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Secretary of State Marco Rubio/ Image via AP.

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The Senate has proposed a tandem of bills that, combined, would transform Florida’s mental health and substance abuse laws as well as increase the amount of federal Medicaid money used fund the programs. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human services will discuss two bills — released late Friday — at its March 16 […]

James CallMarch 15, 2015

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At the state Capitol this week the budget begins to take shape and Rep. Richard Corcoran increasingly becomes the man to watch. By the end of the week the Senate will have released its budget allocation and Corcoran and Sen. Tom Lee, the two chambers’ appropriation chairs, will move closer to center stage as a spending plan begins […]

Associated PressMarch 15, 2015
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Miami Beach has fired a historian hired to write a book commemorating the city’s centennial. The Miami Herald reports that City Manager Jimmy Morales fired Seth Bramson on Friday over concerns with his manuscript for the coffee table book. The city’s Hispanic Affairs Committee complained that Bramson used the terms “Hispanic” and “Spanish” interchangeably in the […]

Associated PressMarch 15, 2015
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Miami Beach is installing 50 free sunblock dispensers to help visitors protect themselves against sun damage and skin cancer. The lotion dispensers will be located at public swimming pools, parks and beach entrances near lifeguard stands. Destination Brands and Mount Sinai Medical Center sponsored the project. The head of the hospital’s melanoma program tells The […]


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