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GOP Has Lock on South, and Democrats Can't Find Key
Times Staff WriterThe generation-long political retreat of Democrats across the South is disintegrating into a rout. President Bush dominated the South so completely in last month's presidential election that he carried nearly 85% of all the counties across the region --...Tags: Republican Party, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Labor Day, Jefferson County (Kentucky), Television Industry
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FSU officials take sideline stance in Greg Dent saga from here forward
Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE -- When it comes to Greg Dent, the Florida State receiver who was charged Sunday with second-degree felony sexual assault, FSU administrators have already started taking residence on the sidelines. For the foreseeable future, they are cautious...Tags: Jimbo Fisher
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Judge holds GOP consultants in contempt for not producing records
TALLAHASSEE — A circuit judge Friday held three prominent Republican consultants in contempt for not handing over thousands of pages of private records detailing their work in last year's contentious redistricting fight. Leon County Circuit...Tags: Republican Party, Judges, Lawyers, Justice System, Laws
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Osceola clerk adds predecessor to list of 'high-profile' accused criminals
KISSIMMEE – On the home page of Osceola County Clerk of Court Armando Ramirez's redesigned website, a tab titled "High Profile Cases" led to a gallery of accused criminals — and former Clerk Malcom Thompson. Thompson's the only one...
Tags: Judges, Criminals, Primaries, Court Administration, Osceola County
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Judge finds GOP consultants in contempt over redistricting-records fight
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- A Leon County judge has held three prominent Republican consultants in contempt for not handing over thousands of pages of private records detailing their work in last year's contentious redistricting fight. Leon County Judge Terry...Tags: Republican Party, Judges, Lawyers, Justice System, Laws
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GOP political shop Data Targeting dumps records, asks judge to keep them secret
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- In the wide-ranging legal fight over Florida's 2012 redistricting maps, a Republican opposition research firm has asked a judge to keep its records blocked from public review. Gainesville-based Data Targeting Inc., along with operatives...Tags: Republican Party, Mike Haridopolos, Judges, Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice
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Appeals court shields lawmakers from testifying, showing draft maps in redistricting lawsuit
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE – A divided appeals court ruled Wednesday that Florida legislators should not be questioned under oath about whether they "intended" to gain partisan advantage when they re-drew congressional maps last year. Two sets of groups have...Tags: Judges, Lawyers, Justice System, Elections, Trials
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Appeals court says legislators can't be questioned about gerrymandering 'intent'
TALLAHASSEE – A divided appeals court ruled Wednesday that Florida legislators may not be questioned under oath about whether they "intended" to gain partisan advantage when they re-drew congressional maps last year. The ruling came in one of two...Tags: Republican Party, Judges, Lawyers, Justice System, Trials
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Florida Supreme Court hears redistricting challenge
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- For more than a year, a quietly simmering legal battle over the partisan intentions of Florida's Legislature and Fair Districts backers has been playing out over whether the state's re-drawn maps are still designed to protect ruling...Tags: Florida Legislature, Lawyers, Government, Parties and Movements, National Government
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FSU's athletic programs had nation's 13th-highest revenue in 2012
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida State was one of 13 schools that generated more than $100 million in revenue from its athletics department last year, according to a study released Wednesday by the USA Today. In a report that was tracking increases in subsidies,...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Economy, Business and Finance, College Sports, Florida State University, College Football
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Former FAMU student Rikki Wills pleads no contest in hazing case
Former FAMU drum major Rikki Wills, who insists that he tried to shield his college roommate Robert Champion from a brutal hazing in Orlando in 2011, pleaded no contest today to felony hazing resulting in death. Wills, 25, will not be sentenced until...
Tags: Crimes, Judges, Arts and Culture, Lawyers, James H. Ammons
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Former FAMU Dean James E. Hawkins dies of heart attack
Former Florida A and M University Dean James E. Hawkins died of a heart attack on Monday, the university announced. Mr. Hawkins retired last year as Dean of the Journalism department. He was traveling back from Atlanta Monday afternoon and decided...
Tags: Judges, Heart Attack, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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