Renzo DowneyJune 17, 2020
4min1209
The state is missing out on millions of dollars available from the federal government.
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Renzo DowneyJune 17, 2020Renzo DowneyJanuary 21, 2020
9min777
The Pensacola Representative wants to ax some mandatory minimums, Medicaid school funding requirements and permanent alimony
Peter SchorschMarch 7, 2017
2min374
The House version of the “whiskey and Wheaties” bill stumbled and then face planted in its second committee hearing Tuesday afternoon. The Walmart-backed HB 81, sponsored by Hialeah Republican Rep. Bryan Avila, would allow grocery stores and other retailers to sell liquor, rather than keeping up the so-called “liquor wall.” The issue is a top priority for […]
Mitch PerrySeptember 2, 2015
4min466
For the past three years in the Florida Legislature, attempts to enact a pilot needle exchange program in Miami-Dade County have been unsuccessful. Plantation House Democrat Katie Edwards , though, is going to give it another shot next year. Edwards has filed legislation that aims to alleviate transmission of the HIV and Hepatitis viruses among intravenous drug […]