Anne GeggisSeptember 14, 2023
6min0
Abortion rights advocates point out the law's wording makes no distinction between patients and medical providers in calling for penalties for violating the law.
Tag: Florida law
Anne GeggisSeptember 14, 2023
Jesse SchecknerFebruary 9, 2023
7min0
‘You don’t get a get-out-of-jail-free card by beating up your lawyer.’
Jesse SchecknerSeptember 1, 2021
‘You choose now to disobey the law’: Nikki Fried says Ron DeSantis illegally appointed DEP Secretary
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DeSantis 'lacks the legal authority' to appoint a Department of Environmental Protection Secretary alone, Fried said.
Ana CeballosJanuary 22, 2018
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A 135-year-old law that makes it a first-degree misdemeanor to defame a woman for being unchaste would be repealed under a bill that cleared its first of three Senate committee stops on Monday. “In our modern society these penalties are too severe for an issue that has mostly been handled among two private citizens in […]
Associated PressOctober 19, 2016
1min325
Florida’s hourly minimum wage is going up, by a nickel. State officials have announced that the wage will rise Jan. 1 in Florida from $8.05 to $8.10 an hour. Florida law requires the state to annually calculate the rate based on increases in the federal Consumer Price Index. Groups representing workers have decried the small […]
Scott PowersJune 27, 2016
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Dueling responses on the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest abortion law ruling, from Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, his Democratic challengers U.S. Reps. Alan Grayson and Patrick Murphy others, show how divisive the issue remains between the major parities. In a 5-3 decision, the court tossed both parts of a Texas law that is similar to one approved […]