The Latest: Ex-Florida candidate Gillum accepts ethics fine

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the ethics case against Andrew Gillum (all times local):
12:30 p.m.
Former gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has agreed to pay a $5,000 fine to settle an ethics complaint that he violated civil law by accepting a gift from a lobbyist. The state Ethics Commission agreed to drop four additional counts of violations.
The settlement was announced Wednesday in Tallahassee just as Gillum was to go before an administrative hearing. His attorney Barry Ric