Category: Legislature
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Lobbyist Marion Hammer’s NRA sugar daddy LaPierre is gone, but she’s still riding high on NRA cash
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
National Rifle Association honcho Wayne LaPierre’s ticket to ride the NRA’s gravy train was canceled last week with a New York jury’s widely reported corruption findings, but his longtime Florida collaborator Marion Hammer continues riding high on NRA millions he funneled to her. -
DeSantis, his Supreme Court and hard-right Legislature keep Florida on track to abolish abortion
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
No reasonable access to abortion in Florida, unthinkable just five years ago, now seems inevitable. -
An attorney father’s last words to his son amid Florida Bar hellscape: ‘Don’t let the Bar & courts get you down’
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Eminent Tallahassee lawyer and civic leader Steve Uhlfelder had to stand by while the Florida Bar hounded his son Daniel, like him a vocal critic of Gov. Ron DeSantis, about alleged ethical lapses. -
End of jail bail reform may cost Broward taxpayers an extra $16.7 million
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward’s exercise in bail reform, intended to end the unjust treatment of the poor and minorities, died quietly Jan. 1. It was 1 ½ years old. Cause of death: the state’s Republican powers that be – the Legislature, governor and Supreme Court. -
New Florida immigration law slammed for trapping indispensable migrant farmworkers in a field of fear
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
As Florida’s governor tries to demonize and evict immigrants – once even shipping them to an island off Massachusetts – farmworker advocates are fighting back in Miami federal court. -
Cities, counties brace for Tallahassee to escalate war on home rule for local issues next session
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The new year promises hopeful resolutions, healthier diets and, in the Florida state Capitol, more pounding away at the battered right of home rule.
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