Front: Governor Ron DeSantis
Middle (pictured left to right): Pahokee Mayor Keith Babb; Stephen Singleton, Singleton and Sons; Matt Griffin, Former Florida Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher and 2020 Excellence in Agriculture Award recipient; Michael K. Brown, Brown’s Produce Farms, LLC; Shedrick and Denise McGriff, McGriff Farms; Senator Kathleen Passidomo; and Senator Darryl Rouson, Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture.
Back (pictured left to right): Senator Kelli Stargel; Representative Jayer Williamson, House bill sponsor; Senator Jason Brodeur, Senate bill sponsor; John L. Hoblick, President of Florida Farm Bureau; Senator Debbie Mayfield; Senate President and lifelong farmer Wilton Simpson; Senator Bobby Powell, Chair of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus.
Governor Signs Right to Farm Bill Following Overwhelming Legislative Support On April 29, 2021, in News Releases, by Staff
Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed SB 88, Farming Operations, preserving Florida’s agricultural heritage and modernizing Florida’s Right to Farm Act which regulates agriculture throughout the state of Florida. The Governor was joined at the bill signing ceremony by Florida farmers, Senate President Wilton Simpson, and bill sponsors, Senator Jason Brodeur and Representative Jayer Williamson, highlighting the strong bipartisan support of SB 88.
Senate President Wilton Simpson (R-Trilby), a lifelong farmer said, “Governor DeSantis and the Florida Legislature stand with Florida farmers. The State of Florida is committed to preserving Florida’s farms, which are legacy businesses that contribute to our nation’s food supply and billions of dollars to our state’s economy. We frequently updat
Revised lawsuit over 2019 death in Dauphin County Prison names 55 defendants
Updated Apr 10, 2021;
Posted Apr 10, 2021
Carmen Riley, reading a statement, and Thomas Matthews, parents of Ty Rique Riley, become emotional during a press conference about their son s death on July 1, 2019 after falling unconscious in Dauphin County Prison. August 8, 2019.
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WILLIAMSPORT A number of defendants previously dismissed from a lawsuit over the 2019 death of an inmate in Dauphin County Prison have been pulled back into the court battle.
They are among 55 defendants named in an amended complaint, filed Friday, that charges that Ty-Rique Riley’s in the prison was caused by “intentional, malicious and/or grossly negligent conduct.” The lawsuit was brought by Riley’s parents in U.S. Middle District Court.
Dauphin County Prison guards accused of concealing beatings of inmate with mental issues
Updated Jan 31, 2021;
WILLIAMSPORT – Dauphin County Prison guards are accused of filing false reports to conceal alleged beatings of an inmate with mental issues who died in 2019.
The new allegation is contained in an amended wrongful death and survival complaint the estate of Ty-Rique Riley and his parents Carmen Riley and Thomas Matthews-Kemrer seek permission to file in U.S. Middle District.
The new complaint, according to attorneys for the estate, would address issues raised in a report by Magistrate Judge William I. Arbuckle III that led to Judge Matthew W. Brann on Jan. 13 dismissing six defendants.