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    Vote Your Voice Florida: Student organization trains tomorrow’s leaders
    Sun, 10 Dec 2023 - Advertising Today
    ... prison and can exercise their voting rights. Florida Rising Together – Grant Amount: $750,000 Florida Rising Together ’s statewide, year- ...
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    Florida Appeals Court Upholds Disenfranchising Black Voters in North Florida, a Victory for DeSantis
    Sat, 02 Dec 2023 - FlaglerLive
    League of Women Voters of Florida, Equal Ground Education Fund, Florida Rising Together, and individual voters who brought the lawsuit. Ten ...
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    Monique Worrell's suspension draws a legal challenge
    Sat, 02 Dec 2023 - WUSF-FM (Tampa, FL)
    Law Center case, filed on behalf of two voters and the group Florida Rising Together, contends the suspension violated due-process and First ...
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    BYRD v. BLACK VOTERS MATTER CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE, INC.
    Sat, 02 Dec 2023 - Leagle
    ... , INC., LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND, INC., FLORIDA RISING TOGETHER, PASTOR REGINALD GUNDY, SYLVIA YOUNG, PHYLLIS WILEY, ...
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    Lawsuit filed against Gov. DeSantis over suspension of former State Attorney Monique Worrell
    Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - WFTV-TV
    ... suit on behalf of two Orlando residents who voted for Worrell in 2020. Florida Rising Together, a group whose mission is to increase voter ...
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    Appeals court strikes down lower court's decision, says re­dis­tricting map is con­sti­tu­tional
    Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - Spectrum Bay News 9
    ... the latest map. Plaintiffs in the case include Black Voters Matter, Florida Rising and the League of Women Voters, among others. Attorney ...
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    Poverty law center sues DeSantis to reinstate deposed Orange County state attorney
    Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - Orlando Sentinel
    ... lawsuit, which lists as plaintiffs two voters and the political organization Florida Rising, mirror those made by Worrell in her case before ...
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    SPLC sues DeSantis over suspension of State Attorney Monique Worrell
    Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - The Capitolist
    ... , filed on behalf of Florida voters and the grassroots organization Florida Rising, seeks Worrell’s reinstatement. Governor DeSantis cited “ ...
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    Caicedo, et al. v. DeSantis
    Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - Today in Parenting
    The suit, filed on behalf of voters who elected Worrell and Florida Rising, a grassroots democracy-building organization, seeks Worrell’s ...
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    Abortion-rights advocates narrow focus of petition drive for FL constitutional amendment
    Wed, 29 Nov 2023 - Florida Phoenix
    ... supporters include the ACLU of Florida, Planned Parenthood, and Florida Rising. Advocates have seen success in winning abortion rights at ...
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    Voting rights groups in the US aren’t just focused on Trump
    Mon, 27 Nov 2023 - News Net Daily
    ... will once again suffer greatly.” Andrea Mercado, executive director of Florida Rising, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that leads ...
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    Homebuyers Are Leaving Austin: 3 Cities They’re Moving To Instead
    Wed, 22 Nov 2023 - Nasdaq
    ... 10 Most Overpriced Housing Markets in the US — 5 Are in Florida Rising Home Prices Austin’s housing prices are quickly becoming expensive, ...
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    Biden losing support among younger voters as Americans disapprove of his handling of the Israel-Hamas war
    Mon, 20 Nov 2023 - MSNBC
    ... lost support among voters 18-34. Moné Holder, Senior Director of Advocacy & Programs for Florida Rising and Victor Shi, Strategy Director ...
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    Is Joe Biden Losing Young Voters With His Israel Defense?
    Thu, 16 Nov 2023 - DNYUZ
    Oct. 7 terrorist attack sparked the war in Gaza. Moné Holder, a senior director at Florida Rising, a voting rights and organizing nonprofit ...
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    Af­fordable housing planned for former lumber company site in St. Pete
    Sat, 11 Nov 2023 - Spectrum Bay News 9
    ... fighting against that,” said Robin Lockett, regional director for Florida Rising. The Fairfield Avenue project will include 53 units for ...
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    With Republican presidential debate in Miami, Democrats counter-program to court voters
    Thu, 09 Nov 2023 - Killeen Daily Herald
    ... they need from us,” she said. On Wednesday afternoon, Florida Rising, a nonprofit focused on organizing in marginalized communities, hosted ...
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    After abortion rights win at Ohio ballot box, fight could move to Florida next year
    Wed, 08 Nov 2023 - WPLG-TV Local 10
    ... with Florida Protecting Freedom and Senior Director of Advocacy and Programs at Florida Rising. “We will be putting decisions back in the ...
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    Florida utility regulators to discuss FPL rate justification
    Wed, 08 Nov 2023 - WUWF-FM
    ... utilities in the state. A coalition of organizations including Florida Rising, Environmental Confederation of Southwest Florida, and the ...
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    Dems introduce law that would prohibit use of federal funds for maintaining police in schools
    Tue, 07 Nov 2023 - The Iowa Standard
    ... , Inc, Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children, Florida Rising, Freedom, Inc., Georgia Coalition for Equity in Education, ...
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    Judges complicate North Florida Black District case
    Tue, 07 Nov 2023 - The Miami Times
    ... of Women Voters of Florida, Equal Ground Education Fund, Florida Rising Together and individual voters – that the new districts illegally ...
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    Redistricting plaintiffs face skeptical court
    Mon, 06 Nov 2023 - The Capitolist
    ... groups, such as the League of Women Voters of Florida and Florida Rising Together, and other plaintiffs contend that the overhaul of North ...
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    Florida Democratic Party Head Says State Will Be Competitive in 2024
    Mon, 06 Nov 2023 - The Messenger
    ... the system” and cost him support. But Andrea Mercado, the executive director of New Florida Majority, argued that while she is cautiously ...
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    Floridians are suffering from rising insurance costs. Why don’t our politicians help us?
    Sat, 04 Nov 2023 - LatestFinance.News
    But no action was taken. More: Why are insurance premiums in Florida rising faster than anywhere else in the country? Florida’s auto ...
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    Opinion | Letters: School library age-appropriate | Burns will help housing | Let common sense guide vote
    Fri, 03 Nov 2023 - Orlando Sentinel
    Development’s at 0.2%. The difference is abysmal. Florida Rising knows firsthand the plight of Black and brown communities trying to get an ...
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    White Rose Books and More Grand Opening
    Wed, 01 Nov 2023 - lifestyle.maverick1023
    Germany bearing the same name. With book bans in the state of Florida rising at an unprecedented rate, we are honored to be borrowing this ...