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Christine Jordan SextonMarch 24, 2015

There could be some purple and gold license plates in the greater Orlando area under a bill being proposed by the Florida Senate. Proposed committee bill 7072 authorizes 12 new specialty plates, including one for Orlando City Soccer Club, the state’s first Major League Soccer team. The plates would cost an additional $25 and the […]

James CallMarch 23, 2015

One Monday in Florida politics the Senate had the Capitol to itself while the House traveled back to Tallahassee. As Senate committees considered three separate tax-cut proposals, Gov. Rick Scott started a “Cut My Taxes Week” by setting up a booth in the state Capitol where an average Florida family can calculate its savings from different […]

Mitch PerryMarch 23, 2015

A measure that would allow school employees and volunteers to carry guns on school campuses was approved by the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice on Monday. The measure is being sponsored in the House by Sarasota Republican Greg Steube, as HB 19, and in the Senate by Greg Evers from Baker, as as SB 180, […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 23, 2015

The Senate Health Policy Committee on Monday gave the nod to a bill that would restrict contact lens manufacturers from preventing retailers from selling or advertising contact lenses below a set price. The bill, SB 1400 by Sen. Tom Lee, brought lobbyists from Las Vegas, Utah, and Washington, leading former Senate President Don Gaetz to joke that […]

Mitch PerryMarch 23, 2015

While South Florida Democratic Congressman Patrick Murphy gathered statewide attention Monday by declaring his candidacy for Marco Rubio‘s U.S. Senate seat, the liberal wing of the Democratic Party wasn’t part of the cheering section. The Progressive Democratic Caucus announced Monday morning that a recent informal survey it took showed Orlando area Congressman Alan Grayson to […]

James CallMarch 23, 2015

The fix is in. Early Monday, Sen. Rob Bradley’s language for a Charlotte’s Web glitch bill was released. The proposal will be addressed in a public meeting Tuesday and increases the number of licenses to grow marijuana to 20, include more illnesses authorized to be treated with a medicinal cannabis product, changes the definition of applicant — providing a […]

James CallMarch 23, 2015

The fix is in. Early Monday, Sen. Rob Bradley’s language for a Charlotte’s Web glitch bill was released. The proposal will be addressed in a public meeting Tuesday and increases the number of licenses to grow marijuana to 20, include more illnesses authorized to be treated with a medicinal cannabis product, changes the definition of applicant — providing a […]

Mitch PerryMarch 23, 2015

Though he’s hardly a household name in the Tampa Bay area, Democrats in the region are reacting with high praise for Patrick Murphy, the 31-year-old second-term South Florida Congressman who announced his candidacy for the 2016 U.S. Senate on Sunday. “I’m a very excited Floridian. I think he’ll be great for the state, and the Democratic Party […]

Mitch PerryMarch 23, 2015

Though he’s hardly a household name in the Tampa Bay area, Democrats in the region are reacting with high praise for Patrick Murphy, the 31-year-old second-term South Florida Congressman who announced his candidacy for the 2016 U.S. Senate on Sunday. “I’m a very excited Floridian. I think he’ll be great for the state, and the Democratic Party […]

Mitch PerryMarch 23, 2015

Last week the House Health & Human Services Committee approved a proposal that would allow private adoption agencies to object to “performing, assisting in, recommending, consenting to, or participating in the placement of a child if a placement violates the agency’s written religious or moral convictions or policies.” The measure, sponsored by Sanford Republican Jason Brodeur, […]

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Orlando City Soccer Club gets a specialty plate under proposed Senate bill

The day that was in the Florida politics — March 23

Senate panel OKs bill to allow school workers to carry guns on campus

Eyeball Wars II: Senate OKs bills letting retailers set price for contacts

Florida Democratic Progressives want Alan Grayson in U.S. Senate bid

Charlotte’s Web glitch-bill would OK more licenses, products, authorized diseases

Charlotte's Web glitch-bill would OK more licenses, products, authorized diseases

Tampa Bay Democrats react to Patrick Murphy's Senate run

Tampa Bay Democrats react to Patrick Murphy’s Senate run

ACLU attorney says new House bill to prevent gay adoptions in Florida is unconstitutional