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Associated PressFebruary 20, 2015

A South Florida legislator wants to make it officially legal for unmarried men and women to live together. Sen. Eleanor Sobel filed a bill Thursday that repeals a long-standing law that makes it a second-degree misdemeanor for men and women to cohabit if they are not married. Sobel’s bill (SB 1078) would also remove a […]

Ryan RayFebruary 13, 2015

Hollywood Sen. Eleanor Sobel has introduced what she says is a legislative fix for a perennial bugaboo in state elections — complications extending from minor write-in candidates who rarely gain a significant share of the vote, but who often cause procedural headaches for candidates and sometimes cost the taxpayers to finance low-stakes special elections. Sobel’s bill, SB […]

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 […]

Guest AuthorDecember 30, 2013

Generally, what conservatives want in the New Year is less government, but every once in a while an issue arises that genuinely does require a statewide approach – gambling, for instance. Only Florida could make it into the year 2013 without a centralized gaming commission. How about another one that all Floridians should get behind […]

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