Florida lawmakers take aim at red light cameras
Lawmakers almost annually over the past decade have tried to repeal a law that authorizes the use of cameras
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Lawmakers almost annually over the past decade have tried to repeal a law that authorizes the use of cameras
To reduce speed, educate drivers and punish the ones who run red lights, was the motivation for installing Red Light Cameras in Doral.
Pointing to "questions that may have sweeping implications for dozens of municipal traffic enforcement regimes across Florida," a federal appeals court is asking the Florida Supreme Court to help resolve a challenge to fees that motorists can be charged by red-light camera companies.
The repeated effort to turn off red-light traffic cameras in the state is back in the Florida House.
The Florida House is once again taking up the issue of red light cameras.
A seemingly annual effort to turn off red-light traffic cameras is again on the move in the Florida House.
Following the lead of the Florida Supreme Court, a federal judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit that challenged the way red-light camera programs have been operated throughout the state.
Florida Supreme Court rejects red light camera law challenge.
Wednesday's arguments in the case centered on the role that American Traffic Solutions, Inc. --- a major player in the industry --- has in handling red-light traffic violations.
The City of Miami's red light camera program is getting the boot. City commissioners unanimously agreed to end the program.
The fight to end the use of red-light cameras in Florida is an ongoing battle.
The state's House will take up a bill this week that would ban red-light cameras in Florida.
A House committee overwhelming approved a proposal to ban red-light cameras in Florida, two weeks after a similar measure stalled in the Senate.
The annual effort to ban red-light cameras in Florida crashed when the Senate Transportation Committee rejected the idea in a tie vote.
The latest effort to end red-light cameras got a green light from a House panel Wednesday.
In what has become an annual debate, a South Florida senator has filed a proposal that would repeal the state's red-light camera law.
In the latest in a series of rulings across the state, an appeals court Friday rejected a challenge to a Pinellas County city's red-light camera program.
A federal appeals court has refused to block part of a lawsuit that seeks to force Florida local governments to refund money to motorists.
A Florida appeals court upheld a city's use of red light cameras in order to issue traffic citations and asked for the state Supreme Court to settle the matter.
The Florida House voted on a bill to end the use of red light cameras in the state.
A bill that would effectively shut down all red light cameras in the state has passed in the Senate Transportation Committee.
A House committee has approved a bill that would bar local governments from using red-light cameras to cite motorists who don't properly stop at intersections.
The City of Miami is hoping to educate the public about the dangers of recklessly running red lights with a compilation video of the year's worst offenders.
Senate Transportation Chairman Jeff Brandes is again trying to shut off all red-light cameras in Florida.
Pinecrest has instituted a 30-day warning period for new red light cameras installed at four intersections.
Retired Pembroke Pines Police Sgt. John Baker and his wife, Joanne, were found dead in their home on Monday morning, deputies say.
People are continuing to post on social media where ICE operations are occurring in Doral.
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Several new laws are taking effect in Florida starting Oct. 1.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
Retired Pembroke Pines Police Sgt. John Baker and his wife, Joanne, were found dead in their home on Monday morning, deputies say.
People are continuing to post on social media where ICE operations are occurring in Doral.
The U.S., Denmark and Greenland signed a new security agreement bolstering the United States' military and security presence on the island.
"The Defendant cannot be expected to, nor will he, comply with the order of not communicating with other inmates," wrote Israel Encinosa, Sabatino's attorney.
Several new laws are taking effect in Florida starting Oct. 1.
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