Tag: James Uthmeier

Florida murder suspect gets short sentence after attorney general intervenes

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s demand that murder charges be dropped in an alleged Orlando road rage shooting,…

Amid Hope Florida grand jury probe, key questions still unanswered

TALLAHASSEE — A grand jury convened in Tallahassee this week for at least two days of testimony relating…

Former Hope Florida charity leader at courthouse on 2nd day of grand jury

TALLAHASSEE — A grand jury probe relating to the Hope Florida Foundation continued into its second day on…

Inside Uthmeier’s path to a critical Trump endorsement in Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — It turns out that Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has his own art of the…

Florida open-carry gun ruling leads to chaos and confusion

Gun control advocates have likened Florida to the wild west after the state’s attorney general endorsed an appeals…

Florida creates portal to report ‘violent extremism’ threats following Kirk death

Less than two weeks after right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot at a college campus in…

Walking tall in Florida, the Gunshine State

James Uthmeier, the appointed attorney general, who picks and chooses which laws to defend, declared Monday that Florida…

Open carry is now legal in Florida. How many other states allow open or concealed carry?

A decade after the Florida Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on open carry in 2015, open carry is now…

Florida attorney general says cops should stop enforcing open carry gun ban after court ruling

Florida’s Republican attorney general has told police and prosecutors to stop enforcing the state's decades-old ban on carrying…

Open carry is ‘the law of the state,’ Florida attorney general says in new guidance

TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s attorney general is telling law enforcement that open carry of firearms is “the law of…

Florida’s attorney general gets history wrong on census citizenship question

Before Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed James Uthmeier, his former chief of staff, as attorney general, Uthmeier worked…

Florida warns Orange against ‘religious bias’ in rejecting synagogue plan

In his latest salvo against local leaders, Florida’s attorney general is promising to protect the Orlando Torah Center…