May 2019 - Florida Bulldog

Smiling man in striped shirt raises forefinger in air as man in suit has arm around shoulder. Both are graying with beard and mustache.

alt text: Florida: Smiling man in striped shirt raises forefinger in air as man in suit has arm around shoulder. Both are graying with beard and mustache. — Clifford Williams (left) and Nathan Myers leave the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla., after being exonerated. Photo: Innocence Project of Florida

By Claire Goforth

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two grey-haired men listened silently in Courtroom 505 of the Duval County Courthouse on March 28 as Judge Angela M. Cox uttered the words that they’d waited the better part of 50 years to hear: “The indictments against you have been dismissed and you are free to go.”

After spending more than 42 years in prison for murder and attempted murder, with that pronouncement Nathan Myers and Clifford Williams took their place in Florida history as the first people to be exonerated by a prosecutor-led effort.

Legislators seek investigations of Marion Hammer’s failure to disclose large fees from NRA

May 30, 2019 5:06 pm

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By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Two state legislators filed formal complaints Thursday with the state, Senate and House oversight authorities seeking investigations into Tallahassee lobbyist Marion Hammer’s failure to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees from the National Rifle Association.

Documents, courtroom should be open to public in Waste Management case, Broward’s chief judge says

May 28, 2019 5:23 am

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By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org Citing the public’s “right to know and to understand” the impact of Waste Management’s $525-million buyout of a competitor on the cost of disposing of trash in Broward, a judge has ordered company documents regarding federal and state antitrust investigations of the merger deal to

Legislative ‘sprinkle’ adds extra half-million dollars to state senator’s nonprofit, quietly doubling state payout to Lauren’s Kids

May 22, 2019 5:44 am

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By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
In the waning days of the most recent Florida legislative session, it appeared the nonprofit agency founded and run by Plantation State Sen. Lauren Book would walk away with only half-a-million dollars in taxpayer funding after consecutive years of receiving seven-figure sums. Then

NRA pays lobbyist Marion Hammer big bucks, but you won’t find that disclosed in Tallahassee

May 14, 2019 7:30 am

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By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The National Rifle Association paid powerhouse Tallahassee lobbyist Marion Hammer more than a quarter million dollars last year in the wake of the Parkland school massacre, according to an internal NRA document obtained by Florida Bulldog.

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Legislators seek investigations of Marion Hammer’s failure to disclose large fees from NRA

Documents, courtroom should be open to public in Waste Management case, Broward’s chief judge says

Legislative ‘sprinkle’ adds extra half-million dollars to state senator’s nonprofit, quietly doubling state payout to Lauren’s Kids

NRA pays lobbyist Marion Hammer big bucks, but you won’t find that disclosed in Tallahassee

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