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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers returned to the state Capitol on Monday,...

Florida House, Senate unveil COVID-19 business protections Christine Sexton, Reporter, News Service of Florida Published:  Updated:  Tags:  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Republican-led Legislature appears ready to fast-track a proposal that would provide immunity from coronavirus-related lawsuits to businesses that have “substantially” complied with public health guidelines. The House and Senate on Wednesday released identical bills for consideration during the 2021 legislative session, whic...

Many South Florida farmers are still picking up the pieces after Tropical Storm Eta destroyed 80 percent of their crops. Millie Green is a farmer from Jamaica. She maintains two acres of farmland in Davie, Florida. Her garden includes a number of herbs, fruits and vegetables native to her island. But the storm destroyed most of her crops. Atlanta Black Star visited Green just days before the devastation. “You remember when you [saw] the pepper? Everything is dead [now],” said Green. The sto...

Florida lawmakers seek COVID-19 protections for businesses Neither the House bill (HB 7) nor the Senate measure (SB 72) contains lawsuit protections for health-care providers, which makes some health-care lobbyists uneasy.   By Christine Sexton Published Jan. 7 TALLAHASSEE — The Republican-led Legislature appears ready to fast-track a proposal that would provide immunity from coronavirus-related lawsuits to businesses that have “substantially” complied with public health guide...

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta last month ruled that ordinances banning conversion therapy violated the First Amendment. The governments and groups have filed requests to submit briefs in support of Palm Beach County and Boca Raton, which sought a rehearing after a ruling by a federal appeals court panel. Cities, counties and groups from Florida and other parts of the country are trying to help sway a federal appeals court to reconsider a potentially far-reaching decision th...

In May 2017 then-Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed into law legislation protecting LGBTQ youth in the state from what his office called “the destructive and discredited practice of conversion therapy. The so-called treatment, which seeks to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, has been discredited by nearly every credible medical and psychiatric group in the country and oftentimes includes destructive practices that are harmful to children, such as electric shock the...

The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. TALLAHASSEE --- Cities, counties and groups from Florida and other parts of the country are trying to help sway a federal appeals court to reconsider a potentially far-reaching decision that blocked bans on the controversial practice known as “conversion therapy.” The local governments and groups have filed requests during the past week to submit briefs in support of Palm Beach County and the city of Boca Raton, which sought a rehearing af...

Local Governments, Groups Urge Rehearing On ‘Conversion Therapy’ By News Service of Florida December 23, 2020 Cities, counties and groups from Florida and other parts of the country are trying to help sway a federal appeals court to reconsider a potentially far-reaching decision that blocked bans on the controversial practice known as “conversion therapy.” The local governments and groups have filed requests during the past week to submit briefs in support of Palm Beach County and the ...

For Immediate Release, December 18, 2020 Contact: Matt Rota, Healthy Gulf, (504) 377-7840, matt@healthygulf.org Glenn Compton, ManaSota-88, (941) 966-6256, manasota88@comcast.net Chandra Rosenthal, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, (303) 898-0798, crosenthal@peer.org Milton Cayette, RISE St. James, (225) 717-7171, miltoncayette@cox.net Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA’s Approval of Radioactive Roads Phosphogypsum Use in Roadbuilding Previously Prohibited ...