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In a stern letter to sheriffs and prosecutors, The ACLU Florida wrote Thursday that law enforcement is “using excessive and unnecessary ...
Many people take their right to vote for granted. But winning the right to vote for as many U.S. adult citizens as possible has been a n ...
It looks increasingly likely that the Republican Party will move its August convention, at least in part, to Jacksonville following repo ...
Two state Education Commissioners and a former U.S. Secretary of Education testified virtually to the U.S. Senate Wednesday on how to sa ...
Florida can be such an odd place.
In political circles dominated by men, Gwen Margolis was a trailblazer — the first female to serve as Florida Senate President.
Senate President Bill Galvano turned down a request Tuesday to call a special session for police reforms following the death of George F ...
Alexis Soto Fernandez’s boss started tormenting people of Cuban extraction.
Ben Crump was 10 years old and living on the “wrong side of the tracks’’ when he saw how different life was for black people vs. whites.
In the wake of recent killings of black people by police, and the protests that followed, conversations about police reform have increased.
COVID-19 infections have spiked to 64,094 in Florida, the state Department of Health reported Monday, up from 966 infections the day bef ...
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats outlined their vision for sweeping police reforms on Capitol Hill Monday, following weeks of nation ...
Moving the Republican National Convention to the key battleground state that is Florida could mean packing tens of thousands of delegate ...
A storage container full of oranges that recently arrived at the Port of Savannah held a lot more than natural sources of Vitamin C.
The American Empire is disintegrating before our very eyes, but what the hell?
Former vice president Joe Biden has secured the Democratic nomination for president.
With only about two months before the start of the next school year, Florida’s top education official has yet to announce what the plan is.
Amid tension over police brutality, a state lawmaker has proposed calling the Florida Legislature into special session on police reform.
A day after Gov. Ron DeSantis announced “Phase 2” of reopening Florida and loosening restrictions that impact daily life, the state for ...
School Supt. Rocky Hanna in Florida’s state capital called Thursday on Gov. Ron DeSantis and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran to ...
