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“Discussions have concluded and the parties have reached an impasse,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Anthony Porcelli, who has served as a mediator, said in a filing.
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During the hearing, the judge chided the state for issuing a comment that mediation efforts had reached an “impasse” when they had not.
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In a filing Wednesday, Attorney General Ashley Moody wrote that “cruise companies are trying their best to work with the CDC because they have no choice. But make no mistake - the CDC continues its overreach."
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Florida's Attorney General Ashley Moody says the CDC violated law in prohibiting cruise ships from sailing during the pandemic.
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The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Tampa, asks a federal judge to lift restrictions imposed by the CDC that have idled cruise ships in the U.S. for more than a year because of the pandemic.
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While CDC guidelines have shut down the industry, cruises are being operated around the globe with protocols and no new coronavirus outbreaks tied to a ship, the governor says.
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If the bankruptcy plan is approved, Florida could get up to $280 million to $400 million over a 10-year period.
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The settlement says that $558.9 million will be used to "remediate the harms caused to the settling states and their citizens by the opioid epidemic."
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In part, the attorneys general contend in the brief that the decisions could have broader ramifications for states that seek to make changes in their Medicaid programs through what are known as 1115 waivers.
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Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office has reached a $20 million settlement in a probe into whether a major cancer-treatment firm improperly worked with…