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The recommendations by Florida’s Innocence Commission should be standard operating procedures for law enforcement agencies on the Treasure Coast.
Treasure Coast Palm Florida lawmakers should be ashamed of themselves if a proposal to ban texting while driving fails to pass into law this year.
Tampa TribuneCS/CS/HB 1355, would bar firearm sales to people who undergo voluntary commitment for mental health care after being deemed a danger to themselves.
Sarasota Herald-TribuneThe House voted 110-6 on Tuesday to pass the texting ban, but not until it had weakened what was already a weak measure.
Ocala Star-BannerAfter years of embarassing inaction, it looked this year as if the Florida Legislature finally would outlaw texting while driving.
Palm Beach PostThe state House of Representatives, which has been stubborn and obtuse on the issue, is jeopardizing a modest proposal to ban texting while driving.
Daytona Beach News-JournalIs it reasonable, constitutional and in the public's interest to require Americans who buy guns to undergo a background check?
Lakeland Ledger45 cowardly senators shamefully wimped-out in the face of threats from the NRA, and they snubbed their noses at devastated families from Newtown.
Highlands TodaySB 52 concerning texting while driving passed the Senate, it needs to be strengthened and signed into law.
Highlands TodayThe fact that so much misinformation was spread after the bombing indicates that the nation needs a thorough, patient search for answers.
Daytona Beach News-JournalBecause land scams are such a pronounced part of Florida's history, the state really should be better at preventing them by now.
Sarasota Herald-TribuneCongress needs to try again and get with the American people and pass the background check legislation.
Florida Times-UnionAlachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell reported that putting law enforcement officers at local elementary schools has become more than a security matter
Gainesville SunThe Florida Legislature, after five years of missed opportunities, is finally on the verge of banning texting while driving.
Key West CitizenThe attack at the Boston Marathon shows Americans that complacency is not an option in the age of terror
Daytona Beach News-JournalEven if all the preparations aren’t needed, it is good to be ready just the same. So let’s all be preppers for hurricane season.
Naples Daily NewsWords will never express my gratitude for your service, Marco Rubio. I can only hope to show it the next time you appear on a ballot.
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Letter To The Editor
Recent news of yet another Sarasota police officer brutalizing a citizen is very alarming. The two recent police-inflicted batterings happened to...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
While driving "under the influence" makes a driver hazardous to all of us, it should seem reasonable that someone taking his eyes off...
Tampa Bay Times
Normally, I am of the opinion that California serves as a bad example when it comes to the law. However, when it comes to their strict ban on...
Tampa Bay Times
Nov. 6, 2012, will go down in history as the day the longest war in American history ended, the war that ruined more lives and imprisoned more...
News Press of Fort Myers
I was infuriated when I read the article about the Boy Scouts of America's cover-up of decades of sexual abuse and the recent story of Ryan...
Lakeland Ledger
Op Ed
The holiday season is just getting started. Be safe. Don’t die a senseless, meaningless, and easily preventable death. You’ll not only give...
Gainesville Sun
Adult Civil Citation is an idea whose time has come. It helps individuals, it helps law enforcement and, most importantly, it helps the taxpayers...
Gainesville Sun
Six years ago I wrote to the Florida Department of Transportation's Tampa office saying it was plain to see, based on my two years of...
Tampa Tribune
Crime has taken a rest in Levy County in the first six months of 2012 according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s latest semi-annual...
Williston Pioneer Sun News
By now, it should be abundantly clear that domestic violence is not a "family" issue; it is a community issue. It is our community'...
Orlando Sentinel
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