Articles in Category: 'Attorney General Bill McCollum'

Florida Businesses See 2011 Session as Shot in the Arm

By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: May 11, 2011 3:55 AM

TAGS: AIF, Arizona, Attorney General Bill McCollum, Department of Community Affairs, Gov. Rick Scott, Immigration, News, Northeast Florida Business Association, Sen. David Simmons, Unemployment Compensation, Government

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Florida, Other States Mull Next Step in Health Care Lawsuit

By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: February 2, 2011 3:55 AM

Northern Florida District Court Judge Roger Vinson’s ruling, declaring the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional and void, has left parties on both sides of the lawsuit to ponder their next bit of legal strategem as the case winds its way through the judicial system.

TAGS: 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, Attorney General Bill McCollum, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Commerce Clause, Constitution, Gov. Rick Scott, Judge Roger Vinson, News, Office of Public Affairs, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, U.S. Justice Department, Government

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Florida Judge: Health Care Law Unconstitutional

By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: January 31, 2011 7:04 PM

U.S. District Court Judge Roger Vinson issued a ruling from Pensacola on Monday declaring the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.

TAGS: Affordable Care Act, Attorney General Bill McCollum, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Commerce Clause, Florida Democratic Party, Gov. Rick Scott, Health Care Freedom Act, Judge Roger Vinson, National Federation of Independent Businesses, News, President Barack Obama, Scott Arceneaux, Sen. Andy Gardiner, Sen. Bill Nelson, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Mike Haridopolos, SJR 2, U.S. Constitution, Government

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Florida Presents Case Against Obamacare

By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: December 17, 2010 4:05 AM

Florida’s lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act, the federal overhaul of health care, took another step forward Thursday as U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson heard oral arguments in Pensacola.

TAGS: Affordable Care Act, Attorney General Bill McCollum, Commerce Clause, Georgetown University, Judge Roger Vinson, Medicaid, News, Obamacare, Rep. Rick Kriseman, U.S. Constitution, Government

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Gainesville Biomass Plant OK'd in Last Cabinet Meeting

By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: December 8, 2010 4:05 AM

The Florida Cabinet, convening Tuesday for the last time with its current members and governor, approved a controversial biomass plant in Gainesville.

TAGS: Agriculture and Consumer Services, American Renewables, Attorney General Bill McCollum, Charles Bronson, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, Florida Clemency Board, Florida Wildlife Foundation, Gainesville Renewable Energy Center, Gov. Charlie Crist, Jim Morrison, Marco Rubio, News, Rick Scott, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, The Doors, U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam, Government

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Florida Sues EPA Over Water Standards

By: Kenric Ward | Posted: December 7, 2010 4:30 PM

Opening a second front in their battle against the federal government, Florida officials on Tuesday sued the Environmental Protection Agency over its proposed water standards.

TAGS: Adam Putnam, Attorney General Bill McCollum, Environmental Protection Agency, George LeMieux, News, Pam Bondi, Tom Rooney, water quality, Government

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Crist, McCollum, Sink, Bronson: Together Again for Last Time

By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: November 10, 2010 4:05 AM

Gov. Charlie Crist, flanked by Attorney General Bill McCollum, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles Bronson, presided over one of the last meetings of the Florida Cabinet Tuesday, tackling a jump in sinkhole claims and a proposed development in Polk County that led to a small flap with the Department of Community Affairs.

TAGS: Attorney General Bill McCollum, CFO Alex Sink, Charles Bronson, Department of Community Affairs, Gov. Charlie Crist, Gov.-elect Rick Scott, Kevin McCarty, News, Office of Insurance Regulation, Polk County, Secretary Thomas Pelham, Government

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Gov. Charlie Crist Meets With Gov.-elect Rick Scott on Transition

By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: November 9, 2010 4:25 PM

Gov. Charlie Crist said he isn't quite ready to hand Florida's reins over to his successor. Nevertheless, he and Gov.-elect Rick Scott engaged in their first conversation Tuesday in an effort to smooth the transition between the two administrations.

TAGS: Arizona immigration law, Attorney General Bill McCollum, Charlie Crist, Dean Cannon, Department of Management Services, Fort Lauderdale, Marco Rubio, Mike Haridopolos, News, Rick Scott, Tallahassee, Government

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Countrywide Crackdown Means Cash for Florida Homeowners

By: Kenric Ward | Posted: June 8, 2010 12:17 AM

Some 200,000 homeowners -- including thousands in Florida -- will share in a $108 million settlement announced Monday by the Federal Trade Commission.

Countrywide Home Loans, a subsidiary of Bank of America, agreed to pay to settle FTC charges that the company collected excessive fees from mortgage holders struggling to keep their homes.

TAGS: Attorney General Bill McCollum, Bank of America, Business, Countrywide Home Loans, FTC, News

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Greer Threatens to Sue GOP

By: John Kennedy News Service of Florida | Posted: April 1, 2010 5:43 PM

Former Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer pushed back Thursday against state GOP officials, threatening to sue the party to comply with terms of a severance package which officials say was never properly completed.

Greer’s attorney, Damon Chase of Lake Mary, has a seven-page agreement signed by Greer and top party leaders, dated Jan. 4, that would have paid him $11,250 monthly for 11 months. In turn, Greer was to step down as chairman.

TAGS: Attorney General Bill McCollum, Delmar Johnson, Meredith Rourke, News, Republicans, Victory Strategies, Politics

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McCollum Pushes Back on 'Forced' Health Care

By: Kevin Derby | Posted: March 17, 2010 (All day)

Attorney General Bill McCollum declared Tuesday there is "no benefit" to the federal health care legislation supported by the Obama administration and invited attorneys general from around the nation to join him in preparing to challenge the policy on constitutional grounds.

“There is no benefit to this bill,” McCollum said of the pending health care reform. “I can’t conceive of any.”

TAGS: Alex Sink, Attorney General Bill McCollum, Health Care, Mike Haridopolos, News, Paula Dockery, Politics, Government

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