Page 24 - Equal Ground News Today

Get ready for an espresso shot of Florida politics and policy.

Florida lawmakers take their first steps toward redrawing political boundaries in the nations biggest presidential toss-up state.

This article is based on “Law is Light” – a series of trilingual legal discussions to educate the general public with Attorneys-at-law of Sri Lanka. This is organised by the Pro Bono committee of the Law Students’ Association of Sri Lanka. The panellists for the discussion on Gender Based Violence were: Aritha Wickramasinghe – AAL and Equality Director at iProbono. He leads the organisation’s LGBT access to justice work and has been a pioneering activist in the field of diversity an...

Community gardens are special for Aliki Mikulich and Julia VanDasselaar.

A coalition of voting rights organizations that claim Florida’s new voting law “racially discriminates” against Black and Latino voters filed a lawsuit in federal court.

Local law enforcement officers took part in a George Floyd march and rally in Daytona Beach in June 2020. DUANE C. FERNANDEZ SR./HARDNOTTSPHOTOGRAPHY.COM On April 19, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that makes it illegal for protesters to riot, loot, burn or destroy buildings and property during or following a protest. DeSantis called it, “The strongest anti-rioting, pro-law enforcement bills in the country.” The legislation was passed by the Florida Senate days this month an...