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Adios 28 Apr 2012 | 08:00 am
Pic via The Oregon Trail Tombstone Generator On Monday morning, The Florida Independent’s Ashley Lopez filed a story with a pretty shocking headline: “Scott cuts funding for rape crisis centers durin...
Scott signs new funding for sexual assault services 28 Apr 2012 | 07:39 am
Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) Gov. Rick Scott signed new legislation today that will allocate $1.5 million to pay for relocation services for women who are victims of sexual battery. The bill’s...
TV stations around the state highlight loss of funding for local rape crisis centers 28 Apr 2012 | 03:29 am
Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) This week, in one of my last stories here at The Florida Independent, I wrote about Gov. Rick Scott’s decision to veto $1.5 million from the state’s $70 billion bu...
Scott honors director of rape crisis center after cutting her funding 27 Apr 2012 | 03:28 am
Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via Facebook) Timing has not been on Gov. Rick Scott’s side lately. Earlier this week, I pointed out that the governor eliminated $1.5 million in state funds for 30 rape crisis ...
Federal judge rules that drug testing state workers is unconstitutional 27 Apr 2012 | 03:21 am
Pic by micahb37, via Flickr A federal judge in Miami ruled today that Gov. Rick Scott’s executive order mandating that all state workers be randomly drug tested violates the Fourth Amendment rights o...
Rounding up reactions to the Supreme Court hearing on Arizona immigration crackdown 27 Apr 2012 | 02:06 am
Pic via Immigration and Customs Enforcement The Supreme Court of the United States, which heard arguments in the lawsuit against Arizona’s immigration enforcement law Wednesday, will not issue its de...
Rubio calls for greater American involvement in Latin America 27 Apr 2012 | 01:19 am
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., spoke at the Brookings Institution Wednesday, discussing foreign policy and American leadership around the world ...
VIDEO: Scott asked about vetoed rape crisis center funding 26 Apr 2012 | 07:30 am
After The Florida Independent broke news on Monday that Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $1.5 million for Florida rape crisis centers during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the governor began discussing the eli...
Tampa rape crisis center issues open invitation to Gov. Scott 26 Apr 2012 | 02:05 am
Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) In response to Gov. Rick Scott’s line item veto stripping funding for 30 rape crisis centers around the state, a Tampa Bay center issued an open invitation to Scot...
Much at stake as Supreme Court hears arguments over Arizona immigration crackdown 25 Apr 2012 | 11:39 pm
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and President Barack Obama (Pic by The White House, via Wikimedia Commons) The Supreme Court will hear arguments today on the legality of four provisions contained in Arizona’...
