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APPEAL PLANNED FOR FLORIDA’S DOCS VS GLOCKS LAWS
Doctors and health care providers challenging a Florida gun law say they will appeal a recent decision to uphold the measure. A federal appeals court last week ruled that the law restricting what doctors can tell patients about gun ownership is constitutional and doesn’t violate their First Amendment speech rights. But the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence announced Monday that doctors represented by the center will appeal the 2-1 decision.
INSURERS: 2015 EXCHANGE RATES LIKELY TO SPIKE
State insurance officials are preparing to release figures next week on how much health plans will cost under the Affordable Care Act for 2015, and rate increases seem inevitable as insurers say their new consumers are older and sicker than anticipated. Critics of so-called “Obamacare” warned of huge rate increases to signal the law isn’t working. But rates have risen as much as 20 or 30 percent in recent years.
GROUPS WANT COUNTIES TO IGNORE ICE DETAINERS
A coalition of civil rights and immigrant rights groups has sent letters to officials in 62 Florida counties calling for an end to local law enforcement agencies detaining people for alleged civil immigration violations at the request of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. An attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida says that ICE detainers violate the basic principle that the government cannot put someone in jail without due process.
FLORIDA OFFICIAL GETS 5 YEARS FOR BRIBERY CASE
A former Miami-Dade County public works official who oversaw thousands of roadway lights has been sentenced to five years in prison for accepting $150,000 in bribes. The U.S. Attorney’s Office reports that 67-year-old Garfield Perry was sentenced Tuesday. He pleaded guilty in May to conspiring to accept bribes in connection with programs receiving federal funds and to commit extortion.
GROUPS ARGUE FLORIDA MUST HOLD STATEWIDE ELECTION
A coalition challenging Florida’s current congressional map argues that the state may have to hold statewide elections for two of its 27 congressional seats. The groups have already successfully sued over Florida’s current map for Congress. A judge is supposed to decide this week if the map can be changed before the 2014 elections.
