TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —
Commitment 2018 is taking a closer look at the amendments on the ballot this year, and bringing voters a complete rundown to make sure they understand what they each mean before heading to the polls.
Amendment 2 is a close companion to Amendment 1.Amendments 1 and 2 both deal with property taxes. Both initiatives were put on the ballot by lawmakers.
Amendment 2 is what we call a "continuation" of a law that's been... [...]
A dollar store cashier from Brooklyn. Five fire department paramedics in Chicago. An aspiring singer shunned by Nashville's country music establishment.
Thanks to a $22 million legal fund, they've now teamed up with top-notch lawyers to pursue #MeToo-style sex harassment cases that they otherwise couldn't have afforded.
In its early phases, the #MeToo movement was epitomized by professional women from the worlds of movie-making, media and... [...]
Local governments can still use red-light cameras to catch traffic violators, the Florida Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday, resolving conflicting decisions from lower courts on how the devices should be used in ticketing traffic infractions.
The court's decision to uphold a 2010 state law allowing local governments to use the cameras stemmed from a ticket given to South Florida driver Luis Torres Jimenez, who sued the city of... [...]
María Eugenia Hernández and her Nicaraguan-born husband, Oscar Hernández, went to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices in Miami for an interview about their marriage that they had been awaiting for three years.
The agency uses such interviews to confirm that the marriages are legitimate and that partners like Oscar have the right to try to legalize their immigration status.
The Hernándezes brought a small album... [...]
The city of Miami Beach has reached an $190,000 settlement with a motorcyclist and his wife following a reported collision with a parking officer driving a city vehicle.
Emomotimi S. Brisibe, Miami Beach’s senior assistant city attorney, told the Daily Business Review that the settlement was reached following an $850,000 verdict against the city.
Plaintiff Juan Jaime Cacho Abanto claimed he was in a collision on Dec. 2, 2016, with... [...]
