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Associated PressJanuary 29, 2017

To build his highly touted deportation force, President Donald Trump is reviving a program that deputizes local officers to enforce federal immigration law. The program received scant attention as Trump announced on the same day his plans to build a border wall and hire thousands more federal agents as he looks to fulfill promises from […]

Mike PhillipsJanuary 29, 2017

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Associated PressJanuary 29, 2017

Though “Obamacare” still divides Americans, a majority worry that many will lose coverage if the 2010 law is repealed in the nation’s long-running political standoff over health care. A new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 56 percent of U.S. adults are “extremely” or “very” concerned that many will […]

Staff ReportsJanuary 29, 2017

The Department of Homeland Security and a senior White House adviser have issued statements saying that President Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry to the U.S. from several Muslim-majority countries will remain in effect. The statements came hours after a federal judge issued a stay on the order. According to NBC News, the statement from DHS […]

Associated PressJanuary 29, 2017

Family reunions were blocked, refugees from war-torn countries were turned away and border agents detained scores of unsuspecting travelers at airports as the U.S. began a chaotic implementation of President Donald Trump‘s plan to fight terrorism by temporarily stopping citizens of seven nations from entering the country. By Saturday night, a federal judge in New […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 28, 2017

Editor’s note: January 28, 2020 is “Public Notice Day” in the Capitol. This op-ed was written two years ago in opposition to newspapers’ monopoly on legal notices. Having observed people helping one another in friendly, social, and trusting communal ways on the Internet, while feeling isolated as a relative newcomer to San Francisco, Craig Newmark decided to create […]

Associated PressJanuary 28, 2017

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is announcing his annual budget recommendations next week. Scott plans to release details of his spending plan on Tuesday during the annual legislative planning session hosted by The Associated Press. The Florida Legislature will consider Scott’s budget request during the session that starts in March. The Republican governor has already outlined […]

Scott PowersJanuary 27, 2017

Blowback erupted from another direction for the South Florida Regional Transit Authority late Friday over its big and controversial Tri-Rail operations contract when Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Jim Boxold questioned the agency’s accountability and threatened to cut off its state money. Boxold sent the transit authority’s Executive Director Jack Stephens a letter late Friday questioning the SFRTA’s […]

Scott PowersJanuary 27, 2017

Concerned that wholesale electronic publication of arrest booking pictures on the internet can hang around and hurt the lives of people later found to be innocent, state Sen. Randolph Bracy filed a bill Friday that would restrict internet mugshot publication by Florida law enforcement agencies. Senate Bill 546 particularly focuses on the trend in recent […]

Michael MolineJanuary 27, 2017

The group behind a 14.5 percent workers’ compensation premium can’t get around Florida’s Sunshine Law by arguing that a single individual worked on the matter, and not a full-fledged internal committee, an appellate brief argues. The law holds that meetings by such committees at rating organizations like the National Council on Compensation Insurance, or NCCI, […]

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Donald Trump wants to enlist local police in immigration crackdown

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Americans feat they’ll lose coverage with Obamacare repeal: Poll

Dep’t of Homeland Security, White House adviser: Travel ban will remain enforced

Tears and detention for U.S. visitors as Trump travel ban hits

Legal notices system still needs to be reformed

Rick Scott to roll out his spending plan

Transportation Secretary Jim Boxold threatens to pull Tri-Rail’s state money

Randolph Bracy bill seeks to restrict electronic publication of pre-conviction mug shots

NCCI, state insurance office can’t evade Sunshine Law, brief argues