Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday formally entered a historic multibillion-dollar joint federal-state agreement in principle with BP Exploration & Production Inc. to resolve the economic loss claims asserted by Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas from the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf.
Florida stands to receive more than $3.25 billion in total.
“In 2010, our state — and the entire Gulf region — woke up to a story that shook the nation; an oil…
It’s been only a few months since a new board has been in place at the Hawaii Community Development Authority, the stage agency regulating developing in the growing Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako.
But talk to people in the community, small-business owners in the area, state lawmakers and individuals on the new board, as I’ve done, and you’ll see that it’s already evident that the way Kakaako is being developed with scores of new high-rises being built, is beginning to change.
And for…
The trial between Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media over the latter’s release of a clip of a sex-tape involving the wrestler, has been delayed.
The jury trial, which had been scheduled to begin Monday in St. Petersburg, was put on hold today, after Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal ruled that Pamela Campbell, the Pinellas County circuit court judge overseeing the case, failed to enforce the strict rules governing the scheduling of jury trials, Gawker reports. Under civil court procedures in… 
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce will not run for a fifth term.
Joyce has endorsed St. Louis Assistant Circuit Attorney Mary Pat Carl in the 2016 Democratic primary to replace her. Joyce has held the position since 2001.
“This has been a very difficult decision for my family and me,” Joyce said in a statement. “I love this job. I love St. Louis. I was born in the city, educated in the city and I live in the city. I’ve given the majority of my adult life to protecting victims, seeking… 
The Solar Impulse 2 solar-powered aircraft began its flight over the Hawaiian Islands Thursday as pilot André Borschberg passed 100 hours in the air, breaking all distance and duration world records for solar aviation as well as the record for the longest solo flight previously held by Steve Fossett for his flight in 2006.
As of Thursday afternoon, the Solar Impulse 2 had fewer than 500 miles left to fly before its planned landing on Oahu early Friday morning.
Only sleeping periods of 20 minutes… 
The Salvation Army Kroc Center Hawaii delivered a $23.3 million social and economic impact on the West Oahu area in 2014, according to a national study commissioned by the nonprofit organization.
Researchers at Partners for Sacred Places and McClanahan Associates, Inc. found the 26 Kroc centers around the nation have a total annual positive social and economic impact of $258 million.
Jennifer Hee, executive director of development for The Salvation Army - Hawaiian & Pacific Islands, says the West… 
Tristan Duncan and Tom Grever, partners at Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP in Kansas City, represented power companies that recently won a case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The ruling in Michigan v. EPA held that regulatory agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency must not bypass doing a cost-benefit analysis when considering new regulations. Agencies should not be allowed to enact rules that do more harm than good when looked at from a fiscal viewpoint, the ruling says. The case put on… 
