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Oklahoma State Senator Ralph Shorty presented himself as a moral and conservative guy when it came to issues such as abortion and religion. In 2011 he co-sponsored a bill to prohibit abortions after 20 weeks. In 2012, a bill requiring abortion providers to inform the patient that the fetal heartbeat is audible. That same year, a bill to declare life

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Democratic Party chairman resigned Friday in shame. A Republican state senator faces possible expulsion for sexual harassment. The state Senate’s top Democratic leader abruptly stepped down after admitting an extramarital affair with a lobbyist. Even amid the flood of sexual misconduct revelations that have rocked state capitals across the country, the nation’s biggest swing state has

Those familiar with Southeast Florida know the city of Miami Beach is an Island. To get to Miami Beach from the city of Miami, visitors would take Interstate 195. I-195, which is also called the “Julia Tuttle Causeway”, is a 4.4-mile-long freeway comprised of a large bridge connecting Miami (in the west) to Miami Beach (in the east). In 2005,

Five California Men are Suing the City of San Jose after being arrested in a “gay sex sting.” The charges against them were eventually dismissed, but undoubtedly much damage was done regardless. The men claim their Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when they were arrested for “loitering” during a 17-month operation conducted beginning 2014 at a park known

Let’s examine the findings of this 2010 study from the State of Connecticut’s Office of Policy and Management, Criminal Justice Policy & Planning Division: Offenders with a history of weapons charges had higher recidivism rates than offenders who have not been sentenced for similar charges. Seventy-five percent (75%) of male offenders, who had ever served a prison sentence for weapons,