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James CallMarch 25, 2015

Humans are a strange species. One can be pushing 60 and a chance encounter with a childhood hero turns him into a little boy. I outed an astronaut today. I’m standing in a crowded elevator and next to me is Mike McCulley, a space shuttle Atlantis commander. Your humble correspondent immediately blurted, “You’re an astronaut!” unleashing a shower […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 25, 2015

Intolerance and bigotry is expensive business in Florida. That’s according to a report released Wednesday by a coalition of major employers in the state called Equality Means Business. The report found that discrimination against the LGBT community costs employers more than $362 million a year. The losses are linked to employee turnover and loss of productivity. “We’ve […]

Mitch PerryMarch 25, 2015

Allen West has been in the news a lot this week — but not for anything he’s done of late. Despite outspending Democrat Patrick Murphy by a 4-1 ration in his bid for re-election to Congress in 2012, the South Florida Tea Party favorite lost to Murphy in that celebrated race. Now Murphy is running […]

James CallMarch 25, 2015

A stack of court documents makes it difficult to see when epileptic children will have access to medicinal cannabis oil to calm the dangerous seizures that wrack their small bodies. Sen. Rob Bradley’s effort to provide growers more opportunities to participate in a nascent medicinal marijuana industry failed to stop more lawsuits from being filed against […]

James CallMarch 25, 2015

A stack of court documents makes it difficult to see when epileptic children will have access to medicinal cannabis oil to calm the dangerous seizures that wrack their small bodies. Sen. Rob Bradley’s effort to provide growers more opportunities to participate in a nascent medicinal marijuana industry failed to stop more lawsuits from being filed against […]

Mitch PerryMarch 25, 2015

A new survey from St.Leo University shows that a plurality of Floridians believe Rick Scott’s controversial sacking of FDLE head Gerald Bailey was political in nature. 37 percent of those asked in the poll say that the Governor acted to punish Bailey for Bailey’s reluctance to aid in Scott’s re-election campaign and the change was mainly politically motivated. 47 percent […]

Mitch PerryMarch 25, 2015

A new survey from St.Leo University shows that a plurality of Floridians believe Rick Scott’s controversial sacking of FDLE head Gerald Bailey was political in nature. 37 percent of those asked in the poll say that the Governor acted to punish Bailey for Bailey’s reluctance to aid in Scott’s re-election campaign and the change was mainly politically motivated. 47 percent […]

Mitch PerryMarch 25, 2015

Florida teens may not have been aware of it, but “sexting” by minors in the Sunshine State has essentially been legal for the past few years, thanks to a quirk in a law passed in the Legislature a few years ago. This morning the House Justice Appropriations committee began the process of remedying that situation by […]

Mitch PerryMarch 25, 2015

With virtually no debate, the Florida House Insurance and Banking Committee passed the so-called Right to Try Act on Wednesday. The legislation would allow terminally ill patients to access experimental drugs. Similiar legislation has spread like wildfire across the country. Ten states in the nation recently have approved such laws, and another 29 (including Florida) […]

Mitch PerryMarch 25, 2015

With virtually no debate, the Florida House Insurance and Banking Committee passed the so-called Right to Try Act on Wednesday. The legislation would allow terminally ill patients to access experimental drugs. Similiar legislation has spread like wildfire across the country. Ten states in the nation recently have approved such laws, and another 29 (including Florida) […]

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Five minutes with astronaut Mike McCulley on Lewis and Clark, the final frontier, and human nature

Study finds LGBT discrimination costs Florida businesses big

Say what? Poll says Allen West leads GOP field for 2016 U.S. Senate race

Charlotte's Web tangles grow deeper after more challenges filed

Charlotte’s Web tangles grow deeper after more challenges filed

New poll says plurality of Floridians think Rick Scott acted politically in "Baileygate" controversy

New poll says plurality of Floridians think Rick Scott acted politically in “Baileygate” controversy

Committee begins putting teeth in Florida teen sexting law

"Right to Try" bill advances in House committee

“Right to Try” bill advances in House committee