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Peter SchorschFebruary 9, 2015

Health-care discussions will shift from Tallahassee to Orlando this week as the Foundation of the Associated Industries of Florida hosts a health-care summit through Tuesday. The 2015 Health Care Affordability Summit features familiar faces, with the likes of state Sens. Aaron Bean, R-Jacksonville, and Denise Grimsley, R-Sebring, and state Reps. Carey Pigman, R-Avon Park, and […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 4, 2015

Two Republican state lawmakers submitted new bills today to remove Florida’s “wall of separation” between grocery and liquor stores. House Bill 499, filed by state Rep. John Wood, and Senate Bill 468 from state Sen. Denise Grimsley seeks to repeal Florida’s “outdated and inconvenient” separation law. Both bills will be considered in the 2015 legislative session that starts […]

Bruce RitchieJanuary 20, 2015

Florida’s wildlife agency will request a rule change to allow black bear hunting in some areas because of bear attacks and other conflicts with people, state wildlife officials said Tuesday. Florida has at least 3,000 bears, up from around 500 in the 1950s. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in 1994 voted to make bear-hunting illegal […]

Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 6, 2015

The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on Tuesday took testimony from doctors and patients who want the state of Florida to limit the ability of insurance companies to deny medications or require prior authorization for certain drugs. They appear to have a sympathetic ear in committee Chairman Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto, R-For Myers, who two years […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 10, 2014

Nineteen years after the rape and murder of 9-year-old Jimmy Ryce shook the people of our state and our nation, his killer will finally be executed Wednesday. It’s a fitting time to look at how Florida’s efforts to protect our children from predators have evolved and where more work needs to be done. The Ryce […]

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Foundation for AIF to host 2015 Health Care Affordability Summit

Sen. Denise Grimsley, Rep. John Wood file bills to repeal alcohol separation laws

State wildlife officials to request an end to ban on bear hunting

Senate committee looks to curb prior authorization for meds

Lauren Book: Why I walk: Florida’s need for better sexual abuse prevention