Lawyers representing Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd are challenging a nearly $3.2 million request for attorney fees and costs from voting-rights groups that contested a 2021 elections law. In a recent filing, the state’s lawyers argued that the groups are seeking an exorbitant amount…
Read More Florida Pushes Back Against $3.2 Million Attorney Fee Request In Voting Rights Case
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of civil rights violations against supporters of President-elect Donald Trump following hurricanes Helene and Milton. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Fort Pierce, alleges that FEMA aid workers were…
Read More Florida Attorney General Alleges FEMA Violated Civil Rights Of Trump Supporters
FULTON COUNTY, GA. – In September 2022, Lashawn Thompson died alone in a squalid cell in the mental health unit of the Fulton County Jail. Thompson, a man with a documented history of mental illness and homelessness, was initially arrested for spitting at a Georgia…
Read More Civil Rights Investigation Uncovers Shocking Neglect, Violence At Fulton County Jail: DOJ
A California company is fighting back against Florida’s ban on the sale and manufacturing of lab-grown meat. UPSIDE Foods, Inc., a producer of cultivated chicken, has filed an appeal challenging a federal judge’s recent decision to uphold the ban. In August, UPSIDE Foods sued Florida,…
Read More California Company Appeals Florida Ban On Lab-Grown Meat
Vice President Kamala Harris canceled her planned speech at an election night party early Wednesday but has not yet conceded defeat following former President Donald Trump’s projected victory, securing at least 270 electoral votes to return to the White House. Trump’s tally will most likely…
Read More Kamala Harris Cancels Election Night Speech, Expected To Concede After Trump Wins Presidency
Florida voters have rejected Amendment 4, a measure that sought to establish a constitutional right to abortion and block restrictions before fetal viability, around 22 weeks of pregnancy. According to Decision Desk projections, the amendment’s defeat means Florida’s six-week abortion ban, enacted in 2023, remains…
Read More Florida Voters Reject Amendment 4 On Abortion Rights
As most states adjusted their clocks this past weekend, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) renewed his call for Congress to pass the bipartisan Sunshine Protection Act, aiming to make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent and end the twice-yearly clock changes. In a video message, Senator…
Read More Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville Renews Push For Permanent Daylight Saving Time
After a significant decrease in policies the previous week, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. saw a small uptick in the number of Floridians it insures. As of Friday, Citizens had 1,037,811 policies, a slight increase from the previous week but still considerably lower than the 1,271,907…
Read More Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Sees Slight Increase In Policies After Recent Drop
As Florida voters head to the polls to decide on Amendment 4, which would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, new data reveals a significant drop in the number of abortions performed in the state. According to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration,…
Read More Florida Abortion Numbers Drop Significantly As Voters Decide On Amendment 4
As Election Day is upon us, Florida has witnessed significant voter engagement, with nearly 8.2 million Floridians having voted either through mail-in ballots or at early voting locations by Monday morning. According to the latest figures from the Florida Division of Elections, 5,354,829 individuals utilized…
Read More Florida Sees High Voter Turnout With Over 8 Million Early And Mail-In Ballots