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Hundreds of thousands of Florida ex-felons who have completed their sentences still canât vote, a prohibition that is hindering their re-entry into society, a group of voting rights advocates said Tuesday as they urged Congress to step in
Floridaâs drug possession statute can force those who say they didnât know they were breaking the law to prove that or be presumed guilty, the state Supreme Court said Thursday (July 12, 2012) in one of the most closely watched Florida drug cases decided in recent years.
Even though it was illegal to do so, his master also taught him to read and write. After the fighting began between the States in April 1861, the Outer Banks were the site of one of the first Northern invasions, in February 1862.
Tapping major players in Florida politics, a committee closely aligned with Gov. Rick Scott collected $2.85 million in contributions during the past three months, a new report shows.
âFlorida is not going to implement Obamacare. We are not going to expand Medicaid and weâve not going to implement exchanges,â says Governor Scott. Our governor has made a choice to be defiant and stubborn
State officials will release a list of 180,000 names at the center of a controversy over attempts to remove non-citizens from the voting rolls after determining that the information is a public record, according to the Department of State.
Gov. Rick Scott continued on Friday to argue against setting up exchanges to help people find health insurance, saying they won’t make health coverage cheaper and may not give people coverage they want.
Florida is both a model and a cautionary tale for other states grappling with violent crimes against homeless people, and on Tuesday it will play a lead role at a congressional hearing on the subject.
The approval process and decision on who would become residents of Dixie Court was made by the City Commissioners who themselves was the Housing Authority.