Court Admits It Was Wrong To Intervene In Redistricting Trial
A highly unusual statement came out of the 1st District Court of Appeal Thursday on the drawing on new political maps.
A highly unusual statement came out of the 1st District Court of Appeal Thursday on the drawing on new political maps.
A coalition of voting-rights groups failed to prove during a recent trial that congressional districts drawn by lawmakers in 2012 violated constitutional standards for redistricting, according to a filing by attorneys for the Legislature.
A trial which challenges whether Florida legislators followed the law when drawing up new political maps for congress is expected to come to an end this week.
A Republican consultant trying to keep hundreds of pages of redistricting-related documents secret is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the release of the records in the latest twist in a legal battle over Florida's congressional districts.
Overturning an appellate court ruling, the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a Tallahassee judge to allow a GOP consultant's documents to be considered in a trial about the Legislature's 2012 redistricting effort, a move one justice called "unprecedented."
An aide to former House Speaker Dean Cannon admitted Tuesday that he made a mistake by secretly feeding redistricting plans to a Republican political consultant in 2012, but denied that the arrangement tainted the redrawing of the state's congressional districts.
Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford is expected to testify Tuesday in a high stakes trial which could decide the future of of the state's congressional districts.
Should legislators who draw up the districts that will help keep them in office be forced to testify about how they came up with the district?
The Republican-led state Legislature wants a legal challenge to redistricting map of the Florida Senate thrown out.
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The Florida Senate is breathing a collective sigh of relief Friday morning, after learning the Florida Supreme Court signed off on the Senate's revised re-districting plan. That means all Fl0rida Senate districts are now official, and candidates can file to run within them.
After months of debate, the Florida Supreme Court once again took up legislative redistricting Friday.
A redrawn Florida Senate re-districting map is being sent to the state's highest court.
After a debate that lasted barely an hour, the Florida House approved a new Senate redistricting plan over the objection of minority Democrats, who argued the play was little better than a plan rejected by the Florida Supreme Court.
With the new Senate maps expected to easily pass the House next week, before the March 30th end of the special session, lawmakers in the upper chamber and potential candidates for those seats are beginning to evaluate their electoral futures. A number of South Florida Senators could be affected.
The well-organized Senate redistricting process that produced a bipartisan vote for the first draft of the chamber's map now appears to be fraying, with Republican infighting prompting the majority to delay a committee vote on the plan that was scheduled for Tuesday.
The Florida Senate Reapportionment Committee is going back to work Tuesday to create yet another new redistricting map.
Five days after wrapping up their second session, lawmakers are back in Tallahassee to take a second shot a legislative redistricting.
In a pre-emptive move, the Florida Legislature has filed a federal lawsuit Monday in Washington, D.C., in case the Justice Department rejects its redistricting plans.
Florida legislators will return to the Capitol on Wednesday, less than a week after the final day of the regular session after Gov. Rick Scott called a 15-day extraordinary session so lawmakers can redo redistricting.
Just hours before adjourning the 2012 session of the Florida legislature, lawmakers learned they will barely have time to go home and see the kids before heading back to Tallahassee, after Gov. Scott called a 15-day extraordinary session beginning Wednesday to deal with a redistricting plan rejected by the Florida Supreme Court.
The Florida Supreme Court issued a mixed ruling Friday over plans to redistrict the Florida House and Senate.
The Florida Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday over redistricting maps the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature has drawn for itself, less than two weeks before the March 9 deadline for the justices to rule.
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Rapper and singer Sean Kingston has agreed to return to from California to Florida, where he and his mother are charged with committing more than a million dollars in fraud.
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The change will allow entrepreneurs in Cuba to import food, equipment, and other goods, along with allowing Cuban business owners to bank with U.S. banks.
This is a developing story. Tune into CBS News Miami on-air and online for the latest updates.
Rapper and singer Sean Kingston has agreed to return to from California to Florida, where he and his mother are charged with committing more than a million dollars in fraud.
Those who live in the area say they were shocked since it's known to be a pretty safe neighborhood.
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