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Editorial Roundup: Florida
Orlando Sentinel. September 13, 2023. Editorial: Florida Supreme Court justices parrot fiction on 15-week abortion ban When lawyers opposing Florida’s 15-week limit on safe, legal abortions arrived at the majestic state Supreme Court building Friday, they knew they...
Editorial Roundup: Florida
Orlando Sentinel. September 10, 2023. Editorial: Prosecutor Worrell blasts back at DeSantis’ suspension – and scores Time and again, Gov. Ron DeSantis has gotten away with actions that few other governors would even consider. Among them: Vendettas against other...
Trial for ex-Baltimore prosecutor is moved outside the city due to potential juror bias, judge says
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s former top prosecutor, who was charged last year with perjury and mortgage fraud, will be tried outside the city because potential jurors may have been biased by extensive media coverage of the case, a federal judge ruled Friday. Over two terms as...
A Democratic prosecutor is challenging her suspension by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida state attorney whose suspension marks the second time Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has removed a top Democratic prosecutor from office because of policy differences is challenging the decision. DeSantis failed to demonstrate that Monique Worrell was...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appoints Moms for Liberty co-founder to state Commission on Ethics
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed a co-founder of Moms for Liberty, a “parental rights” group that has sought to take over school boards in multiple states, to the Florida Commission on Ethics on Wednesday. Tina Descovich was named to the...
Disney wants to narrow the scope of its lawsuit against DeSantis to free speech claim
Disney wants to narrow the scope of its federal lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis to just a free speech claim that the Florida governor retaliated against the company because of its public opposition to a state law banning classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades....
No power and nowhere to stay as rural Florida starts recovering from Hurricane Idalia
HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The worst of Hurricane Idalia left residents of a region of tight-knit communities trying to find places to live as they rebuild — if they decide it's even worth it — and waiting potentially weeks for electricity to be restored after winds and water took out...
Florida governor declares widespread state of emergency ahead of Idalia's expected landfall
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida residents loaded up on sandbags and evacuated from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Idalia intensified Monday and forecasters predicted it would hit in days as a major hurricane with potentially life-threatening storm surges. ...
Editorial Roundup: Florida
Miami Herald. August 17, 2023. Editorial: DeSantis’ leaked debate memo leads us to ask: Is this guy for real? Next week’s Republican presidential primary debate just became a whole lot more interesting. As the New York Times reported Thursday,...
Florida ethics commission chair can't work simultaneously for Disney World governing district
The chair of Florida's ethics commission has an ethics problem, but it's due to working at The Mouse rather than being a rat. Glen Gilzean, the new administrator of Walt Disney World’s governing district, can't continue to work in his new job and chair the Florida Commission on...
