Janelle Irwin TaylorApril 10, 2024
9min0
'Together, we will fight to reduce traffic, encourage sustainable growth, and keep Hillsborough residents safe in our homes, parks and schools.'
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Janelle Irwin TaylorApril 10, 2024
Wire ServicesOctober 7, 2020
8min405
A Tampa-based company contends vertical integration limits the number of companies that can participate in the industry.
Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 23, 2019
4min935
Redner has been fighting to grow his own pot for a prescribed juicing treatment.
Staff ReportsJune 26, 2019
4min1376
Redner’s doctor ordered a juicing treatment that uses live marijuana plants.
Jim RosicaJune 12, 2019
5min786
"If they're entitled to a license, they'll get it."
Jim RosicaJanuary 4, 2019
9min1193
In a rebuke to lawmakers and the Rick Scott Administration that was stunning even for Tallahassee Circuit Judge Karen Gievers, she struck down the 2017 state law regulating medical marijuana, saying it conflicted with the state constitution. In the spirit of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, known for his pre-fight rhymes, Gievers opined that in Florida “the medical […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 21, 20185min714
Saying a lower-court judge “misconstrued the plain language of Florida’s Medical Marijuana Amendment,” the state is asking an appellate court to reverse her ruling allowing Tampa strip club mogul Joe Redner to grow and make juice of his own medical marijuana. Outside counsel for the Department of Health filed an initial brief Thursday in its appeal at […]
Jim RosicaAugust 21, 2018
6min504
A special panel of lawmakers continues to demand answers from medical marijuana regulators, according to a new letter obtained Tuesday through a public record request. Among the latest queries from the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee (JAPC): The identities of “subject matter experts” that the Department of Health plans to use to evaluate license applications, and whether a rule governing […]
Jim RosicaAugust 9, 2018
4min676
Gary Stein, a medical marijuana historian and advocate, has opened his own Florida fundraising panel — the first of its kind — to support pro-marijuana candidates and influence legislation. Clarity PAC was officially registered Wednesday as a non-profit corporation and political committee, state records show. Its mission: “To advocate for full legal access to medicinal […]
Jim RosicaAugust 7, 2018
5min405
Despite a Tallahassee judge declaring significant parts of the state’s medical marijuana law unconstitutional, the law’s chief architect on Tuesday said he was confident the law would be affirmed. “The trial court ruling injected unnecessary uncertainty into the emerging medical marijuana marketplace,” said Senate Appropriations Chairman Rob Bradley, a Fleming Island Republican. “I’m confident that our appellate courts will […]