Tag Archives: American Civil Liberties Union

Federal appeals court rules to keep ban on welfare drug testing

By Casey Christ on February 26th, 2013 | Last updated: February 26, 2013 at 5:47 pm

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to keep an injunction against a 2011 Florida program requiring government assistance applicants to be drug tested.

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Dixie County’s Ten Commandments controversy is back at the lower court

By Front Page Edition on August 16th, 2012 | Last updated: September 26, 2012 at 1:45 pm

By Stephanie Denardo – WUFT-FM The fight over a monument displaying the Ten Commandments in front of the Dixie County Courthouse is back before the lower court. Earlier the American Civil Liberties Union sued on behalf of a North Carolina [...]

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Religious controversy rattles the residents of Bradford County

By Front Page Edition on May 24th, 2012 | Last updated: September 27, 2012 at 2:43 pm

By Blake Alderman – WUFT-FM A recent controversy has taken over the town of Starke, Fla., regarding a monument of the Ten Commandments outside the Bradford County Courthouse. So far more than 100 people have protested in the ongoing debate [...]