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James CallApril 16, 2015

In the tension-filled chambers of a Legislative Session’s final days words matter and poorly chosen ones can stress long-standing relationships. Supporters of the Boys and Girls Club of Florida on Thursday pushed back on remarks Sen. Eleanor Sobel made after Wednesday’s meeting of the Children Families and Elder Affairs Committee. The committee had unanimously approved […]

Associated PressApril 16, 2015

A Florida newspaper that knew ahead of time that a man planned to fly a gyrocopter into restricted airspace at the U.S. Capitol faced questions Thursday about whether its editors should have used the knowledge to try and stop the risky stunt. The Tampa Bay Times, which posted reporter Ben Montgomery in Washington on Wednesday […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 16, 2015

Attorney General Pam Bondi said she will help Gov. Rick Scott sue the federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services for withholding supplemental Medicaid funding for Florida’s hospitals. In a release Bondi said her office “led the lawsuit that stopped the federal government from forcing states to expand Medicaid and we will not sit by […]

James CallApril 16, 2015

Growers may want to start planning to plant cannabis seeds. Whether the authorization will come under the Compassionate Medicinal Cannabis Act of 2014, or SPB 7066, which is moving in the Senate or under an amended bill is still unclear. Rep. Matt Gaetz, however, said Thursday that Florida “is on the back 9” in clearing […]

Martin DyckmanApril 16, 2015

His name was Arthur. I remember no one else from the third grade, and I had forgotten him until beginning what was the most difficult of all my college term papers even though it required no research. We were to write down everything we could remember about our attitudes toward black people. “Nobody but me […]

Bob SparksApril 16, 2015

This week, two more candidates jumped on the elevator heading for the top floor of the executive branch. The announcement on Sunday by Hillary Clinton and on Monday by Marco Rubio brings the number of announced candidates for president of the United States to four. While several others will follow, it is amazing to look […]

Guest AuthorApril 16, 2015

For those of us who care about the future of our nation – and in particular the future of Florida – we must first and foremost acknowledge that it is more than just the climate that is changing. Sea levels are unquestionably rising. High tides are measurably higher. And drinking wells near our coastlines are […]

Guest AuthorApril 16, 2015

Florida has successfully operated tax credit education scholarships for 13 years. More than 70,000 underprivileged students throughout Florida currently benefit from these scholarships, which provide important school choice options. These students, whose household incomes are only 5 percent above the poverty level, two-thirds of whom are black or Hispanic, and the majority of whom live […]

Associated PressApril 16, 2015

The House unanimously passed a bill Thursday that would let people use experimental drugs — but not marijuana — if a doctor tells them they have less than a year to live. The “Right To Try Act” will only apply to drugs that have gone through the first phase of federal testing, though several lawmakers […]

Ryan RayApril 16, 2015

Sen. Joe Negron announced Thursday that he has succeeded in brokering an agreement between the Legislature and the Florida College System in their ongoing conflict over the proper role and scale of Florida’s community colleges. The deal — under the moniker of the “2+2 Program,” referring to the common course of study that includes two years toward […]

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Created Equal’s new ad targeting Amendment 4

Boys and Girls Clubs advocates cry foul over sexual predator remark

Should Tampa Bay Times have done more to alert authorities about Capitol gyrocopter stunt?

Pam Bondi says she’ll join Rick Scott in Medicaid lawsuit

Five minutes with Matt Gaetz, talking FDA lies and being on the back 9 with medicinal marijuana

Martin Dyckman: Voters respond to politicians' racist 'dog whistles'

Bob Sparks: Top priority for diverse GOP field is beating Hillary Clinton

Bill Golden: Rising seas and Florida's economic future

John Legg: Don't let vulnerable kids get mired in politics of education

Lawmaker advises dying patients to smoke pot if it helps

Joe Negron announces community college partnership pact