Monday's Daily Pulse

› Florida's newest Supreme Court Justice has deep roots in Tallahassee [Tallahassee Democrat]
When former appellate Judge C. Alan Lawson is sworn in Wednesday as the Florida Supreme Court’s 86th justice, the ceremony not only marks a milestone in his legal career, it will be a testament to the Tallahassee role models he encountered along the way.

› Free-roof insurance scam plagues Florida homeowners [Florida Record]
A trend has emerged in the storm-battered Sunshine State in which a relatively small number of roofers and attorneys are utilizing assignment-of-benefits (AOB) clauses in homeowners' insurance policies to sue insurance companies for more than the actual cost of repair.

› Biomass basics: Your guide to Gainesville’s deal to buy GREC [Gainesville Sun]
Gainesville may take a big step this week toward paying $750 million for a power plant that cost $450 million to build. Why would it consider such a thing?

› E. coli outbreak involving peanut butter substitute reaches Florida [Miami Herald]
The Centers for Disease Control says the states touched by the SoyNut Butter peanut substitute E. Coli outbreak now number 12 and includes Florida.

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