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Miami commissioner explains vote delay on settlement over gerrymandered map claim
Read full article: Miami commissioner explains vote delay on settlement over gerrymandered map claimDuring This Week In South Florida on Sunday, Miami Commissioner Miguel Gabela said the delay in replacing the unconstitutional city-drawn districts’ map was to ensure it gets done.
Miami commissioners to vote on agreement ending redistricting saga with new map
Read full article: Miami commissioners to vote on agreement ending redistricting saga with new mapThree weeks after a federal judge struck down Miami’s city commission map, ruling it was unconstitutionally racially gerrymandered, the groups that sued the city over its redistricting announced Wednesday that they’ve reached an “expected final agreement” with city officials to implement new boundaries and end the legal saga once and for all.
Judge rules Miami commission maps unconstitutional: ‘Miamians suffered’
Read full article: Judge rules Miami commission maps unconstitutional: ‘Miamians suffered’A federal judge struck down Miami’s current city commission map, ruling that the city “unconstitutionally” drew district lines based on race.
Miami redistricting trial gets underway amid talks of possible settlement
Read full article: Miami redistricting trial gets underway amid talks of possible settlementThe long-awaited federal trial centered on Miami’s contentious voting maps began Monday with a series of plaintiffs’ witnesses testifying as to why they have standing to bring the complaint against the city.
Judge cites Local 10 in thwarting city’s effort to toss Miami redistricting suit
Read full article: Judge cites Local 10 in thwarting city’s effort to toss Miami redistricting suitA federal judge allowed an ongoing lawsuit challenging Miami’s electoral map to continue Friday, denying the city’s latest attempt to have the case thrown out of court.
After appeals court loss, plaintiffs take Miami redistricting battle to Supreme Court
Read full article: After appeals court loss, plaintiffs take Miami redistricting battle to Supreme CourtAfter being dealt a legal blow Friday in their efforts to keep a “racially gerrymandered” electoral map from being used in this November’s Miami city commission election, plaintiffs suing the city are taking their fight to the U.S. Supreme Court.
City, ‘frustrated’ plaintiffs await new ruling after court pauses new Miami commission map
Read full article: City, ‘frustrated’ plaintiffs await new ruling after court pauses new Miami commission mapMiami’s redistricting saga took another turn Monday after a court placed a temporary halt on a new city commission district map ordered in place by a federal judge the day prior.
Will new Miami electoral map force Carollo out? City’s redistricting battle not over
Read full article: Will new Miami electoral map force Carollo out? City’s redistricting battle not overFresh off the heels of a court order stating Miami city commissioners’ second try at redrawing their electoral map failed to remedy “unconstitutional” racial gerrymandering issues, there are now questions over whether an incumbent commissioner will have to move or relinquish his seat.
Court order: Miami ‘gerrymandered’ its commission map again, judge chooses new one
Read full article: Court order: Miami ‘gerrymandered’ its commission map again, judge chooses new oneIn response to a lawsuit, a federal judge ruled Sunday that the city of Miami commissioners’ proposed district map, purportedly drawn to address issues of racial gerrymandering present in the current boundaries, failed to make significant enough changes to fix the problems he originally identified.
Federal court sides with lobster fishers in whale protection case anchored off New England
Read full article: Federal court sides with lobster fishers in whale protection case anchored off New EnglandA federal appeals court has blocked proposed restrictions aimed at saving a vanishing species of whale, saying they could put thousands of commercial fishermen out of work.
Federal judge declines to block Florida ban on mask mandates
Read full article: Federal judge declines to block Florida ban on mask mandatesA federal judge has declined to block a ban imposed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to prevent mandating masks for Florida school students amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
Prosecutor: South Dakota AG to take plea deal in fatal crash
Read full article: Prosecutor: South Dakota AG to take plea deal in fatal crashA prosecutor says South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg will avoid a trial and take a plea deal on misdemeanor traffic charges in a crash last year in which he hit and killed a man who was walking near a rural highway.
South Dakota's AG charged with 3 misdemeanors in fatal crash
Read full article: South Dakota's AG charged with 3 misdemeanors in fatal crashRavnsborg, South Dakotas Republican attorney general, has been charged with misdemeanor careless driving after he struck and killed a man with his car, authorities said Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Ad“At best, his conduct was negligent, which is insufficient to bring criminal charges in South Dakota," Beadle County State's Attorney Michael Moore, who helped handle the case, said. He called South Dakota's manslaughter law “weak” and that he expected his family to take civil action against Ravnsborg. Moore, the state's attorney, said the misdemeanor charges were the “right decision” but that he didn't feel good about it. A crash reconstruction expert from Wyoming and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation assisted the South Dakota Highway Patrol in the investigation.
Ahead of the election, a landslide of documentaries
Read full article: Ahead of the election, a landslide of documentariesThis combination photo shows poster art for political documentaries, from left, "All In: The Fight for Democracy," "Boys State," "537 Votes," "Slay the Dragon," and "The Fight." The election has unleashed an avalanche of documentaries like no season before it. In a presidential election of enormous stakes, filmmakers have rushed to finish their films before Election Day. (Amazon, from left, Apple TV Plus, HBO Max, Magnolia Pictures, Magnolia Pictures via AP)NEW YORK – The election has unleashed an avalanche of documentaries like no season before it. In a presidential election of enormous stakes, filmmakers have rushed to finish their films before Election Day, to try to inform, sway and entertain the electorate.