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Occupiers arrested in Florida; protests continue against investor conference (UPDATE)

By Marcos Restrepo | 01.24.12 | 11:53 am | More from The Florida Independent

Updated 5:15 p.m., with video footage of the arrests.
Three protesters from the Occupy movements of Palm Beach and Miami were arrested Monday evening after they blocked the Camino Real bridge in Boca Raton to protest the 2012 GAIM conference, a major investor industry event. More…

Florida casino supporters, opponents face off in the media

By Marcos Restrepo | 12.05.11 | 9:40 am | More from The Florida Independent

Supporters and opponents of the controversial casino bill filed by GOP state legislators are taking their messages to the media.

The bill filed by state Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, and Rep. Erik Fresen, R-Miami, would, according to The Miami Herald More…, allow three “full Las Vegas-style games” in Miami-Dade and

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Prominent pastor in South Florida calls on Cain to retract ‘electrified fence’ comments

By Marcos Restrepo | 10.18.11 | 1:15 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Mark Boykin, senior pastor at Church of All Nations in Boca Raton, is calling on GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain to retract his comments “calling for an electrified fence on the country’s border with Mexico that could kill people trying to enter the country illegally.” More…

Bacteria concerns cause no-swim advisory in Palm Beach

By Virginia Chamlee | 09.19.11 | 9:28 am | More from The Florida Independent

A “no-swim” advisory has been issued More… at Jupiter’s Carlin Park Beach, over fears of high fecal bacteria levels. The advisory is in place until Mon., Sept. 26.

Trump, West, Hasner, Kaufman, et al. to team up for South Florida Tea Party Tax Rally

By Cooper Levey-Baker | 04.15.11 | 2:11 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The South Florida Tea Party has a doozy of a lineup scheduled for its “Tea Party Tax Rally” in Boca Raton tomorrow: Donald Trump; Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale; controversial talk radio star Joyce Kaufman; potential U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner More… and others. Check out the