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Florida Legislative Black Caucus Supports Judicial Nominating Commissions Reform

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Rep. Bruce Antone, Chair of Florida Legislative
Black Caucus supports move for JNC reform

State Representative Bruce Antone, Chairman of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus, issued the following statement today in support of SB 138 Judicial Nominating Commissions, legislation filed by Senator Perry Thurston to reform Florida’s Judicial Nominating Commission: [Read more…] about Florida Legislative Black Caucus Supports Judicial Nominating Commissions Reform

Black Legislators Oppose Bills to Arm Schoolteachers

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MEDIA ADVISORY

Tomorrow, members of The Florida Legislative Black Caucus will hold a press conference to announce their opposition to legislation moving through the Florida House and Senate that would provide incentives to arm schoolteachers in Florida.

“Putting firearms in the hands of our educators is absurd,” said Sen. Perry Thurston Jr., the Caucus Chair and a Senator representing Broward County where the Parkland shooting occurred. “That’s clearly a job for law enforcement. What lawmakers should be doing is finding ways to keep guns out of our schools, something the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have told us repeatedly.”

The lawmakers will also discuss strategies to amend legislation on the floor of the Florida House and Senate respectively to ban semi-automatic weapons, like the AR 15 that was used to kill 14 students and three adults at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school.

Thursday, March 1, 2018
11:30 AM
4th Floor Rotunda by Senate Chambers
Florida Capitol, 400 South Monroe St.
Tallahassee, FL

Media Advisory from the Florida Legislative Black Caucus

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Senator Perry Thurston, Chairman of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus will hold a press conference tomorrow morning to discuss State Attorney Aramis Ayala’s Death Penalty Decision and the subsequent action of Governor Rick Scott’s interference with her prosecutorial independence. Senator Thurston will be joined by, all Senators and Representatives of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus.
The Press event will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 23, 2017, on the Plaza Level of the Capitol.