Category: Florida
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How America Got Hooked On A Deadly Drug
By Fred Schulte
Kaiser Health News
Purdue Pharma left almost nothing to chance in its whirlwind marketing of its new painkiller OxyContin. From 1996 to 2002, Purdue pursued nearly every avenue in the drug supply and prescription sales chain — a strategy now cast as reckless and illegal in more than 1,500 federal civil lawsuits across the country. -
Republican Party recycled Waste Management contributions to Bondi before antitrust deal
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In December 2015, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office cut a secret antitrust deal with Waste Management that allowed it to complete its big money acquisition of Southern Waste Systems and Sun Recycling, including Sun’s Broward recycling facilities. In the six years before, as Bondi campaigned for election and re-election, Waste Management contributed more than $150,000 to the Republican Party of Florida, Gov. Rick Scott and Bondi. -
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Bondi’s office doesn’t want to answer questions about Waste Management antitrust probe
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida’s top antitrust attorney is seeking to quash a Broward subpoena that seeks to force her to answer questions about the state’s review of Waste Management’s $525-million takeover of Sun Recycling. -
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Trump chooses Lt. Gov. Lopez-Cantera’s brother-in-law to be next U.S. Marshal
By Dan Christensen and Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
President Trump’s nominee to become the next U.S. Marshal in South Florida is the brother-in-law of Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera. The nomination of Gadyaces Serralta, a Miami-Dade police major, for the $160,000-a-year job was sent to the Senate last week for confirmation. -
Congressman Deutch wants answers about Kalashnikov USA and Russia sanctions
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch asked the Treasury Department Wednesday if it has investigated Pompano Beach-based Kalashnikov USA to determine whether federal sanctions were violated “through illicit business relations” with Russian firearms giant Concern Kalashnikov. -
Broward Health goes dark; Gov. Scott clams up
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Things are getting stranger at Broward Health. On Friday, the taxpayer subsidized public hospital system began refusing to provide requested public information. On Monday, the governor’s office declined to explain why Rick Scott hasn’t suspended indicted district leaders.
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