Stet News⚖️ An investor lawsuit accusing Florida Power & Light’s parent company, Juno Beach-based NextEra, of securities fraud can move forward, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled last week in a resurrection of the case.
- Last year, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed that class-action lawsuit against NextEra, finding that the lead investors had failed to demonstrate that any of the company’s statements during a maelstrom of news coverage about those controversies was sufficiently misleading. A panel of 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges in Atlanta disagreed.
- Law enforcement officials have never accused NextEra or its employees of wrongdoing in the case. (The Tributary)
🚊 More passengers are riding Brightline as average fares fall for South Florida. (WLRN)
🔎 A closer look at Democrat Rob Long and Republican Maria Zack as they compete in the Dec. 9 special election for the Florida House District 90 seat left open by the death of Joe Casello. (Sun-Sentinel $$$)
Florida, with a month to go in the year, has surpassed the record for the number of child drowning deaths with 110. Two state legislators want to put a dent in that by adding drowning prevention to a state-required education program for new parents. (Sun-Sentinel, $$$)
⛔️ The east end of the Bryant Park jetty, the scenic pier jutting into the Lake Worth Lagoon in Lake Worth Beach, has been closed since late October to replace rotting wood. (Lake Worth Beach Independent $$$)
⬆️ Luxury homes, defined as in the top 5% of the price range, in West Palm Beach sold for a median of $4.04 million in October, up 187.3% from a decade ago. That is more than double the national rise of 82.5%, and the fastest growth of any major metro. (Redfin)
⛳️ The life story of Dennis Walters, the Jupiter golf trick shot artist who has been paralyzed since a golf cart accident in 1974, headlined “unquestionably golf’s most inspiring story.” (Golfweek)
Esteemed Tallahassee Statehouse reporter and columnist Bill Cotterell died Nov. 24 at age 82. He continued to publish long after his 2012 retirement. (Tallahassee Democrat)
🎙️ “Top of Mind Florida,” the podcast by Michael Williams and Brian Crowley, sits down with Paige Shortsleeves, the executive director of PEACE, to discuss the hidden economic crisis in Palm Beach County. (Listen now; watch after 4 pm Wednesday)
