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Florida Judge Rules Blood Not ‘Pollutant’ For Insurance After Man Found Dead From Break In

A Florida appeals court Friday upheld a ruling that a property insurer should cover the costs of cleaning up blood after a burglary, rejecting arguments that blood was a “pollutant” excluded from coverage under a homeowners’ policy. The ruling by a panel of the 5th…

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NAACP, LWV Lawsuit Challenges Florida Voter Registration Form

The League of Women Voters of Florida and the NAACP filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, contending that a state voter registration application does not properly inform voters about eligibility requirements. The lawsuit centers on felons who, under a 2018 state constitutional amendment, can have voting…

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Court Backs Florida Atlantic University Over COVID-19 Shutdown

As the Florida Supreme Court considers a similar case, an appeals court Wednesday rejected a class-action lawsuit that Florida Atlantic University students filed because of a campus shutdown early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The FAU lawsuit is one of numerous cases filed in Florida and…

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Florida Martha’s Vineyard Migrant Flights Lawsuit Dismissed

Immigrant-advocacy groups have dropped a lawsuit filed after Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration flew 49 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts last year. Lawyers for the Florida Immigrant Coalition, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and Hope CommUnity Center filed a notice Wednesday in federal court…

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Prosecutors on Tuesday laid out a complex set of corruption charges against former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, as his lawyers argued that the federal government “put a target on the back” of the onetime rising political star.

Prosecutor, Andrew Gillum’s Attorney Offer Different Pictures

Prosecutors on Tuesday laid out a complex set of corruption charges against former Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, as his lawyers argued that the federal government “put a target on the back” of the onetime rising political star. The opening arguments came in what…

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Judge Rejects Florida ‘Intellectual Freedom’ Case

A federal judge has tossed out a challenge to a controversial 2021 Florida law that includes requiring surveys about “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” on state college and university campuses. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued a 22-page decision Monday that said plaintiffs, including…

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Some may have thought it looked bad when Andrew Gillum, the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Florida, was photographed passed out naked in a Miami Beach hotel room, a collapse brought on by a reported crystal meth overdose.

Jury Seated In Former Florida Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Andrew Gillum Trial

A federal jury was empaneled Monday in the trial of former Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, who was indicted last year on corruption charges including wire fraud and lying to federal investigators.  Gillum, a former Tallahassee mayor, catapulted to rising-star status in Democratic circles…

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