A 19-year-old nude dancer alleges that a new Florida law raising the age limit on who is employed by adult entertainment businesses infringes on her constitutional rights. Serenity Michelle Bushey filed a federal lawsuit Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, stating that the law violates her First Amendment right […]
HONOLULU (AP) — Alicia Humiston bought her condo in Lahaina after she visited Maui and fell for its rainforests, lava fields and the whales that gather offshore. She travels there about three times a year and rents out her unit for short periods when she’s not in Hawaii. “Maui was my dream place,” she said […]
A burst of tropical vigor last week is withering in the final days of June with a Saharan dust outbreak trying to throttle storm development from Africa to the Caribbean. The dust, made up of sand and mineral particles swept up from 3.5 million square miles of desert, could reach Florida by the weekend, said […]
The United States Constitution vests all legislative powers in Congress. Yet, over the past century, we’ve witnessed a disturbing trend of legislators increasingly delegating much of the authority to set the laws that govern the land to the executive branch, which includes unelected officials at administrative agencies. This undermines democratic accountability, contributes to government bloat […]
President Joe Biden on Tuesday temporarily blocked most asylum-seeking at the U.S. southern border, issuing an executive action that prevents migrants from staying in the United States when unlawful immigration surges. The order also will affect those seeking asylum along California’s coast. Restrictions kick in once average daily encounters between migrants crossing illegally and border […]
As school districts in Southwest Florida continue to wrangle with how to deal with student cell phones during school hours, I would like to share the positive results we have seen so far concerning students’ mental health and academic performance at The Village School of Naples. At the end of the 2021-22 school year, we […]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine will sign legislation to reduce student cellphone use in schools on Wednesday. The Ohio House passed the bill last week. It will require K-12 school districts to create a policy to reduce cellphone distractions and limit cellphone use as much as possible during school hours. Schools that don’t want to create […]
The battle between business and labor is headed for a high-stakes showdown at the California Supreme Court this week over a ballot measure that would tip the balance of power at the state Capitol. The court on Wednesday will hear oral arguments on the legality of an initiative backed by business interests that strips the […]
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scores of lawmakers from U.S. President Joe Biden‘s Democratic Party told him on Friday that they believe there is sufficient evidence to show that Israel has violated U.S. law by restricting humanitarian aid flows into war-stricken Gaza. A letter to Biden signed by 86 House of Representatives Democrats said […]
Florida governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that bans children aged under 14 from social media platforms and requires 14- and 15-year-olds to get parental consent, a measure supporters say will protect them from online risks to their mental health. The measure requires social media platforms to terminate the accounts of people under […]
MIAMI (AP) — Two graduate students from China whose studies were put on hold, and a professor who says he is unable to recruit research assistants, sued Florida education officials on Monday, trying to stop enforcement of a new state law which limits research exchanges between state universities and academics from seven prohibited countries. The […]
DeSantis signs bill restricting social media access for minors in Florida (AP) — Florida will have one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors — if it withstands expected legal challenges — under a bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday. The bill will ban social media accounts for children under […]