Category: Issues
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Fearing catastrophe, national nonprofit asks Broward to ban LNG shipments at Port Everglades
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
Reacting to a significant increase in the transport of highly volatile liquified natural gas (LNG) through Broward to Port Everglades for export, a nationwide nonprofit watchdog has asked the county commission to close the port to all future LNG shipments. -
Carnival’s Arison, Donald faced threat of criminal contempt before signing guilty plea to company’s probation violation
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Facing a federal court hearing to determine whether they should be held in criminal contempt, Carnival cruise honchos Micky Arison and Arnold Donald appear to have had twin epiphanies about their multi-million-dollar leadership failures. -
Carnival’s corporate culture assailed by feds as Arison inks new criminal plea deal pledging environmental reforms
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Princess Cruise Lines, wholly owned by Miami-based cruise giant Carnival Corporation & plc, pleaded guilty a second time Tuesday to violating probation stemming from its expensive 2017 felony convictions for environmental crimes and a subsequent cover-up. -
Waging legal war to make Miami Springs comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
For nearly five years, the City of Miami Springs has refused to make sidewalks and public parking spaces near a 60-year-old disabled resident’s home wheelchair accessible. Instead, the city has engaged in a legal war with Theodore Karantsalis by claiming he waited too long in taking action against Miami Springs over making sidewalks and parking spaces accessible to the handicapped. -
Mental health services for Miami-Dade seniors in jeopardy after Florida healthcare agency changes billing practices
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami-Dade senior citizens with mental health illnesses who rely on Medicaid and Medicare to cover their therapy sessions and medications are on the brink of losing their treatment thanks to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. -
New anti-protest laws in Florida, Oklahoma cast long shadow on First Amendment rights
By Carrie Levins
Center for Public Integrity
Tiffany Crutcher was worried. Oklahoma lawmakers had passed a new measure stiffening penalties for protesters who block roadways and granting immunity to drivers who unintentionally hit them. The state NAACP, saying the law was passed in response to racial justice demonstrations and could chill the exercising of First Amendment rights, filed a federal lawsuit challenging portions of it. But the new law was only weeks from taking effect.
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