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James CallFebruary 3, 2015

The Department of Health has scheduled a 14-hour workshop Wednesday to negotiate rules implementing the state’s medicinal marijuana law. Wednesday’s marathon will be followed Thursday with a meeting scheduled to last until concluded. The Office of Compassionate Use entered into a negotiated rule making process with stakeholders after an administrative judge threw out its first […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 3, 2015

Joe McCann is taking his deep understanding of Florida politics and legislative talents to Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, one of the nation’s most venerable and influential law firms. Formerly a senior VP at Ballard Partners, McCann will now be Baker Donelson’s senior public policy consultant in Tallahassee. He becomes the latest high-profile acquisition […]

James CallFebruary 3, 2015

A bill exempting taxpayers’ email addresses from the state’s open record law Tuesday cleared a Senate committee on a 7 to 0 vote. Sen. Jack Latvala argues the proposal protects consumers from scammers who use digital skills to defraud people. “We want to protect people from being ripped off. It’s fraud,” said Latvala, who had […]

James CallFebruary 3, 2015

A bill exempting taxpayers’ email addresses from the state’s open record law Tuesday cleared a Senate committee on a 7 to 0 vote. Sen. Jack Latvala argues the proposal protects consumers from scammers who use digital skills to defraud people. “We want to protect people from being ripped off. It’s fraud,” said Latvala, who had […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 3, 2015

In the fight to reduce prescription drug costs and improve quality, Florida employers, the state health plan, seniors and consumers have an ally in their corner with pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs. PBMs are hired to negotiate discounts from drug manufacturers and drugstores. They typically reduce prescription drug costs by 30 percent for employers and […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2015

It wasn’t that long ago when Time magazine was proclaiming Rand Paul the most interesting politician in America. Rand was by far the mainstream media’s favorite idea of a Republican: a man speaking out about the poor and disenfranchised; who spoke in Berkeley and at Howard University; a saner version of his old man, Libertarian […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2015

Showing once again that she’s determined to make a mark on the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit board, member Kathleen Shanahan expressed frustration today that she wasn’t aware of any financial requests that the transit agency had made of its local legislative delegation, a month before the 2015 legislative session in Tallahassee. “I feel like we’re going […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2015

Showing once again that she’s determined to make a mark on the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit board, member Kathleen Shanahan expressed frustration today that she wasn’t aware of any financial requests that the transit agency had made of its local legislative delegation, a month before the 2015 legislative session in Tallahassee. “I feel like we’re going […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 2, 2015

Former Jacksonville City General Counsel Jim Rinaman is supporting Bill Bishop in this spring’s mayoral race. Rinaman sat on the commission that proposed the elimination of a separate county executive or legislature, announced his endorsement of Bishop – an underdog in the race — in a letter last week. Initially, the prominent attorney threw his […]

James CallFebruary 2, 2015

In two weeks Florida’s lobbying corps will know which firms will be subjected to state-mandated audits. The Joint Legislative Auditing Committee met Monday and laid out a time line for implementing a 10-year old law mandating audits of lobbying firms quarterly compensation reports. The firms to be audited will be selected Feb. 19 and the […]

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DOH schedules a marathon workshop to hammer out Charlotte’s Web regulations

Personnel note: Joe McCann takes his lobbying talents to Baker Donelson

Jack Latvala's proposed open record exemption sails through first committee stop

Jack Latvala’s proposed open record exemption sails through first committee stop

Mark Merritt: Florida policymakers should embrace pharmacy tools that reduce Rx costs for employers and consumers

Mitch Perry Report for 2.3.15 – Rand off the rails?

Some HART board members fret they'll miss out on state funding

Some HART board members fret they’ll miss out on state funding

Former Jacksonville general counsel endorses underdog Bill Bishop

Lobbying firms will know February 19 whether they'll be audited