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Ana CeballosFebruary 22, 2018

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement requested $1 million in emergency funding from the U.S. Justice Department this week to reimburse law enforcement agencies that responded to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting. Local agencies are facing “significant costs” after responding to the shooting that left 18 people dead, including 15 students. The […]

Scott PowersFebruary 22, 2018

If the crowd at Wednesday night’s gun discussion at the BB&T Center in Sunrise was indicative of more than just a normally Democratic community now suffering from one of the most horrific school massacres in history, then Republicans such as U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and staunch 2nd Amendment advocates can find little place there. In […]

Danny McAuliffeFebruary 21, 2018

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Facing the state’s head honcho, kids from Marjory Stoneman Douglas shared their policy suggestions in the wake of the massacre at their school, and Gov. Rick Scott seemed to have listened, according to one student. “It went better than I expected it was going to go,” Sofie Whitney, an 18-year-old senior at Stoneman Douglas, told […]

Danny McAuliffeFebruary 21, 2018

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Those who’ve survived the tragic shooting in Parkland don’t want to be consoled by lawmakers — they want action. A number of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School spoke between the state House and Senate chambers on Wednesday, aggressively addressing state legislators in front of dozens of media outlets. The conference was concurrent with […]

Joe HendersonFebruary 21, 2018

What kind of vermin would say two Parkland students grieving from last week’s massacre at their high school were really actors who were being paid to make gun owners look bad? I think we can all agree this represents the lowest of the low. Well, apparently not “all” of us. Helping spread that lie is […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 21, 2018

A Libertarian candidate for Governor briefly took an unusual and assuredly controversial position regarding the mass murder in Parkland last week. Then he retracted the position. First by deleting the posts alleging that one survivor was a “crisis actor.” Then by giving us, hours after we asked for comment, a four word statement. “I was […]

Ana CeballosFebruary 21, 2018

A Senate bill that would allow guns in churches with schools attached was temporarily postponed on Wednesday, but it could still come back later in the legislative session. As Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivors filled the seats in the Senate gallery, Senate President Joe Negron said the gun bill by Republican Sen. Dennis […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 21, 2018

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Republican candidate for Agriculture Commissioner Matt Caldwell on Wednesday said he believes making schools gun-free zones is the main reason on why tragedies like last week’s mass shooting at a Broward County high school happen. “I believe that these … shootings happen because (schools) are soft targets—they happen because we designate them gun-free zones,” said Caldwell, a […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 21, 2018

I know, I know, it’s just atrocious even to try linking the tragic events at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland with a thriller like “The Hunt for Red October.” But bear with me. In fact, I am not really going to reference the shooting deaths of the poor souls who died. It is […]

Danny McAuliffeFebruary 20, 2018

With just two weeks left in Session, Gov. Rick Scott will deliver to legislators a proposal on Friday that is expected to address a series of issues identified in the wake of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. The announcement came after Scott held a public roundtable discussion, where he was […]

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FDLE asks for $1 million in federal funding to assist Parkland law enforcement

CNN Parkland town hall crowd expresses powerful gun-control message

Rick Scott, Parkland students talk policy behind closed doors

Parkland students to Legislature: We’ve had enough of your ‘thoughts and prayers’

Joe Henderson: Only lowest of low would spread lies about Parkland students

Gubernatorial candidate Randy Wiseman says his Parkland ‘crisis actor’ posts were in error

With Parkland students present, Senate postpones gun bill vote

Matt Caldwell: Gun-free zones led to Parkland shooting

Why the politics of Parkland reminds me of this one scene from The Hunt for Red October

Rick Scott to unveil Parkland-inspired proposal for Legislature