Category: Government
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Appeals court tosses suit by Parkland students who claimed civil rights breaches tied to 2018 massacre
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a suit filed by 15 students who claimed their civil rights were violated due to government blunders before and during the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. -
DOJ report that cleared Epstein’s Miami prosecutors called ‘total whitewash’
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
New information in a government report deepens the mystery of who exactly federal prosecutors protected with their 2007 sweetheart deal for sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein. -
‘The scandal is what is legal’: How the very rich spend as much as they want to control our politicians
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
F. Scott Fitzgerald, in his 1926 short story The Rich Boy, famously wrote, “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” Today’s very rich Republicans and Democrats exploit their difference to spend as much as they want to control the nation’s politicians. -
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In the cannabis patch, a patchwork of safety standards – and in some cases none at all
By Nate Seltenrich
FairWarning.org
Although 35 states, three U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for recreational or medical use, there still are no uniform standards for regulating potentially harmful contaminants in cannabis products. -
The sheriff and the school board member: how Tony and Alhadeff scratched each other’s backs
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward School Board Member Lori Alhadeff has raised thousands of dollars for Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony’s election campaign, and a nonprofit she leads purchased thousands of dollars in bleeding control kits sold by a company Tony founded. Now, the sheriff’s Law Enforcement Trust Fund has awarded Alhadeff’s nonprofit a grant of $8,000. -
Fort Lauderdale doctors: Cancel Las Olas Art Fair or watch COVID-19 casualties climb
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A group of Broward County doctors is trying to convince city and county authorities to cancel this weekend’s Las Olas Art Fair, warning it could turn into a COVID-19 superspreader event.
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