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Mitch PerryFebruary 6, 2017
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An online poll of 600 Florida residents conducted by Florida Atlantic University shows that by a 52-36 percent margin, Floridians do not want the Trump administration to cut off funding to sanctuary cities. And a plurality – 46-38 percent – don’t want the U.S. Justice Dept. to take any legal action against sanctuary cities. However, the same […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 6, 2017
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Former Florida Bar president Hank Coxe, former state Sen. Arthenia Joyner and former federal prosecutor Roberto Martinez are Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Labarga‘s three picks to the Constitution Revision Commission. Labarga announced his choices Monday during a press conference in the courthouse’s rotunda in Tallahassee. They now are the first names known to be on […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 6, 2017
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The Florida Bar wants lawyer-spouses of military members stationed in Florida to be able to practice law here without having to take the state bar exam. The Bar, which regulates the state’s 100,000-plus licensed attorneys, filed its request with the Florida Supreme Court last week. The change would require court approval. Twenty-three other states, including […]

Associated PressFebruary 5, 2017
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Melissa McCarthy lampooned White House press secretary Sean Spicer in a “Saturday Night Live” sketch where she taunted reporters as “losers,” fired a water gun at the press corps and even used the lectern to ram a Wall Street Journal journalist. “SNL” opened with Alec Baldwin reprising his President Donald Trump and phoning foreign leaders […]

Associated PressFebruary 5, 2017
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A federal appeals court denied early Sunday the Justice Department’s request for an immediate reinstatement of President Donald Trump’s ban on accepting certain travelers and all refugees. The Trump administration appealed a temporary order restraining the ban nationwide, saying late Saturday night that the federal judge in Seattle overreached by “second-guessing” the president on a […]

Associated PressFebruary 5, 2017
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About three thousand demonstrators marched Saturday near President Donald Trump‘s Florida estate to protest his now-blocked executive order temporarily limiting immigration. The protest began with a rally outside Trump Plaza in West Palm Beach. They marched two miles to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, where the International Red Cross was holding a fundraiser. Protesters shouted anti-Trump slogans […]


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