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To the bills' sponsors, banning the fin trade is a no brainer. But scientists and fishermen say shark conservation is a lot more complicated.
Read More »Florida Fishermen Fret As Shark Fin Sale Ban Moves Forward
Florida’s Amendment 4 ‘Fines and Fees’ Limitation Found Unconstitutional In US Appeals Court Opinion
The decision still leaves it unclear who among Florida’s felons will be allowed to vote in this year’s presidential election, but sends a strong signal to the pending federal court case that such a ruling would be legally justified.
Read More »Florida Lawmakers Move To Ban Discrimination Against Disabled In Organ Transplants
The proposals would formally ban insurance companies and others from denying transplants for anyone with physical or mental disabilities.
Read More »University Of Florida To Professors: Stop Ordering Sick Students To Be Tested For Coronavirus
The orders from the University of Florida are a response to rising anxieties about the illness on a campus with more than 6,000 international students amid the virus’s rapid global spread – even though there have been no reported cases in Florida.
Read More »Florida Courts Face The Challenge Of Collecting Thousands In Fines And Fees Owed By Ex-Felons
A new government study by the Florida Legislature’s Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shows Florida courts have a remarkably difficult job collecting fees and fines in criminal cases – failures that now have a direct impact on the ability of ex-felons to vote in future elections after they serve their prison sentences.
Read More »In Reversal, Florida To Allow Elbow Strikes By Fighters In Muay Thai Martial Arts Matches
After two years of consideration, the Florida Boxing Commission has decided to relax its ban on elbow strikes and allow the use of elbows in sanctioned matches.
Read More »Florida Senate Passes Parental Consent Bill
Florida’s Republican-majority Senate passed a bill Thursday requiring underage girls to obtain consent from a parent before they can have an abortion. Senators voted 23-17 along party lines.
Read More »Child Sex Abuse Survivors Seek To End Statute Of Limitations
Florida lawmakers are considering a pair of bills that would lift the statute of limitations for victims of child sex abuse and establish a Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights.
Read More »Florida Supreme Court Questions Clarity Of Proposed Assault Weapons Ban
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, who asked for the opinion, said voters would be confused by the meaning and ramifications of the proposal.
Read More »Proposed Bill Scratches At Key Cat Issue, Would Ban Declawing
Florida would become the second state to prohibit the procedure after New York, which banned it last summer.
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