A.G. GancarskiApril 5, 2021
6min2365
Legalized cannabis is coming, advocates predict.
Tag: Carlos G. SmithCrowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)
A.G. GancarskiApril 5, 2021A.G. GancarskiMarch 18, 2021
6min21685
Critics call this a 'tax' on patients.
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 14, 2020
4min625
Fried wants answers the Governor hasn't provided thus far.
Jim RosicaApril 9, 2019
8min705
"This isn't about being high. This is about being medicated."
Ryan NicolMarch 18, 2019
3min472
Jacobs originally only expected to miss the first week of Session.
A.G. GancarskiOctober 16, 2018
2min332
State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, an East Orlando Democrat representing House District 49, will fundraise in Jacksonville Tuesday evening, in another sign of his increasing prominence statewide. The event will be in the tony Avondale neighborhood, hosted by Kevin Clair, the husband of local state House hopeful Tracye Polson. Clair and Polson have become increasingly prominent this cycle, […]
Jim RosicaMay 14, 2018
5min316
From karaoke to ballroom dancing to ice sculpting, the hobbies of Florida’s legislators are legion. A Florida Politics reporter recently noticed and tweeted that Rep. Carlos G. Smith, an Orlando Democrat, listed but one “recreational interest,” karaoke, on his legislative info page. That sparked a number of responses on social media last week. TCPalm reporter […]
Jim RosicaFebruary 20, 2018
3min900
On a voice vote, the Florida House Tuesday approved a resolution recognizing pornography as a “public health risk.” That was after a House Democrat pressed the sponsor why he didn’t think gun violence was a more pressing health risk in Florida. The resolution (HR 157) doesn’t carry the force of law, but simply memorializes a […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 17, 2018
4min543
A bill to ban all uses of steroids in racing dogs has cleared a key Senate panel. The Regulated Industries Committee, which generally gets first crack at gambling-related bills, OK’d the measure (SB 674) 7-2 on Wednesday. State regulations now allow use only of a “low-dose, non-performance enhancing” form of testosterone in greyhounds, and only as […]