Florida lawmakers visit Alligator Alcatraz for 1st time
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A member of the iconic Backstreet Boys has filed a lawsuit against a Florida sheriff’s office alleging that the agency is not properly protecting the singer’s private beachfront property. According to News 13, Brian Littrell filed the lawsuit against the Walton County Sheriff‘s Office on June 19.
Environmental groups Friday gave formal notice that they could sue federal and state agencies over alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act at an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.
Five state Democratic lawmakers, who were denied entry to Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” earlier this month, sued Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) on Thursday, arguing he didn’t h…
Higher-education leaders Friday backed a plan to form a new accrediting agency that Florida will help fund and oversee with university systems from five other Southern states.
Conservation groups are to file a legal complaint against government agencies alleging the destructive effects of "Alligator Alcatraz."
Federal funding for a detention center for "criminal illegal aliens" located inside Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida exposes the facility to federal environmental laws that so far have been ignored,
The Center for Biological Diversity put federal and state agencies on notice for violating federal laws while constructing an immigrant detention center in the Everglades. Agencies have 60 days to comply or the group will file suit.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block a migrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” now being built on an airstrip in the heart of the Florida Everglades.