Saturday - December 13, 2025
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Florida Newsletter for Monday December 01, 2025 ( 4 items )  

Federal Reserve: Arkansas, Florida Entities File Notices to Acquire Bank Holding Company Shares
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (TNSFR) -- Entities in Arkansas and Florida have filed notices with the Federal Reserve System to acquire voting shares in bank holding companies, as required under the Change in Bank Control Act. Kenneth R. Lehman of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, submitted a notice seeking to acquire voting shares of Sabine Bancshares Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Sabine State Bank and Trust Co., both of Many, Louisiana. This application is subject to review by the Fede  more

SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Ex-California, Colorado Resident in Fraudulent Stock Scheme
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 2:23-cv-06799-GW-JCx; filed Aug. 18, 2023, C.D. Cal.) involving Andrew Wyles Waters: * * * On October 16, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered a final judgment against Andrew Wyles Waters, whom the SEC charged in 2023 with perpetrating a fraudulent scheme involving his private sale of restricted common stock in ECom Products Group Corporation (OTC:   more

Senate Special Committee on Aging Sets Dec. 3 Hearing on Impact of Community During Holidays
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Aging in Place: The Impact of Community during the Holidays" at 3 p.m. on Dec. 3, 2025, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building: Members * Chairman Rick Scott (Republican-Florida) * Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand (Democrat-New York) Witnesses * John Offerdahl, President, Offerdahl's Hand-Off Foundation, Oakland Park, FL * Jason Resendez, CEO, National Alliance for Caregiving,  more

U.S., Syrian Forces Locate and Destroy ISIS Weapons Caches in Southern Syria
TAMPA, Florida, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: * * * U.S., Syrian Forces Locate and Destroy ISIS Weapons Caches in Southern Syria * TAMPA, Fla. - Forces from U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) and the Syrian Ministry of Interior located and destroyed more than 15 sites containing ISIS weapons caches in southern Syria, Nov. 24-27. U.S. military personnel from Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolved (CJTF-OIR) worked with Syrian forces in ide  more