Key West Wants to Ban People From Feeding Roaming Chickens
Feral chickens run free in Key West, just one of those things that keep the Southernmost City charmingly weird.
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Florida High Court Strikes Clerk Redaction Rule, Affirms Principle of Timely Access
Florida’s high court strikes down an old rule requiring that court clerks find and redact private information in public records, based in part on the damage caused to the principle of timely access.
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‘Trump’ Found Scrawled on Back of Florida Manatee
Federal and state wildlife officials in Florida continued their search Tuesday for those responsible for etching “Trump” on the back of a living manatee.
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Bones of Access Discovered in Florida
Court tech has perversely damaged transparency in many courts. But the fossil remnants of pre-tech access were found in one small court in Florida.
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No Reason Given for Trump Cutting Short His Florida Vacation
President Donald Trump is cutting short his Florida holiday vacation and returning to Washington on Thursday, one day earlier than expected for reasons the White House didn’t explain.
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In Mar-a-Lago, Some Revel and Some Rebel Amid Trump’s Last Visit as President
Donald Trump may soon be dislodged from Washington, but to core supporters in southern Florida he remains an unquestionable hero, their favorite occasional local, whose Mar-a-Lago presence draws global attention to Palm Beach.
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Feds: Florida Prison Staff Beat and Raped Women Inmates
Federal prosecutors accused Florida prison officials of failing to protect women inmates from sexual abuse by correctional officers in a searing report released Tuesday.
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Florida Court Clerks Charge Unaccounted Millions Through For-Profit Web Company
Florida’s elected clerks have worked their way into the heart of the court system by acting as online cashier and collecting millions of dollars in “convenience” fees through a for-profit corporation that is owned by the clerks and avoids sunshine laws.
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Florida’s New Python-Sniffing Dogs Have 1st Success
Truman, the python-sniffing black Labrador retriever, recently tracked down his first snake in a new program Florida is using to eradicate the invasive species.
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Shrinking Population Forces Shutdown of Oyster Harvesting in Florida Bay
Florida officials voted Wednesday to shut down oyster harvesting in Apalachicola Bay, a major source of the nation’s supply, due to a diminished population caused by low freshwater flows.
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Florida Megachurch Asks Panel to Revive Challenge to Hate Group Label
A Florida ministry urged an Eleventh Circuit panel Tuesday to hold the Southern Poverty Law Center and Amazon responsible for what it called a discriminatory labeling of the church as a hate group, a designation that has prevented it from fundraising through Amazon’s charitable website.
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Lil Wayne Pleads Guilty to Possessing Gun as Felon
Rapper Lil Wayne is facing another prison stint after pleading guilty to a gun charge in Florida federal court Friday.
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11th Circuit Won’t Reinstate Case Brought by School Shooting Survivors
The 11th Circuit on Friday rejected a civil rights lawsuit filed by survivors of the 2018 Parkland school shooting, ruling that school and county officials who failed to help students during the shooting did not have a “custodial duty” to protect them.
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Top Florida Health Insurer Pushes Back on Antitrust Claims
An attorney for Florida Blue, the state’s largest health insurer, asked an 11th Circuit panel Friday to uphold a ruling finding the company did not violate antitrust laws by preventing insurance brokers from selling policies for a competitor.
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11th Circuit Splits With Sister Courts on Gay-Conversion Bans
The 11th Circuit on Friday struck down bans on juvenile gay conversion therapy in South Florida, finding that therapists’ free speech rights trumped medical organizations’ consensus about the harms associated with trying to change teenagers’ sexual orientation.
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Rehab Doctor Jailed for Health Care Fraud Argues for Retrial
Attorneys for a doctor convicted of health care fraud and illegally prescribing addictive opioids to patients at Florida drug treatment centers asked an 11th Circuit panel Wednesday to grant him a new trial.
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The Eleventh Circuit upheld a ruling in favor of Florida Atlantic University in a dispute brought by a professor who was fired after he refused to submit reports about his personal blog, where he questioned whether the Sandy Hook massacre had occurred.
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Robbery Charges Against NFL Player Dropped in High-Stakes Gambling Case
Florida prosecutors have dropped armed robbery charges against NFL cornerback DeAndre Baker, saying their case against him was sullied when counsel for three alleged victims tried to secure a payoff for doctored testimony.
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Acosta Used ‘Poor Judgment’ in Epstein Plea Deal, DOJ Finds
The Justice Department on Thursday reported that former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta exhibited “poor judgment” in his handling of a generous plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 but did not commit professional misconduct.
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