Mike Schneider - Associated Press
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The hunt, which started Dec. 6 and ended Sunday, had been restricted to 172 permit holders who had won vouchers through a random lottery involving more than 160,000 applicants. -
Attorneys for the state object to the request citing security risks and operational disruptions of a judge visiting the facility. -
The decision came from a federal judge who said a detainee, identified as M.A., failed to show irreparable harm. -
Attorneys for the detainees are seeking a preliminary injunction to improve communication with their clients. They claim current practices make it difficult to meet before key deadlines. -
The new standards say using terms like "McCarthyism" and "Red Scare" is slander against anti-communists. -
The Democrat joins a crowded field hoping to succeed Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. If elected, Demings would be Florida's first African American governor. -
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams previously ordered the facility to wind down operations, but that injunction was put on hold by an appellate court panel.
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Federal officials confirmed that a $608 million reimbursement had been approved for the center earlier this month. -
The University of South Florida College Republicans and the Pinellas County Young Republicans filed a request for a three-judge panel to hear their lawsuit. -
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has been filing reports twice a month since being found in civil contempt for telling officers they could ignore the judge's order.
