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Background: The new map divided one district into four, each with a much smaller Black population. At issue in the ruling was an area previously mapped as House District 5, which stretched from Jacksonville to Tallahassee along Florida’s northern border with Georgia. The district, whose voting population was about 46 percent Black, had elected Al […]
State Sen. Kelli Stargel looks through redistricting maps during a Senate Committee on Reapportionment hearing on Jan. 13, 2022, in Tallahassee, Fla. A Florida redistricting plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis violates the state constitution, a state judge ruled Saturday. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP hide caption toggle caption Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP State Sen. Kelli Stargel looks […]
Background: The new map divided one district into four, each with a much smaller Black population. At issue in the ruling was an area previously mapped as House District 5, which stretched from Jacksonville to Tallahassee along Florida’s northern border with Georgia. The district, whose voting population was about 46 percent Black, had elected Al […]
Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a campaign stop in Manchester, New Hampshire, Aug. 19, 2023. Photo by Brian Snyder/REUTERS A Florida redistricting plan pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violates the state constitution and is prohibited from being used for any future U.S. congressional elections since it diminishes the ability of Black […]
MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press 50 mins ago A Florida redistricting plan pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violates the state constitution and is prohibited from being used for any future U.S. congressional elections since it diminishes the ability of Black voters in north Florida to pick a representative of their choice, a state judge ruled […]
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A Missouri judge ruled Thursday that the 84-year-old white homeowner who shot a Black teenager after he mistakenly went to the man’s house must stand trial. Clay County Judge Louis Angles issued the ruling after hearing from several witnesses at a preliminary hearing, including Ralph Yarl, the teenager who . . .
FILE – This undated photo provided by Ben Crump Law shows Ralph Yarl. Andrew Lester, the man accused of shooting Yarl in April 2023 when the teenager showed up at the wrong house to pick up his brothers, faces a preliminary hearing on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Lester is charged with first-degree assault and armed […]