New Florida Governor Ron DeSanits signed his first bill into law on Monday, and it’s a substantial one.
DeSantis signed SB 182, making it legal for patients who are prescribed smokable medical marijuana to obtain it and use it.
Since taking office, DeSantis has pushed for lawmakers to repeal Florida’s ban on smokable medical marijuana.
“Over 70 percent of Florida voters approved medical marijuana in 2016,” said Governor... [...]
A South Florida lawyer helped pull off a $19.7 million fraud — a pump-and-dump stock scheme involving shell companies.
Now, federal prosecutors thinks James Schneider of Hillsboro Beach is trying to play them in a modern version of an old-fashioned shell game, keeping the government looking in one place while hiding his money in another.
Schneider, 77, was sentenced in Miami federal court to seven years in federal prison on Feb. 15... [...]
Wealthy Miami Beach businessman Philip Esformes was covering his bases to get his son into the University of Pennsylvania and its exclusive Wharton School.
He first approached Penn’s varsity basketball coach Jerome Allen in May 2013 about placing the son on his short list of recruits so he would be put on a fast track to gain acceptance to the Ivy League school. To make the dream a reality, Esformes plied the coach with bribes —... [...]
A Miami-Dade postal carrier faces 50 years in prison on charges he stole envelopes containing thousands of dollars in cash from a Florida City outlet store.
Justin Swanson, 28, pleaded not guilty to five counts of mail theft by a postal employee in February, but his attorney filed a notice Tuesday that he will change his plea to guilty to at least some of the counts March 29 in Miami federal court.
A grand jury also indicted Swanson... [...]
Hundreds of former felons celebrated on the steps of the state Capitol Tuesday, more than four months after Florida voters passed Amendment 4, a ballot measure that is estimated to restore voting rights to more than 1.2 million residents.
Yet inside the Capitol, lawmakers may soon spark another fight over who gets to vote — this time over the definition of “murder.”
This is unwelcome news for about 500 people who arrived Tuesday... [...]
