A federal judge on Tuesday blocked enforcement of a strict new Florida law that prohibits elected officials from paid lobbying on behalf of clients before any other government. The judge let stand, for now, another significant part of the new law that imposes a six-year ban on certain lobbying activities by former government officials once they leave office.
Ronald Thurston slammed a handcuffed man's head up against a patrol car. A committee recommended the deputy be suspended without pay for three days. Instead he got fired.
Michael Moskowitz, the high-power attorney, lobbyist and one of Broward’s most prominent money-raisers for Democratic candidates, died late Saturday, just a year and a half after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 68.