ReutersApril 27, 2020
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Judge Robert Hinkle will preside over the trial via video link.
Tag: Civil RightsSen. Ashley Moody (right) fields questiosn about the space program during a town hall in Melbourne. Image via Ashley Moody.
ReutersApril 27, 2020
Sarah MuellerFebruary 10, 2020
4min397
The Eleventh Circuit Court hears civil rights cases for Florida, Georgia and Alabama.
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 19, 2019
5min494
A group is helping with costs to ensure poverty isn't a barrier to voting.
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 17, 2019
5min343
The program could waive outstanding fines and fees.
Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 5, 2019
6min440
The site contains the graves of at least 120 African Americans.
Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 15, 2019
9min298
Example: Castor had standout moment Straz could have stopped.
Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 13, 2019
4min408
Emgage group represents 12,000 Tampa Muslim-American voters.
Ryan NicolJanuary 21, 2019
5min569
The civil rights leader would have turned 90 this year.
Michael MolineNovember 30, 2018
6min698
Attorneys for the Florida Senate and federal government agreed Friday to seek an expedited trip to a federal appeals court regarding its sovereign immunity defense against a legislative aide’s sexual harassment claim. That might ameliorate what an attorney for the chamber called the “distinct, irreparable harm” to its dignity as a legislative body forced to […]
Michael MolineOctober 4, 2018
5min605
A proposed federal class action lawsuit accuses Citrus County Sheriff Mike Prendergast of using unnecessarily difficult physical fitness tests to discriminate against female deputies. The lawsuit, filed in the Middle District of Florida’s Ocala Division, alleges eight counts of intentional gender discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Few, if any, other law enforcement agencies in Florida subject […]