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22 Publix stores to offer COVID-19 vaccinations

January 13, 2021

22 Publix stores to offer COVID-19 vaccinations By Christine Sexton News Service of Florida Seniors living in Citrus, Hernando and Marion counties will be able to get vaccinated for COVID-19 while shopping at Publix, under an agreement Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration reached with the Florida-based supermarket chain. The state is

Court weighs retaliation suit against ex-lawmaker

January 13, 2021

Former Rep. Kimberly Daniels By Jim Saunders News Service of Florida An employment grievance? Or a report about wasted taxpayer money? An appeals court waded into a dispute about whether a former Florida House member should be shielded from a lawsuit filed by a one-time aide who alleges she was

Experts become focus in battle over gun law

January 8, 2021

Pradeep Bhide, a Florida State University College of Medicine professor who has spent nearly four decades as a developmental neuroscientist, is one of the state’s experts in a gun law squabble.Photo special to the Outlook By Dara Kam News Service of Florida A legal battle over a Florida law that

Fried wants National Guard to help with vaccine

January 8, 2021

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried News Service of Florida Staff Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried called on Gov. Ron DeSantis to mobilize the National Guard to help distribute COVID-19 vaccines. In a letter to DeSantis last Wednesday, Fried said distribution has been characterized in media reports as “very chaotic” and that

Hurricane toll suspension fuels battle

January 8, 2021

Damage caused by Sally damaged has forced the shutdown of the Pensacola Bay Bridge.Photo special to the Outlook By Jim Saunders News Service of Florida Bondholders last week asked a circuit judge to quickly order the Florida Department of Transportation to reinstate toll collections on a controversial Panhandle bridge where

Virtual school alleges trademark infringement

January 8, 2021

Two virtual schools are locked into a lawsuit over trademark infringement.Photo special to the Outlook News Service of Florida Sraff The public Florida Virtual School has filed a federal lawsuit accusing a competitor of trademark infringement. Florida Virtual School filed the case last week in Orlando against Virginia-based K12, Inc.,

Pandemic puts chambers in lead for helping business recovery

January 8, 2021

Katrina Tuggerson, president of Capital City Chamber of Commerce Sue Dick, president/CEO of Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce Antonio Jefferson, president of Big Bend Minority Chamber Keith Ferguson, Teaching Faculty I and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the FSU College of Business By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Big retailers have been

Fired analyst Jones files lawsuit over search

December 30, 2020

Rebekah Jones Dara Kam and Jim Saunders News Service of Florida A fired Florida Department of Health data analyst who contends Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has manipulated COVID-19 statistics filed a lawsuit last Sunday alleging state law-enforcement agents violated her rights when they searched her home and hauled away computer equipment.

Feds target Walmart on opioid dispensing

December 30, 2020

Walmart is vehemently denying its role in an opioid dispensing suit. News Service of Florida Amid ongoing litigation against pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors and drug-store chains, federal officials are targeting Walmart Inc. for allegedly filling thousands of prescriptions for controlled substances that its pharmacists knew were invalid. In a lawsuit filed

Report: State failed to protect female inmates from sexual abuse

December 30, 2020

By Jim Turner News Service of Florida For more than a decade, the state has failed to protect inmates at Florida’s largest women’s prison from sexual abuse by the staff, according to a report released by federal officials. The investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and