Florida State Bounced Checks Teacher bonus checks are bouncing in Florida When dozens of Florida teachers tried to cash their state-issued $1,000 bonus checks this week, they got a startling response: “insufficient funds.” No, the State of Florida hasn’t run out of money. Instead, the bad checks are being blamed on a “banking error” by Read More…
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Global Report – FL Among Top States For Mass Incarceration
Global report: FL among top states for mass incarceration. Florida and a dozen other states imprison people at the highest rates in the world, without demonstrating that incarceration reduces crime, says the Prison Policy Initiative, a non-partisan research and policy advocacy organization. Florida’s rate of incarceration in prisons and jails was 795 people per 100,000, Read More…
Gainesville Florida Downtown, Taking It Back
Gainesville Florida Downtown, Taking It Back: To Control Gainesville’s Downtown Homeless During The Pandemic, Police Turned To A Private Security Contractor Since then, a camp has grown at old Fire Station 1, a city property slated for redevelopment. Tents of all sizes, makeshift bikes and art projects, and a table with food, drinks, clothes and Read More…
Marion Militants: Six charged in Capitol riot
More than 500 arrests across the nation have come after the riot, which saw protestors break into the U.S. Capitol as legislators voted to certify Joe Biden’s presidential win. Many of the rioters were supporters of President Donald Trump. Five people died in the riot, including a Capitol Police officer who died after suffering a Read More…
How a student lost his college
How a student lost his college scholarship after he and his brother were held for 33 days without any charge Two Illinois brothers, who went on a celebratory trip to Florida with their father, ended up spending “33 long, miserable days” in jail without any charge after they were arrested on suspicion of committing armed Read More…
Women veterans share stories of harassment and assault, County-supported event planted ‘seeds for change’
Women veterans share stories: “I am a survivor of sexual assault, sexual harassment and rape by my counterparts. I still serve today probably because I know there are women out there that have gone through, and are going through, the same things.” That emotional testimony came from Schcola Chambers, who fought through tears to share Read More…