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Scott PowersMay 9, 2017

Medical marijuana champion John Morgan turned to Twitter Tuesday afternoon to push for a special session to implement the medical marijuana law and he called for the free market – not the Florida Legislature – to decide how many dispensaries there would be. Morgan, who earlier this week had called for a special session after […]

Scott PowersMay 9, 2017

A week after she watched the Republican American Health Care Act pass the House against her wishes, Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy still is getting an earful on the woes of health care, on Tuesday from a chamber of commerce meeting that did not necessarily share her concerns. Several members of the Sanford Chamber of Commerce peppered […]

Scott PowersMay 9, 2017

Republican gubernatorial candidate and Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is kicking off his 2018 campaign with a rally in his hometown Bartow Wednesday, followed by a bus tour that will take him to 22 cities in 10 days. Putnam, who entered the race May 1 – and is the only major Republican to file thus […]

Scott PowersMay 9, 2017

Republican David Smith has raised another $15,600 in his campaign for the Florida House District 28 seat being vacated by incumbent Republican state Rep. Jason Brodeur. Smith’s April fundraising tally is his third straight strong month, following a $21,300 haul in March and $25,000 he lent his campaign to kick it off in late February. […]

Scott PowersMay 9, 2017

In her new response to Gov. Rick Scott‘s argument in their Supreme Court battle over power, Orlando’s State Attorney Aramis Ayala contends that the Florida Constitution is clear that she has absolute power over all criminal cases in her jurisdiction, and that the governor can only override it with her permission. The issue is whether […]

Scott PowersMay 4, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum announced Thursday that his official and unofficial campaign funds have combined to top $1 million in his quest for election in 2018. The Gillum for Governor campaign and its aligned political committee, Forward Florida, have raised a combined $1,051,473 through the end of April, from more than 5,600 individual […]

Scott PowersMay 4, 2017

In a friend of the court brief bound to raise state attorneys’ eyebrows throughout Florida, the Florida House is arguing that prosecutors have no discretion with regard to capital punishment, that the state Legislature’s intent was to rest all discretion with juries. The House filed the brief in the Florida Supreme Court case of Orlando’s State Attorney […]

Scott PowersMay 4, 2017

The owner of the Pulse nightclub announced Thursday her newly formed foundation will seek to develop a national-caliber memorial and museum campus on the site of America’s worst recorded mass shooting. Barbara Poma pushed through the pain of last year’s tragedy to declare her new foundation’s motto, “We will not let hate win,” and announced […]

Scott PowersMay 3, 2017

“Unlike every other amici in this litigation, the Family Members’ right to be heard is not hypothetical, it is not philosophical, it is not past – it is real and present.” Thus opens a friend of the court brief filed Wednesday by the families of victims of seven homicides in the balance of the Florida […]

Scott PowersMay 3, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham spent a good part of Wednesday installing solar panels on roofs in Orlando, while vowing she’ll do all she can to make the Sunshine State a solar energy leader. It’s not one now. Florida’s solar energy generation per person falls somewhere between Illinois and Ohio, well behind such un-sunshiny states […]

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John Morgan posts Twitter video calling for marijuana special session

Health care costs dominate Stephanie Murphy round table

Adam Putnam kicking off governor’s race campaign in Bartow, then bus tour

David Smith raises another $15,000 in House District 28 race

Aramis Ayala argues that Rick Scott can only reassign cases with consent

Andrew Gillum’s campaign money now tops $1 million

House argues prosecutors have no discretion on death penalties

Barbara Poma, foundation, to develop national memorial, museum at Pulse site

Victims’ families: Aramis Ayala shut us out; prosecutors group: She abolished capital punishment

Gwen Graham vows to push for solar while installing panels