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Jeff Vasilinda becomes the Vasilinda Family’s first published author! May 19th, 2021 by Mike Vasilinda Florida lawmakers are on their way home after approving a massive, 30-year Indian Gaming Compact for the Seminole Tribe. The approval came despite concerns about its length and the payout. Democrats tried unsuccessfully to shorten the 30-year deal to 15 or 20. “It’s too long!” Said State Representative Joe Geller. And several argued the Seminoles were getting off cheap with a guaranteed $2.5 billion payout for the first five years. “This deal feels like we came to the table with t...

Lessons from the Almond case — and beyond Doing right by kids in state care means DCF and the courts need to focus on the thorny issue of reunification. By The Editorial BoardUpdated May 8, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend Maria Mossaides, director of the Office of the Child Advocate, speaking about the agency's investigation report into the death of teen David Almond during the continuing coronavirus pandemic, March 31.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff The one thing lawmakers, advocates, and state officials can agree on is that no one wants to be back here again — probing the death of a...

"Let me first say that felony murder is the single-most heinous piece of legislation to exist on our books today," she maintains. "I do not believe that any reform is going to make this law fair or necessary. That having been said, any reform that takes the power away from the DAs and puts it back where it belongs, in the court, is a huge step in the right direction." But then she adds, "As this new law is written, it does nothing to help Luke in an immediate sense." Senate Bill 21-124, titled "Changes to Felony Murder," was sponsored by Senator Pete Lee and Representative Michael Weissman. ...

‘Good news for Massachusetts’: Population tops 7 million, as state keeps 9 congressional seats after 2020 Census By Matt Stout Globe Staff,Updated April 26, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend Bill Galvin, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff Massachusetts’ population grew to slightly more than 7 million people last year, a 7.4 percent jump from 2010 and a large enough increase to ensure the state keeps its nine seats in the US House of Representatives for the next decade, federal US Census officials announced Monday. No New England state lost...

Print this article MISSION, Texas — Anyone paying attention to the news knows the situation on the U.S.-Mexico border is terrible. Anyone who actually visits the border discovers it is worse than that. Here is what is most striking about the government's response to the unprecedented surge of illegal border crossers: It is entirely improvised. Jury-rigged. Thrown together in a scramble to accommodate thousands of migrants who were not coming just months ago. And the reason it is being improvised is that during his first days in office, President Joe Biden blew up the foundation of the gove...