atwater[…]
WRITE-IN CANDIDATE SUIT A group of Northeast Florida voters filed a lawsuit contesting current law regarding write-in candidates. The issue involves closed primary elections. Should all candidates for an office be from one party only, then the election will be open to all voters, regardless of party affiliation. However, should a write-in candidate emerge, then Read more about Legal Updates[…]
THIRD GRADE RETENTION Fourteen parents filed a suit in Leon County Circuit Court seeking an injunction against seven school districts to prohibit the districts from retaining third grade students whose parents opted out of the Florida Standards Assessment test. Confusion exists throughout Florida’s public schools regarding whether opting out is a legitimate reason to retain Read more about Legal Updates[…]
MEDICAID LAWSUIT LEGAL FEES A pediatric Medicaid case against the state, which lasted more than ten years, was settled out-of-court. The state will be required to provide significantly improved access to health care for Florida’s two million Medicaid children. As part of the agreement, the state will pay plaintiffs’ attorneys $12 million for legal fees. Read more about Legal Updates[…]
Congresswoman Corrine Brown Longtime Democratic Congressman Corrine Brown (D-Jacksonville) and her chief of staff, Ronnie Simmons, were handed an indictment on July 8th alleging she ran a phony education charity. Earlier this year, the president of her charity pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud after it was discovered that she Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]