By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Broward judge late Thursday gave Waste Management 10 days to explain in writing why internal company documents about federal and state antitrust reviews of a 2016 merger should be kept secret.
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
For the second time in a week, attorneys for Waste Management on Tuesday halted a legal proceeding after objecting to the courtroom presence of a Florida Bulldog reporter.
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
After years of embarrassing news about mega-wealthy former Gov. Rick Scott’s financial conflicts of interest, state Republicans in the House and Senate are pushing bills to repeal Florida’s controversial qualified blind trust statute. But that won’t affect the new blind trust quietly set
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward County Administrator Bertha Henry was supposed to testify Thursday afternoon in a high-profile civil lawsuit that pits Davie recycling businessman Ron Bergeron against trash disposal giant Waste Management. But Henry’s video-taped deposition was abruptly canceled when Waste Management’s attorneys walked out after
By Deirdra Funcheon
Thanks to decades of tough-on-crime policies, Florida now has the third-largest prison population in the United States — nearly 100,000 people, including more minors than any other state. Florida requires people to serve at least 85 percent of their sentences and has abolished parole. All this costs taxpayers $2.4 billion per year.
In the 1980s and 1990s, the crack epidemic, combined with fears about a new breed of juvenile “superpredators,” sent the state on a jailing spree. But could 2019 be a turning point? With escalating incarceration costs and evolving public sentiment, both Republicans and Democrats have voiced support for at least modest changes.
