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Judge rules Florida may continue voter purge
A federal judge in Tallahassee on Wednesday rejected a request to force the state of Florida to halt it’s non-citizen voter purge program. Earlier this month, Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department had asked the court to block the purge based on the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which says that…
Florida Senate panel approves plan to drug test welfare recipients
A bill to mandate drug tests for welfare recipients was unanimously approved by a Florida Senate panel earlier this week, putting the proposal one step closer to coming up for a full Senate vote of approval. The legislation, S.B. 556, would also require that welfare applicants pay for their own…
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