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TV stations around the state highlight loss of funding for local rape crisis centers

By | 04.27.12 | 11:29 am

This week, in one of my last stories here at The Florida Independent, I wrote about Gov. Rick Scott’s decision to veto $1.5 million from the state’s $70 billion budget during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The money would have gone to rape crisis centers around the state.

NAACP report: Florida has ‘most restrictive’ felon disenfranchisement ‘approach’

By | 12.19.11 | 12:35 pm

A report released earlier this month by the NAACP found that Florida is among the states with the “most restrictive” felon disenfranchisement “laws in the country” — one of many aspects of the state’s voting practices that will limit voter participation among minorities, according to the group.

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