Florida
Florida victories hailed as progress for same sex couples
September 19, 2011Two Florida municipalities passed ordinances recently that make employee healthcare benefits available to same-sex domestic partners.
Read moreIn Florida, 98 percent pass state mandated drug test
September 6, 2011As results for the first month of Gov. Rick Scott's "drug test the poor" law come in, only 2 percent test positive for illicit drug use. Conflict-of-interest questions also surfaced.
Read moreFlorida legislators derailing democracy
August 3, 2011Voters approved amendments to protect voting rights and prevent political gerrymandering, but legislators are stalling their implementation.
Read moreRick Scott refuses to accept badly needed health care money
August 2, 2011Scott, a former hospital CEO and health care profiteer, was made famous by his adamant and vocal campaign against the Health Care Reform Bill which he still refers to as Obamacare.
Read moreCasey Anthony release offers some lessons
July 18, 2011We as a nation agree that it's better to free a few criminals than to jail the innocent, but we should always try not to let child-killers walk.
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