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BY Regina Joseph | Tallahassee, FL | 2/19/15
Students here celebrated a victory Feb. 19. Students, community members, faculty and Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU) administrators successfully prevented the Florida State University-FAMU Engineering School from being split apart.
BY staff | Tallahassee, FL | 8/02/13
On July 16, around 100 members of the youth civil rights organization Dream Defenders flooded the Florida Capitol and marched to the office of Governor Rick Scott.
BY staff | Tallahassee, FL | 7/19/13
After three days of occupying the governor’s office in the Florida capitol building, protesters demanding justice for Trayvon Martin finally secured a meeting with Governor Rick Scott, July 19.
BY Jared Hamil | Tallahassee, FL | 6/05/13
On June 4, Florida Governor Rick Scott vetoed a bill that would have allowed undocumented youth covered by DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) to have driver's licenses.
BY Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Florida District | Florida | 3/14/13
On March 5, Governor Rick Scott delivered his State of the State address to the Florida legislature, marking the start of the 2013 legislative session.
BY staff | Pensacola, FL | 3/11/13
Activists and workers in 23 cities across Florida laced up their boots, grabbed their picket signs, and took to the streets on March 5 to protest the state’s now-infamous voter suppression laws.
BY staff | Tallahassee, FL | 1/18/13
On Thursday, February 17, the Florida Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision that a bill cutting public workers' wages by 3% was constitutional.
BY Skye Schmelzer | Gainesville, FL | 1/18/13
At 12:00 p.m. on a cool and rainy day, the voices of 20 students rang through the halls of Emerson Alumni Hall at the University of Florida, “Education is a right! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!”
BY staff | Tallahassee, FL | 9/19/12
Students at Florida colleges are making the issue of voter suppression a top priority this fall.
BY Jared Hamil | Jacksonville, FL | 4/18/11
Students and workers converged on an outdoor mall called The Landing, here, April 15 to confront Florida Governor Rick Scott at a Tea Party event. More than 50 people attended the rally organized by Fight Back Florida, a statewide labor-student coalition formed against Scott’s vicious attacks on working families, government employee unions and public education.
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