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Associated PressMarch 4, 2015

Several school districts on Tuesday suspended Florida’s new standardized tests for a second day, despite assurances that the problems had been fixed. Education Commissioner Pam Stewart asked districts early in the morning to resume using the online portal that middle-school and high-school students must use in order to log on and take the state’s annual […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 24, 2015

Not that it stands a snow ball’s chance in hell of passing the uber-conservative Florida Legislature, but South Florida Democrat Dwight Bullard has proposed a recreational legalization bill in the Senate. Bullard filed the bill Tuesday that would allow anyone 21 or older to possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana for personal use. The […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 27, 2015

This Saturday in Orlando, a task force created by Florida Democratic Party Chair Allison Tant in the wake of last fall’s statewide election disappointment will convene to discuss what they’ve learned since then. And while Tant has reached out to a variety of Democrats in the past month and a half to get their thoughts, two vanquished Democrats remain […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 20, 2014

For a full decade, a measure filed in the Legislature was doomed before bill drafting entered the final line. The proposal — to give in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants living in Florida — was unthinkable in Florida’s two Republican-controlled chambers. Remember, these elected Republicans were to answer to their Republican constituents every election cycle, and […]

Tag: Dwight Bullard

Senators ask Gov. Rick Scott to suspend testing after glitches

Sen. Dwight Bullard tries again with recreational marijuana bill

Some Democrats peeved as task force convenes this weekend in Orlando

Peter Schorsch: Odds good for in-state tuition for undocumented students