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Jacob OglesDecember 22, 2018

Background checks should stop violent felons from buying guns. State Rep. Margaret Good just filed legislation to make all sellers actually use them. “I don’t know if people understand that if you buy off the internet in Florida, if you buy off of Craiglist or you do it person to person, a background check is […]

Ryan NicolDecember 21, 2018

A national survey of U.S. editors and news directors conducted by the Associated Press has named February’s shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School the number one news story of 2018. The attack killed 17 people, spawned activism efforts from students and parents of the victims, and resulted in the passage of a new gun safety […]

Ryan NicolDecember 21, 2018

State Sen. Lauren Book is putting forward a new measure (SB 174) in response to February’s shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, mandating silent alarm systems be set up in public schools throughout the state. The act, dubbed “Alyssa’s Law,” is named after Alyssa Alhadeff, a 14-year-old student who was one of the 17 people […]

Ryan NicolDecember 19, 2018

Democratic state Rep. Kristin Jacobs wants to create a $110 million compensation fund for the victims of February’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in which 17 were killed. She filed legislation (HB 123) in the Florida House on Wednesday. The fund would be set up within the Department of Education. The department then would be […]

Ryan NicolDecember 18, 2018

Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie lobbied Broward County legislators Tuesday to set up a victims’ compensation fund to pay out money to those affected by February’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Runcie and other school board members were confronted by some of those families at another delegation meeting earlier this month. Mitch Dworet, Debbie […]

Ryan NicolDecember 10, 2018

Max Schachter, whose son Alex was killed in the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, has decided not to run for the soon to be open House District 97 seat. Schachter, who lives in Coral Springs, had said he was weighing a run for the seat after state Rep. Jared Moskowitz was tapped by GOP Gov.-elect Ron […]

Ryan NicolDecember 8, 2018

Max Schachter, who serves on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission after losing his son, Alex, in February’s shooting, says he’s considering a run for the House District 97 seat being vacated by state Rep. Jared Moskowitz. That’s according to reporting from WLRN which has been confirmed by the Sun Sentinel. Schachter could […]

Ryan NicolDecember 5, 2018

Several parents who lost their children in February’s shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School had an opportunity Tuesday to confront members of the Broward School Board, venting their frustration over what the parents say were failures that led to their children’s tragic loss. Board members were on hand at the Broward County Governmental Center, meeting […]

Ryan NicolOctober 15, 2018

Rick Scott, Florida’s outgoing Republican Governor, is out with a new ad in the race for U.S. Senate, highlighting the endorsement of Andrew Pollack, who lost his daughter in February’s shooting in Parkland. Scott is attempting to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. In the new minute-long ad, titled “Meadow,” Pollack speaks of the loss […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 14, 2018

Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter, Jaime, was killed seven months ago in the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, and other parents who lost children in the tragedy endorsed incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson at an event Friday afternoon. Guttenberg also laid into Nelson’s Republican opponent, Gov. Rick Scott. “In Florida, under Rick Scott, nothing was […]

Tag: Parkland shooting

Margaret Good aims for background checks on private gun sales

Parkland shooting named “Top news story of 2018” in AP survey

Lauren Book proposes ‘Alyssa’s Law’ to set up silent alarms in public schools

Kristin Jacobs files bill to create compensation fund for Parkland victims

Robert Runcie urges compensation fund for Parkland victims’ families

No go: Parkland parent Max Schachter declines run for HD 97 seat

Parkland parent Max Schachter weighing run for Jared Moskowitz seat

Parkland parents confront Broward School Board, demand victims’ compensation fund

Parkland parent endorses Rick Scott in new ad

Fred Guttenberg endorses Bill Nelson for Senate