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Brendan FarringtonMarch 27, 2015

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Florida legislators filed more than 1,700 bills for consideration during their two-month Session that ends in May. Some are routine, some deal with high-profile issues such as abortion and guns, and some are just odd. Here’s a look at a few that fall into the last category: UNDERWEAR, OVERWEAR It would be illegal for stores […]

Brendan FarringtonMarch 27, 2015

Florida legislators filed more than 1,700 bills for consideration during their two-month Session that ends in May. Some are routine, some deal with high-profile issues such as abortion and guns, and some are just odd. Here’s a look at a few that fall into the last category: UNDERWEAR, OVERWEAR It would be illegal for stores […]

Guest AuthorMarch 25, 2015

Considering the successes we’ve achieved over the years, it is difficult to imagine that in our lifetime women felt a shame and stigma around breast cancer — one that a small group of women and I vowed to end when I founded Susan G. Komen in 1982. We wanted women to know it was OK […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 24, 2015

A bill aimed at ensuring condo-owners aren’t forced to sell their homes for pennies on the dollar unanimously passed the Senate Regulated Industries Committee on Tuesday. Senate Bill 1172 sponsored by Clearwater Sen. Jack Latvala is a direct answer to an oversight in 2007 legislation that allowed investors buying condo units in bulk to scoop up […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 23, 2015

A bill aimed at shining a light on human trafficking breezed through the Senate Criminal Justice Subcommittee Monday with unanimous approval. Clearwater Sen. Jack Latvala’s bill requires that signs including the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline and text numbers be posted throughout the state. Those locations include rest areas and welcome centers, airports and […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 23, 2015

A bill aimed at shining a light on human trafficking breezed through the Senate Criminal Justice Subcommittee Monday with unanimous approval. Clearwater Sen. Jack Latvala’s bill requires that signs including the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline and text numbers be posted throughout the state. Those locations include rest areas and welcome centers, airports and […]

Phil AmmannMarch 20, 2015

As Tallahassee lawmakers finish their third week of the 2015 Legislative Session, Ben Pollara finds little to cheer about in Florida’s struggle to legalize medical marijuana. “It ain’t looking good,” the United for Care leader writes in a new email update. “Despite the voices of 58 percent of Floridians and our efforts in the legislature,” Pollara writes, “third […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 17, 2015

A compassionate bill aimed at patients suffering from terminal illnesses pushed its way through the Senate Committee on Health Policy today. The Right to Try Act by St. Petersburg State Senator Jeff Brandes earned broad support in the committee. The law would allow dying patients to access experimental medical treatments that have passed a Phase One Clinical Trial, but […]

Daniel TilsonMarch 15, 2015

If only marijuana decriminalization were the goal when Senate President Andy Gardiner and House Speaker Steve Crisafulli recently released a “joint agenda.” But no, turns out they were promoting their “5-point Work Plan 2015” for the in-progress legislative session. The new Republican legislative leaders know issues such as health care expansion and environmental protection are […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 14, 2015

Florida’s controversial gun bill that would allow guns on college campuses has already passed one committee and will be heard in another next week. The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus is asking for help defeating the measure. “The vast majority of Florida’s students and faculty don’t want guns in their classrooms or other buildings […]

Tag: 2015 legislative session

Toilets, lingerie, shacking up: Some of Florida’s odd bills

Toilets, lingerie, shacking up: Some of Florida's odd bills

Nancy Brinker: LGBT people deserve fairness on the job

Jack Latvala bill protecting condo-owners clears Senate panel

Jack Latvala’s anti-human trafficking bill moves in Senate panel

Jack Latvala's anti-human trafficking bill moves in Senate panel

Email insights: As medical marijuana stalls in Tallahassee, Ben Pollara presses on

Jeff Brandes Right to Try Act bill clears Health Policy committee

Daniel Tilson: Legislative leaders' 2015 work plan insults our intelligence

Email insights: Opponents look to rally against guns on campuses bill