Rick Scott's Brazen Lack Of Respect For Prosecutorial Independence

Rick Scott overreached last month when he issued an executive order stripping state attorney  Aramis Ayala of her authority to prosecute a man charged with killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and an Orlando police officer. On Monday, he also removed her from 21 other murder cases. here
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Florida GOP taking a hard swipe at an independent judiciary. here

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Florida Frackers Not Giving Up

Florida GOP House members say the possibility of a fracking ban is dead for the 2017 Legislative Session. here

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“You never say never, but now we’re saying it looks like that will be next year,” Florida GOP Mike Miller

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Florida Fracker Ray Rodrigues says that a scientific study is required. Rodrigues has previously said that it would be “foolish” to ban the practice without any scientific evidence. 

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Florida GOP Steals $1.3 billion From Affordable Housing Trust Funds

For the 10th year in a row, the governor and legislature are proposing to sweep money from the affordable housing trust funds into the general revenue fund to spend on other purposes. Since the start of the Great Recession, that has added up to $1.3 billion. here

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article142033109.html#storylink=cpy

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