Nomfumo Manaba

Ironically, Darnell was voted out in August. She lost the Democratic primary to Clovis Watson Jr., a former state lawmaker. There was no Republican opponent in Tuesday night’s general election.

The amendments in Florida and Alabama would have no meaningful effect on voting rights, although in Colorado it may override an existing law that allows 17-year-olds to vote.

The legal dispute that prevented Gov. Ron DeSantis from appointing the first Jamaican-born, Black woman to the Florida Supreme Court has left the court without a Black justice for the first time in at least 37 years.

Florida’s Supreme Court is forcing Gov. Ron DeSantis to defend his appointment of a Jamaican-born, Black woman to the state’s high court, amid a legal dispute over whether she was eligible.

GRACE Marketplace has raised over $10,000 in an effort to help residents find housing, changed the spacing of beds and converted all meals to take-out in order to abide by the social distancing regulations recommended by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention

According to the report, The U.S. Army Reserve would spend $36 million to construct the facility. In the process, 316 construction jobs, which would last between 12 and 16 months, would be created in Alachua County.

Between 2017 and 2018, 81% of the juveniles arrested in Alachua County were black, according to data provided by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.