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FDLE: 3 Florida residents arrested on charges of turning in fraudulent petition forms
Read full article: FDLE: 3 Florida residents arrested on charges of turning in fraudulent petition formsAuthorities arrested three paid petition circulators last week for fraudulent use of personal identification information, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced in a press release Monday.
Floridaโs โpermitless carryโ law to make policing more difficult, MDPD director says
Read full article: Floridaโs โpermitless carryโ law to make policing more difficult, MDPD director saysAlfredo โFreddyโ Ramirez III, the director of the Miami-Dade Police Department since 2020, said a new law is going to make policing more difficult.
Man freed after serving 34 years for crime talks about dreams for the future
Read full article: Man freed after serving 34 years for crime talks about dreams for the futureAfter more than 34 years in prison, a 57-year-old man is set to be freed on Monday after prosecutors determined that he had been wrongly convicted.
Man freed after serving 34 years for Broward crime he didnโt commit
Read full article: Man freed after serving 34 years for Broward crime he didnโt commitAfter more than 34 years in prison, a 57-year-old man is set to be freed on Monday after prosecutors determined that he had been wrongly convicted.
Florida GOP advances migrant flight bills, Disney district
Read full article: Florida GOP advances migrant flight bills, Disney districtFlorida lawmakers have advanced proposals to strip Disney of its self-governing status, expand a controversial migrant transportation program and strengthen prosecutions tied to the stateโs election police unit.
Florida lawmakers seek to make it easier for juries to impose death penalty
Read full article: Florida lawmakers seek to make it easier for juries to impose death penaltyAfter a jury couldnโt agree on the death penalty in the Parkland school shooting, Republican lawmakers in Tallahassee are proposing to make it easier to send condemned convicts to death row.
Attorney Ben Crump plans to sue DeSantis over ban of African American studies course
Read full article: Attorney Ben Crump plans to sue DeSantis over ban of African American studies courseFlorida Senator Shevrin Jones, Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump and others hosted a press conference Wednesday regarding the DeSantis administrationโs ban of a proposed Advanced Placement African American Studies course.
South Florida man wins $1 million playing Lottery scratch-off game
Read full article: South Florida man wins $1 million playing Lottery scratch-off gameA 55-year-old man claimed his $1 million winnings this week after playing the 500X THE CASH scratch-off game, Florida Lottery officials confirmed Tuesday.
DeSantis expected to sign property insurance bill
Read full article: DeSantis expected to sign property insurance billFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign the property insurance bill which creates a $1 billion reinsurance fund and rewrites rules on coverage denials and attorney fees, in a move to lower rising costs of property insurance and insurer losses.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signs controversial bill putting time restrictions on abortions
Read full article: Gov. Ron DeSantis signs controversial bill putting time restrictions on abortionsThe law DeSantis signed Thursday also deals a blow to overall abortion access in the South, where Florida has provided wider access to the procedure than its regional neighbors.
Leon County grand jury to review case of slain LGBTQ+ advocate
Read full article: Leon County grand jury to review case of slain LGBTQ+ advocateA Leon County grand jury will be reviewing the homicide case investigation into the death of a prominent LGBTQ+ advocate, the Tallahassee Police Department announced on Thursday.
Tallahassee sends โmessage of preparednessโ ahead of Inauguration Day
Read full article: Tallahassee sends โmessage of preparednessโ ahead of Inauguration DayTALLAHASSEE, Fla. โ Two days ahead of President-elect Joe Bidenโs inauguration, security was being elevated at state capitols across the county. Planned armed protests are expected, but in Tallahassee, the seven demonstrators who gathered Sunday were the largest group weโve seen thus far. โI hope that our message of preparedness is ringing loud in the ears of anyone who might want to come to Tallahassee and cause violence,โ Dailey said. Federal, state and local law enforcement are staging in and surrounding the capitol complex. Between coronavirus and threats of violence, it is better to put it on another day,โ said Mutaqee Akbar, president of NAACPโs Tallahassee branch.
Truck drives through Florida protesters
Read full article: Truck drives through Florida protestersTALLAHASSEE, Fla. Police say a pickup truck drove through a crowd of protesters in Floridas capital, causing people to run screaming out of the way as the vehicle stopped and started. Tallahassee police said Saturday that the driver was in custody and that no one was seriously injured. Video shows the truck stopped at a traffic light, and protesters walked near it while appearing to speak to the driver. Warning: Video below may be disturbing to someA car ran though the protesters and TALLAHASSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROTECTED THEM!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/L5vbet3fy7 (@maj07_) May 30, 2020Lucas von Hollen says the truck revved its engine and some people moved to the side, but others didnt and were knocked to the ground.