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Staff ReportsMay 25, 2018

The Publix supermarket chain says it’s suspending political contributions as it reevaluates its giving policy after students from the Parkland, Florida, high school where 17 people were killed called for a boycott because it supports a candidate aligned with the National Rifle Association. Student activists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School staged “die in” protests […]

ReutersMay 24, 2018

The Parkland, Florida, school massacre has had little lasting impact on U.S. views on gun control, three months after the shooting deaths of 17 people propelled a national movement by some student survivors, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Wednesday. While U.S. public support for more gun control measures has grown slowly but steadily over the […]

Ryan NicolMay 22, 2018

Abby Freedman of Parkland has decided against running for re-election to the Broward County School Board. Her decision comes after Lori Alhadeff, the mother of one of the victims of February’s shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, announced she would challenge Freedman for the seat. That leaves Alhadeff alone in the race for District 4, […]

Peter SchorschMay 21, 2018

No one is surprised that guns are the big political issue in Florida this year. With a deadly school shooting this week in Santa Fe, Texas, and the Parkland tragedy in February, guns and school safety are assured to be at the forefront in both Florida and nationwide for 2018. The best evidence of this […]

Danny McAuliffeMay 15, 2018

A mother and father of two unrelated students slain in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting will run for two separate seats on the School Board of Broward County. Lori Alhadeff, mother to the late Stoneman Douglas student Alyssa Alhadeff, will enter the race for the District 4 post, which oversees the forever-changed Parkland high school. Ryan […]

Scott PowersMay 15, 2018

New NRA President Oliver North‘s comments in an interview last week calling gun protests “civil terrorism” drew harsh condemnation Tuesday from the three Democrats who represent Parkland and the communities around it. “These expletives are too far even for the NRA,” declared U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, whose district includes the scene of the Marjory Stoneman […]

Ryan NicolMay 9, 2018

After receiving criticism for their delay in confronting the shooter at Stoneman Douglas High, the Miami Herald is reporting that Broward Sheriff’s deputies on the scene had not undergone active shooter training since 2015 or 2016. That’s in contrast to many of the Coral Springs officers who arrived and eventually rushed into the building. Those […]

Scott PowersMay 8, 2018

The Orange County on Tuesday approved an ordinance requiring three-day waiting periods for background checks of all firearms purchases, specifically targeting gunshots and flea markets. The ordinance also aimed at lawmakers and other state officials who in 2011 passed a state law making local gun laws illegal, and Orange County officials are going forward with […]

Danny McAuliffeMay 7, 2018

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, said although he disagrees with a controversial guest of the Florida GOP’s 2018 Sunshine Summit, he doesn’t think the speaker should be disinvited. In a video clip sent to media Monday from progressive advocacy group American Bridge 21st Century, DeSantis is seen speaking with media. When one reporter […]

Danny McAuliffeApril 23, 2018

The loss of life is priceless, but it seems the federal government is looking to mitigate other, tangible costs of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that left 17 dead. On Monday afternoon the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance, or BJA, announced it would award a $1 million grant to the Florida Department […]

Tag: Parkland

Publix suspends political giving amid anti-NRA protest

Gun control support fades three months after Florida massacre: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Broward School Board member won’t seek re-election amid challenge from mom of Parkland victim

Janet Cruz’s school safety vote is the kind of vote that could haunt Democrats in November

Parkland parents announce bids for Broward School Board

Ted Deutch, Alcee Hastings, Debbie Wasserman Schultz blast Oliver North comments

After Parkland shooting, Broward Sheriff’s Office admits deputies had no active shooter training since 2016

Orange County re-adopts gun background checks, closes gunshot loophole

Ron DeSantis: I would not disinvite Dinesh D’Souza

Feds chip in $1M for Parkland first responders