More than 90 years after the women’s suffrage movement in the United States culminated with the Nineteenth Amendment, a South Florida lawmaker has renewed a push to extend equal rights protections to women under the United States Constitution.
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Hours after Governor Rick Scott challenged 28 state colleges to develop a $10,000 bachelor’s degree program to make college more affordable for families, state Democrats said the move would make the colleges the “Walmart of education.”
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As Florida continues to recover from a sluggish housing market, voters will decide in November whether to amend the state Constitution to extend property tax breaks to thousands of homeowners.
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Florida is on track to create 700,000 new jobs over seven years, Governor Rick Scott said on Monday, two years after he made the promise during his campaign for governor.
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More questions have been raised about voter purge after a University of Central Florida senior, born in Canada, said he’s registered to vote.
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The White House and the United States Department of Homeland have stalled efforts by the State of Florida to prevent non-citizens from voting in its elections, Governor Rick Scott said on Monday, hours before the state filed suit.
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University of Florida political scientist Daniel Smith believes the drop in new voter registrations is a direct result of Florida’s new voter registration laws.
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Gov. Rick Scott (R) was in West Palm Beach Monday for a ceremonial signing of House Bill 119, the revamping of the state’s personal injury protection auto insurance coverage.
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Less funding for legal aid services from state government and non-profit organizations is expected to drastically affect the work these organizations do for the disadvantaged, attorneys have warned.
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Filing an eviction or a foreclosure, getting a divorce or requesting a public record in Florida could take longer because of proposed state budget cuts, Palm Beach County Clerk & Comptroller Sharon Bock said.
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