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Florida Supreme Court validates redrawn state Senate map
The state Supreme Court validated a redrawn 40-member Senate map and rejected opponents’ claims that it violates the new constitutional ban on political gerrymandering.
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Florida Supreme Court OK’s Senate redistricting map in setback for Democrats
The Florida Supreme Court upheld the latest plan for redrawing state Senate boundaries Friday, a setback for Florida Democrats and allied organizations which had urged justices to declare the map unconstitutional. “In this proceeding, we conclude that the opponents have failed to demonstrate that the revised Senate plan as a whole or with respect to any [...]
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New stops give truckers rest, and more
Fifty-three rest stops dot the map along the interstate highways crisscrossing the Sunshine State, each — says the Florida Department of Transportation — strategically located to be no more than 45 minutes from its partner down the road.
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Editorial: Still hooked on fishing and conservation
It is surprisingly little known that tarpon fishing helped put Southwest Florida on the map.
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Cerabino: Rousing Florida's dead bloc is gravely important for Obama, Romney
News item: Florida's Department of State reported this month that there are more than 53,000 dead Floridians who are registered to vote in the upcoming presidential election.
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Florida Supreme Court validates Senate's redrawn redistricting map
By Mary Ellen Klas and Darla Cameron, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Friday, April 27, 2012 TALLAHASSEE — In a major victory for Florida's Republican-led Legislature, the Florida Supreme Court on Friday validated the redrawn map of the Florida Senate, allowing the boundaries to serve as the political borders for the next 10 years. In its unanimous opinion, the court noted that the opponents to ...
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OUTDOORS: Virginia not hog wild over pig population
For nearly 500 years, a map of feral hog populations in the United States would have looked much the same.
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Florida justices affirm Senate redistricting do-over
The Florida Supreme Court says the Republican-led Legislature's do-over of the state Senate's redistricting map meets constitutional muster.
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Florida Supreme Court upholds Senate redistricting map, but Justice Perry blasts Volusia seat
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Friday upheld the second-effort by lawmakers to fashion new Senate districts, ruling the Legislature had adequately balanced the rights of minorities and political parties under the state’s 2010 anti-gerrymandering reforms. The high court had found the first version of the map unconstitutional in March because eight of the 40 [...]
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Polls: Mack, Nelson close in Florida's U.S. Senate race
Sustained character attacks from Republican primary rival George LeMieux and hand-wringing by some GOP activists about his prospects in the general election don't appear to have damaged U.S.
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