Fort Lauderdale is set to pass ordinances that would make an already difficult life for the city’s homeless even more so. During a public workshop in January, it was announced that the city planned to pass ordinances that would effectively ban groups from sharing food with the homeless and make…
Environmental groups made up of 350 South Florida, 350.org, Sierra Club, and CREDO will hold a news conference outside of Florida Sen. Bill Nelson’s office Monday to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline. Congress is a mere four votes away from passing a bill that would approve the Keystone XL Pipeline…
The Miami Heat’s second-round opponent was finally decided Sunday when the Brooklyn Nets eked by the Toronto Raptors in a 104-103 Game 7 victory. The Nets took down Miami in all four of their regular season games this season, lending to the narrative that the Heat are now in big,…
If polls mean anything at all, Florida is going to be legalizing medical marijuana come next year. In March, a University of North Florida poll said 74 percent of Floridians support and will vote “yes” for Proposition 2 in November, which would legalize the use of medical marijuana. On Monday,…
A bill that would’ve allowed people to walk around with concealed guns — even if they do not have concealed weapons permits — during riots or natural disasters was killed in the Florida Legislature last week. And the NRA is upset. Had it passed, SB 296 would have made it…
Broward County circuit judge, and misdemeanor drug court judge, Gisele Pollack, who has had a history of substance abuse, including one time when she arrived to work drunk, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence early Friday morning in Plantation. Pollack, who just a month ago took leave…
Most of us have no idea what Cinco de Mayo is about — its origins, reasons for celebrating, or what it even means. What we do know, however, is that it’s another excuse to get plastered. And that’s cool. This is South Florida. We need no real reasons to get…
The latest numbers say that about 980,000 Floridians have signed up for private insurance through Obamacare. That’s up from 440,000 in February and March. And, as the AP correctly predicted weeks ago, the state is well on its way to blowing out its original projections. For his part, Charlie Crist…
A video uncovered by CBS 12 shows Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office deputies beating, tasing, and pepper-spraying an alleged suspect. The deputies say the man resisted arrest after the deputies pulled him over on the night of November 28, 2013. Of particular note is that one of the officers is Deputy…
Six same-sex couples who sued the state back in January have asked a state court to rule that Florida’s ban on marriage equality is unconstitutional. According to Equality Florida, the couples’ motion, filed Thursday, asserts that Florida’s marriage ban cannot stand in light of last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling…
The National Low Income Housing Coalition calculated the Department of Housing and Urban Development figures in what they say is “fair market rent” and determined that a person would have to make at least $19.08 an hour in a full-time job to make rent in a one-bedroom apartment in Broward…
Former West Palm Beach Police Officer Dewitt McDonald pleaded guilty to selling illegal drugs to fellow police officers while on duty. According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, McDonald, 45, was running two separate businesses selling anabolic steroids and other prescription drugs while also…
Two Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies are under investigation for alleged brutality after a gas station’s surveillance video captured them slamming a man to the ground when trying to detain him, breaking bones in his face in the process. BSO Internal Affairs is investigating deputies Justin Lambert and Mike Manresa for…
The newly formed anti-medical marijuana group Drug Free Florida has appointed former Ronald Reagan drug czar Carlton Turner as its chairman. Turner made a name for himself in the 1980s when he came up with the “Just Say No” campaign. But he’s also grabbed headlines for once famously saying that…
UPDATE: According to the Tallahassee Democrat, Winston may have not been cited or arrested, conflicting with the Tomahawk Nation report, although they only cite the Tallahassee Police Department. The Tallahassee Police Twitter feed says the “TPD has NOT had any contact with Jameis Winston regarding an alleged recent citation” UPDATE…
The very owls Florida Atlantic University is named after are being seriously threatened by the school’s ever-expanding buildings and dormitories. Burrowing owls, along with gopher tortoises and other species of life, currently live in a nature preserve nestled between the campus parking lot and Boca Raton Airport. And, as the…
“When I found out that not only did I get into an accident, but the two girls I got into an accident had passed away, it just really made me wonder why I didn’t too,” a tearful Kayla Mendoza says in her first televised interview since she killed two girls…
It appears the stage is set for Gov. Rick Scott and his challenger, former Gov. Charlie Crist, to go mano-y-mano in an all-world, no-holds-barred, smackdown, cage-match extravaganza. Or, as most people would call it, a debate. Leadership Florida, a nonprofit political group, announced Tuesday that Decision 2014: Before You Vote…
In a pretty historic move for Florida, the legalization of the strain of marijuana known as “Charlotte’s Web” was passed by the Senate on Monday by a whopping 36-3 vote. The CW strain has very low tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in it — which is the stuff that gets you high when…
In October 2012, the Judicial Qualifications Commission’s investigative panel filed formal charges against Palm Beach County Judge Barry M. Cohen for using his bench as, in their words, a “bully pulpit” and “a neutral and detached magistrate.” The findings came after the outspoken judge made some comments about racial profiling…
The Miami Heat took care of business Monday night, beating the Charlotte Bobcats 109-98 and sweeping their first round playoff series in the process. While there are plenty of game and series recaps to peruse, we at the Pulp like to dig deeper and get into some specific stuff you…
On the heels of the Legislature’s working on laying out harsher punishments for hit-and-run suspects and the trial of Axel Inostroza (a man who allegedly ran over a cyclist before dumping him in the woods), and this weekend’s Fort Lauderdale Critical Mass comes the sad news of yet another cyclist…
