A Florida judge blocked a new state law on Tuesday which would require Florida women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion, and Attorney General Pam Bondi was quick to fire back saying she plans to appeal the ruling.
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational programs or activity receiving federal financial assistance.
-- From the Preamble to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
Many people are looking at the recent Supreme Court decisions about Obamacare and same-sex marriage in terms of whether they think these are good or bad policies. That is certainly a legitimate concern, for both those who favor those policies and those who oppose them.
In the aftermath of last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision making same-sex marriage the law of the land and with the 2016 elections looming, social conservatives will be headed to Orlando in July to plan their next steps.
On Tuesday, prominent social and religious conservative leader John Stemberger announced the “Florida Renewal Project Pastors Conference” and a campaign training session will be held in Orlando on July 9-10.
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday made Florida the 17th state to join in a bipartisan lawsuit challenging the federal government’s attempt to seize regulatory control over large categories of state waters.
All Aboard Florida (AAF) announced that Siemens will be handling maintenance for its high-speed trains with new facilities in West Palm Beach and Central Florida, adding 110 new jobs.
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This year marks the 152nd anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, the pivotal conflict in the Civil War which was fought from July 1 through July 3, 1863. Dramatized in Michael Shaaras Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Killer Angels" and the Ron Maxwell film "Gettysburg" based on that book, the battle continues to resound in American culture.
The latest deadline on the Western powers and Iran’s negotiations over that Middle Eastern nation’s nuclear program came on Tuesday and the talks in Vienna are expected to extend into July. In the meantime, members of the Florida congressional delegation continue to offer warnings about the threat Iran poses.
From her perch as chairwoman of the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., insisted Iran was stalling for time and trying to get more concessions.
Florida TaxWatch released a report on Tuesday showing Jacksonville is poised for economic growth.
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