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As COVID Spikes, the GOP Pushes Bans on Suing Negligent Businesses
Many in the GOP have been insisting that any further COVID-19 stimulus bill also include legal immunity.

Trump-Backing Nonprofit Gave Millions to Swing State Voter Registration Groups
In Florida and North Carolina, the nonprofits drew scrutiny from authorities.

The Fight to Re-Enfranchise Voters Continues
Hundreds of thousands of people in Florida remain disenfranchised due to a modern-day poll tax.

Florida’s Stunning Minimum Wage Win Shows Momentum Extends Beyond Blue States
In passing Amendment 2, Florida joins seven other states with a $15 per hour minimum wage.

Florida Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Measure to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour
The increase will be gradual, reaching $15 per hour by the year 2026.

Trump’s Lawyers Want Trump’s Judges to Limit Voting
In more than 300 voting cases, Republicans filed to strike rules to encourage turnout and opposed lawsuits to expand it.

Trump Will Never Admit Error. His Lack of Self-Accountability Is Deadly.
Trump already knows everything he will ever know, and will never know anything else, ever.

Florida’s Chaotic 2018 Midterms Could Portend What’s to Come in November
Result delays in Florida left room for conspiracy theories to fester. The same could happen in November.

GOP-Led Inquest Decried as Effort to Suppress Florida Voters With Felony Records
Election lawyers said the Florida attorney general is doing the governor’s bidding to suppress likely Democratic votes.

Activists Fight Florida Proposal to Impose Harsh Penalties on Protesters
The proposed bill came on the same day the Department of Justice designated three cities as "anarchist jurisdictions."Â