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Redistricting Docs Leaked, Show GOP Consultants Tried To Skirt Fair Districts Laws

November 25, 2014

Documents containing memos, maps and emails from Gainesville-based Data Targeting regarding the state’s 2012 redistricting effort have surfaced. They show political consultants made a concerted effort to work around Florida’s gerrymandering ban.

Florida’s Undocumented Immigration Population Grows As Obama Revisits Reform

November 20, 2014

As President Barack Obama discusses plans to relieve about 5 million unauthorized immigrants from deportation, new numbers show Florida’s undocumented population has grown.

Political Group Wants Court To Shield Redistricting Docs Ahead Of Appeal

November 19, 2014

Ahead of an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, a GOP political consulting group wants a court to continue shielding the release of 538 pages of its documents relating to Florida’s 2012 redistricting effort.

Florida Supreme Court Rules Secret Redistricting Docs Should Be Public

November 14, 2014

A legal challenge over whether documents related to the Florida Legislature’s 2012 effort to redraw the state’s congressional districts should be made public has been settled. In a unanimous vote, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that a political consulting group must make public its 538 pages of documents relating to the effort.

Report: Florida’s Hospitals In Jeopardy Of Losing Billions

November 12, 2014

Hospitals in Florida treating the state’s large uninsured population face losing billions of dollars in federal funding if state lawmakers continue to refuse expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

New York Times Continues Investigation Into Pam Bondi’s Connection With Corporate Law Firm

November 11, 2014

The New York Times published another story looking into Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s entanglements with a corporate law firm and one of its lawyers.