The House Public Integrity & Elections Committee today voted to pass House Joint Resolution 1127, which would further obstruct the ability of citizens to directly participate in the democratic process through ballot initiatives.
The practice of suspending driver’s licenses in Florida was originally a response to reckless driving, speeding, and other driving-related offenses to promote highway safety, but it has increasingly been used as a coercive means to collect fees and fines.
The ACLU of Florida filed a class action petition today on behalf of 11 people who have been detained pretrial in the Sarasota and Manatee county jails because they cannot afford to pay their bail amounts.
The settlement will provide access to records regarding individuals’ release dates from Florida’s prisons
Despite the continued surge of COVID-19 cases, the jail has failed to improve health conditions for its staff and the thousands of incarcerated people in its custody as mandated by a 2021 Consent Decree
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Today, in a major victory for civil rights and racial justice advocates, a federal judge granted a request made by civil rights groups to preliminarily enjoin enforcement of a key provision of H.B.1, Florida’s anti-protest law.