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June 2, 2023

Politics & Law: Archive

2023 Florida Legislature Priorities

3/8/2023
As Florida's population surges and the state posts a record surplus, there are common causes for Republican and Democratic legislators convening March 7: Defending against natural disasters and water shortages, upgrading infrastructure and providing for affordable housing and workforce needs.
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Health Care: Lingering Effects

3/8/2023
Three years after it began sweeping the country, COVID-19 continues to cast a pall over the state's health care policy arena.
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Insurance: Headwinds

3/8/2023
While the Legislature addressed property insurance during special sessions last year, work remains as premiums continue to rise and insurers bail out. In the meantime, health care providers still struggle with rising costs, mental health coverage issues and staff shortages. Also on the agenda, there's opportunity for rare bipartisan agreement on two key issues: Resiliency and water.
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Focus for 2023: Increasing Public Access to Legal Services

2/28/2023
Statistically speaking, For Florida's legal profession, there was much to be pleased about in 2022.
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Legal Elite Hall of Fame

2/28/2023
A distinguished group of attorneys who have consistently earned high rankings from their peers in the annual Legal Elite voting.
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Update: Election results show Black, Hispanic women candidates bringing new perspectives to Florida politics

11/10/2022
In the November 2022 issue of FLORIDA TREND, we profiled several Black and Hispanic women candidates who are part of a trend of more women of color running for political office. The 2022 election set a new high bar for women of color in Florida politics: 49% of women candidates running for major state or federal office in Florida are women of color.
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Black and Hispanic women running for office are shaking up Florida's political landscape

11/7/2022
Ashley Gantt already has two careers under her belt: Teacher and attorney. Now she's embarking on a third: State legislator.
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AI-based program makes easy work of legal contract reviews

10/27/2022
Reviewing contracts for legal purposes takes a lot of repetitive attention to detail. The use of artificial intelligence at the law firm Foley & Lardner makes that type of review easier, according to Jacksonville-based partner Chanley Howell.
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What the generational shift of Florida voters means for the future

10/13/2022
The following excerpt is from the forthcoming book Generational Politics in the United States (University of Michigan Press). Susan A. MacManus is a University of South Florida professor emerita of political science. Anthony A. Cilluffo is an economist and holds a master's in public administration from Princeton University.
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Florida's rapid rise of No Party Affiliation voters

10/12/2022
Amid the acrimony of partisan politics, the ranks of Florida's unaffiliated voters are growing rapidly. Their elusive and critical votes reflect changing demographics.
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Florida's new Secretary of the Department of Management Services to oversee state's IT infrastructure

8/31/2022
Former U.S. Department of Homeland Security official Pedro Allende has been appointed Florida's new Secretary of the Department of Management Services, which is tasked with overseeing cyber-security for state government and administering tens of millions of dollars in new funding for government cyber-resiliency programs.
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The Case Against Scot Strems

8/24/2022
South Florida attorney Scot Strems built his law firm suing insurance companies — and built the insurers' case for reining in lawyers.
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FAMU's Economic Justice Initiative provides free legal services to minority business owners

7/26/2022
With a $110,000 grant from Wells Fargo Bank, Florida A&M University's College of Law is spearheading its Economic Justice Initiative, which will provide free legal services to help minority-owned small-business owners as they launch and grow their enterprises.
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Attorney Mischelle D'Angelone reflects on her childhood and why she does so much pro bono work

7/20/2022
Pasco County-based Mischelle D'Angelone, one of 20 lawyers recognized this year by the Florida Bar for service to low-income and disadvantaged clients, points to her own childhood as the reason why she does so much pro bono work, particularly work on behalf of children and families.
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Florida Fiscal Year 2022-23 budget: Opportunity to aid struggling families

7/19/2022
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the fiscal year (FY) 2022-23 budget into law on June 2, 2022. After accounting for $3.1 billion in vetoes, the post-veto General Appropriations Act (GAA) totals $110 billion, an 8.3 percent increase over the FY 2021-22 budget.
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Noise litigation attorney Mark Bentley's Beatles passion project debuts at Florida Film Festival

A Florida school raised tuition because of vouchers. Will more follow?

Real estate's popularity as investment tumbles to 5-year low

Gulf system reminds Floridians to prepare for storm season

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A good seaweed surprise for Florida: Floating mass has shrunk, reasons unclear
Florida beaches — and all the people who flock to them — may catch a break from a much-hyped and dreaded onslaught of seaweed this summer.
Billions of dollars could be on table in FAMU discrimination lawsuit
A federal judge on Thursday cleared the way for a lawsuit, which alleges racial discrimination in the funding and management of Florida A&M University, the state’s only public historical Black university, to proceed against Gov. Ron DeSantis and education officials.
Sarasota Starbucks workers seek to join national union
A group of Starbucks employees in Sarasota have joined the nationwide movement to unionize with Starbucks Workers United by filing a petition with the National Labor Relations Board.
Cuban couple brings a taste of homeland to Gainesville
Two years ago, Andy and Diana Pineda were inspired to sell their Miami home and move to Gainesville with the hope of selling a taste of their homeland.
JTA moves closer to start of work on system of self-driving transit shuttles in downtown
The inaugural National Autonomous Vehicle Day hosted by the Jacksonville Transportation Authority gave attendees a chance to take a spin in vehicles at the testing facility where JTA has been putting self-driving shuttles through the paces for years.

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