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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities on Wednesday closed a criminal...

Boyd's bill goes on to claim that local regulations enacted by citizens of a community threaten “the public’s health, safety, and welfare,” while, again, ignoring the fact that the health of local citizens is one primary concern the Key West measures seek to address. The proposed bill is similar to another that Republicans pushed through in 2016 after Orlando residents expressed interest in banning environmentally dangerous polystyrene. Other Republican-backed measures have blocked voter and city official-approved initiatives that required paid sick l...

To door, you and your organization, because there's really been no effort to really even come out and bring a lot of these people out to register to vote. tell us what you found on the ground doing the hard work. >> well, i can tell you that first we learned that the only way to reach the ex-felons in florida is to go to their houses. the fact is that there's no way to identify who they are, where they live, what they have done, in any kind of an efficient way. so we have adopted the strategy of going door to door, in targeted neighborhoods. that's where we find that there's large number of un...

Lifestyle, so in terms of organizing, they're going to have to penetrate into those communities and make sure the other pieces of their lives are put back together. >> let me ask you how do you see this recount in florida? do you have any feel at all about where this may go with broward county being as diverse as it is. it is a key factor, but they're doing a statewide recount. any feelings at all? >> it's so early, but we know that when people's backs are against the wall, they hunker down. we're seeing a fight not just over florida but this wave that's sweeping across the country. so who kno...

Mind. will be tomorrow morning as well. that's all the jokes i have for this evening. >> watching katy report on that, steve kornacki report on that, i've been watching the atlanta constitutional update their blogs. it's just -- who knows when we'll get the final result there. it's turning out to be interesting in all sorts of ways we didn't expect. i want to give you an update in terms of ballot races. we talked before we got the first results out of florida that the amendment 4 in florida passed. that means more than a people disenfranchised in florida will have voting rights restored. that'...