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• Orlando law firm Morgan and Morgan argued that the Department of Education violated a state law awarding bonuses to teachers who met certain criteria under the Best and Brightest program. The Department of Education allowed school districts to reduce the bonuses paid to teachers to account for employer taxes.
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• Seminole and Lake Counties allege companies including Purdue Pharma marketed prescription opioids as safe pain management, while others including Walgreens and CVS didn’t restrict the sale of these drugs.
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• Orlando has joined other cities signing a lawsuit that is suing the state over the right to set local gun regulations. Dr. Robert Spitzer of the political science department at State University of New York College at Cortland joins Intersection to discuss the lawsuit and how it can affect other states.
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• The lawsuit between the City of Orlando and several media outlets has been moved over to federal court. The city and the media are in a legal tug-of-war over 911 calls made during the Pulse nightclub shooting and other communication.
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• Just last week, Valencia College in Orlando announced that it would permanently eliminate a practice that, while commonly practiced in medical training fields, makes most people cringe when they hear about it: Asking students to volunteer to give other students a chance to practice invasive medical diagnostic testing so everyone gets some real-life experience with the procedure. But when two female students attending school at Valencia sued because they claim they were told they’d face retribution if they didn’t volunteer to allow other students to practice transvaginal ultrasounds on them, the school quickly came under fire. The students say they were told that if they didn’t want to submit to having the internal ultrasounds performed on them as part of their course of …
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• Last week, Gov. Rick Scott announced that he plans to “take legal action against Obama” for refusing to commit to give Florida $1.3 billion to fund the state’s Low Income Pool program, which helps hospitals cover the cost of paying for uninsured patients who show up in droves in emergency rooms because they don’t have access to traditional healthcare services.
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• Latino and immigrant leaders will hold a rally at the Office of the Attorney General Thursday.
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