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For more than a decade Florida lawmakers have been trying to limit the use of seclusion and physical restraints on students who may act out, and for more than a decade, they’ve failed to do so. The issue, for some—is straightforward: the methods don’t work and can even cause physical and emotional harm to kids, but advancing the proposal through the process has been frustrated time and again.
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Are black students getting a voice in the gun violence debate, after the mass shooting that left 17 people dead in Parkland?When you think of Parkland…
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A bill seeking to make it easier for more people wrongfully convicted of a crime to receive compensation is now heading to Governor Rick Scott for…
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Florida is the only state in the nation that bars people with a prior felony record from receiving compensation after they were wrongfully incarcerated…
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Instead of heading to the Governor, a Stand Your Ground-related bill is now headed back to the Senate for approval. That’s after the House passed its own…
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Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran recently told a Miami television show there’s a “tremendous potential likelihood” some refugees from the Middle…