Category: Florida

A Palm Beach County Commissioner resigned after being charged with corruption charges, according to this report. Mary McCarty and her husband were formally charged Friday in separate criminal investigations, one day after the former Palm Beach County commissioner resigned and said she would voluntarily plead guilty to a federal corruption charge. Federal authorities have charged […]

According to this report, some Florida House members chartered a flight to catch yesterday’s national football championship game.

Thanks to the case discussed in this article (Florida Association of Professional Lobbyists v. Division of Legislative Information Services), we will soon know if Florida’s lobbyist regulations violate the state’s constitution. A lawyer for Florida lobbyists told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday that it should throw out a three-year-old ethics law because lawmakers don’t […]