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Keeping ICE In Check, How Memphis And Minneapolis Are Doing It
The work has become increasingly risky as tensions soar and confrontations between federal agents and volunteers escalate.

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The work has become increasingly risky as tensions soar and confrontations between federal agents and volunteers escalate.

King called for an aggressive federal effort to reverse racial inequality. Instead, we’re getting one to entrench it.
The Trump administration hit two major legal roadblocks this week in its effort to obtain sensitive personal voter data from states.
Applicants must live within the jurisdiction of the court and have been a member of the Florida Bar for the preceding 10 years.
Currently, the nation faces an affordability crisis, and artificial intelligence that poses new threats to jobs.
The outcome of two trials in the coming weeks could shape what it will look like when voters overturn state abortion bans.
The chamber has passed an E-Verify bill for the second year in a row.
The measure’s passage is in doubt, however, as once again the proposal is not moving in the Florida Senate.
However, the majority of 400 registered Democratic voters surveyed are undecided.
Meanwhile, a new poll finds 63% of Florida voters prefer property insurance relief.
Six of the seven justices on the high court have now been appointed by the governor.
A Florida bill allowing prosecutors to consider gang members' social media posts passed its first House committee unanimously Wednesday.
The Senate president outlined his priorities for the 2026 legislative session.
‘The Florida House stands ready to work with anyone who is willing to put the needs of our State first,’ Perez says.
The Democrats addressed their letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Under his watch, a moderate-to-liberal court turned ardently conservative.
Surgeon Gen. Ladapo added that, of the items tested, “mercury is probably one of the most toxic things you can put in a person’s body.”
U.S. District Judge Morales ruling bars state from terminating Medicaid beneficiaries’ benefits unless it provides them with proper notice.
The Pasco Republican is running against incumbent Blaise Ingoglia in the GOP primary this August.
The program would "receive, track, investigate and attempt to resolve complaints."