Florida
The occupation continues in Orlando (with video)
October 17, 2011On October 15th, over 2,000 people took the streets of downtown Orlando in solidarity with the international day of action for the Occupy Movement.
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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.
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In 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.
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Florida legislators derailing democracy
August 3, 2011Voters approved amendments to protect voting rights and prevent political gerrymandering, but legislators are stalling their implementation.
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Rick 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.
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