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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Florida Sen. Ashley Moody sponsors a bipartisan bill aimed at helping first responders, law enforcement and teachers buy homes. On Thursday, Florida sheriffs and deputies stood by her side as they shared details of the bill in the Hillsboro County Sheriff’s Office Prison Meeting Room in Tampa. Fema’s representative says his parents in Pinellas County received a letter of denial Senator Moody says she is working hard to fulfill her political promises. “It’s very important to support blue, green men and women,” Moody said. She introduced her first law two months after her term in Washington,…
The judge ordered the removal procedure to be suspended until the results of the legal challenge emerge.A federal judge temporarily blocked the deportation of Badar Khan Sri, a researcher at Georgetown University in India, after alleging that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was linked to the Hamastero Group and promoted propaganda while in the US on a student visa.U.S. District Court Judge Patricia Toliver Giles for the Eastern District of Virginia issued an order on March 20 to prevent the DHS from removing pickpockets from the country, but the legal challenges are pending. This decision invokes all warrant laws…
The White House said massive deportation would continue when it challenged the judge’s order. A federal judge said on March 20 that the Trump administration’s response to his request for details on the timing of deportation flights that would shut down hundreds of Venezuelans from the United States was “severely inadequate” and accused him of seeking duties and observing responsibility under the order.US District Judge James Boasberg is considering whether the administration violated its March 15th order.On Thursday, he issued a new order, explaining to Justice Department officials until March 25th why their actions to not return deported illegal immigrants…
STARK, Fla. — A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother died on the night of taking lots of drugs on Thursday evening.Jail officials said 63-year-old Edward James was declared dead at 8:15pm after receiving a triple injection at a Florida prison near Stark. He accrued the death penalty on September 19, 1993 after pleading guilty to 8-year-old Toni Neuner and her grandmother, Betty Dick, 58.As he was waiting for the injection, James said he didn’t want to make a final statement. Then, as the drug was administered, James breathed badly in his arm, and then he…
The nonprofit founder and restaurant owner stole federal funds using a network of fraudulent dietary distribution sites across Minnesota.A federal ju judge in Minnesota has convicted two individuals of organizing a scheme to steal $250 million from a federal program aimed at feeding children in need during the Covid-19 pandemic.The ju umpire on Tuesday heard debates about feeding our future founder, Amy Bock. Former restaurant owner Salim said prosecutors have called it one of the biggest fraud cases targeting the pandemic relief program. On Wednesday, they returned convictions on all charges.The two were charged with multiple criminal counts, including conspiracy,…
By Anna Helhoski, NerdWalletTens of thousands of federal workers have been fired or left since President Donald Trump’s administration began and there are more cuts on the way.Federal agencies had until March 13 to submit plans for “large-scale reductions in force.” It’s unclear when the results of those plans will result in further layoffs.The latest Education Department (ED) firings, like the gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), are part of the president’s pledge to trim the federal payroll overall — while targeting some agencies in particular. The official ED announcement ominously called the reduction in personnel the department’s…
STARK, Fla. (AP) – A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and grandmother on the night he drank heavy and used drugs was executed Thursday evening. Jail officials said 63-year-old Edward James was declared dead at 8:15pm after receiving a triple injection at a Florida prison near Stark. He accrued the death penalty on September 19, 1993 after pleading guilty to 8-year-old Toni Neuner and her grandmother, Betty Dick, 58. Body of a missing child found at Winter Haven Lake Three other executions took place in the United States this week. This includes the fatal injection of an Oklahoma…
SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) – It’s no secret that immigration is an important political topic. That’s why it was featured as a subject on “Socrates Stage” at New College in Florida on Thursday. This is a discussion series that promotes civil dialogue and includes topics on public policy, hosted by university president Richard Corcolan. The latest panel featured Gov. Ron DeSantis alongside border emperor Tom Homan, who served in Trump’s first administration, and former acting secretary of Homeland Security Chadwolf. Trump signs executive order to dismantle the Department of Education “People who are illegal (here) cannot say people without Scotland until…
Homeowners’ insurance costs fell 0.7% between the third and fourth quarters of 2024. This is the result of a drop in fees that Florida insurance officials have been touted for the past few months as a sign that the market is back in health.The decline in costs for multi-peril insurance for single-family homeowners (average premium of $3,668 to $3,644) is the first time that costs have been reduced since the launch of its quarterly housing market share report in mid-2022.The average premium cost is revealed by dividing the total premium by the number of policyholders reported by the company.Stacey Julianti,…
Brandon, Fla. (WFLA) – An obituary published earlier this week shows that Florida men are remembered for leading a life consisting of “Marlboroughs, Fast Women, Ford Broncos.” Arthur Nixon Bates IV passed away on March 5, 2025. His obituary was published in the Tampa Bay Times about two weeks later, and the author stated that Bates had succumbed to his “drug life” and other life choices. Florida man is executed today for the murder of an 8-year-old girl, her grandmother “He is survived by three daughters, but no one knows how they come to the point without his father calling…