Scott PowersFebruary 16, 2021
7min1228
Transgender individuals are not currently included in hate crime definitions.
Tag: disabilityListen to Tom Leek's first radio ad.
Scott PowersFebruary 16, 2021
Ryan NicolJanuary 13, 2020
12min563
Book identified a trio of bills that will be among her top priorities as Session readies to kick off Jan. 14.
Ryan NicolOctober 24, 2019
3min420
Rep. Evan Jenne has also filed a version of the bill in the House.
Staff ReportsJanuary 18, 2019
4min3303
Fried says she won't "tolerate discrimination ... on any basis"
Jim RosicaOctober 3, 2017
3min445
Legislation filed in the Florida House would add violence against an individual based on “gender or gender identity” to the state’s list of hate crimes. Rep. Joseph Geller, an Aventura Democrat, filed the bill (HB 211) Tuesday. “Florida has recently seen an increase in hate-crimes, from 73 committed in 2014 to 102 in 2015,” according to […]
William PatrickMarch 24, 2017
6min464
In 2008, an Orange County, Florida, judge sentenced William Forrester to 15 years in prison for 15.6 grams of oxycodone, or about 30 pills. Forrester was on disability insurance and had a lung surgically removed due to cancer not long before his arrest, according to court documents. But possession of the oxycodone, combined with a […]
Guest AuthorNovember 10, 2016
6min358
Ahh, the Sunshine State — where it’s just another day in paradise and theme parks whisk visitors to fantasies where dreams come true. Problem is the reality isn’t so fancy for the many unemployed Floridians with a disability. Statistics from the Florida Scorecard Research report show that 63 percent of residents with a disability who […]
Staff ReportsSeptember 22, 2016
2min280
Three members of the Florida Rehabilitation Council for the Blind will serve another tour of duty. Gov. Rick Scott announced Wednesday that he has reappointed the three for terms ending in 2019. They are: Howard Bell, 62, of St. Petersburg, a senior advocate investigator with Disability Rights Florida, which advocates for disabled people and advises them […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 13, 2015
9min247
There’s a bill floating through both the House and the Senate that has raised nary an eyebrow, but could have some very real implications for people with disabilities in Florida. The agency that runs the program isn’t speaking about it. Organizations that support persons with disabilities have been lukewarm on the issue. One Tampa woman, though, […]