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Mark FerruloApril 6, 2015

Over a 30-year career, President Barack Obama’s U.S. attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch has assembled a lengthy record as a champion for justice, a dogged prosecutor of hate crimes and political corruption, and an officer of the court committed to protecting the Constitution and human rights. Ms. Lynch has distinguished herself as a tough, fair […]

Bruce RitchieApril 6, 2015

What had become the “year of the environment” for the 2015 legislative session has become a year of disappointment for some environmentalists. Amendment 1 and statewide water policy were major issues heading into the session, with growth management also emerging once the opening gavel dropped. Approved by 75 percent of voters in November, Amendment 1 provides […]

Bruce RitchieApril 5, 2015

What had become the “year of the environment” for the 2015 legislative session has become a year of disappointment for some environmentalists. Amendment 1 and statewide water policy were major issues heading into the session, with growth management also emerging once the opening gavel dropped. Approved by 75 percent of voters in November, Amendment 1 provides […]

Mark FerruloApril 5, 2015

Over a 30-year career, President Barack Obama’s U.S. attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch has assembled a lengthy record as a champion for justice, a dogged prosecutor of hate crimes and political corruption, and an officer of the court committed to protecting the Constitution and human rights. Ms. Lynch has distinguished herself as a tough, fair […]

Phil AmmannApril 3, 2015

A storm brews in the Florida House. Facing a massive budget hole — to the tune of billions of dollars — the state Senate last week released its proposed spending plan for the next fiscal year. The $80.4 billion proposal includes health-care coverage expansion for nearly one million low-income Floridians and funding program for hospitals. The Senate […]

Phil AmmannApril 3, 2015

A storm brews in the Florida House. Facing a massive budget hole — to the tune of billions of dollars — the state Senate last week released its proposed spending plan for the next fiscal year. The $80.4 billion proposal includes health-care coverage expansion for nearly one million low-income Floridians and funding program for hospitals. The Senate […]

Guest AuthorApril 2, 2015

The prescription drug program Florida legislators created in 2009 to monitor controlled substances has helped reduce the number of Floridians who suffer from prescription drug addiction. Medications provide great benefit to patients when used correctly and under the guidance of their treating physician. Some opiod drugs are now being crushed into powder or injected and […]

Guest AuthorApril 1, 2015

The ideological fissure that cleaves the Republican Party nationwide will be on display in Tallahassee as the legislative leadership labors to bring the state budget in for a landing by May 1. The critical issue, which on its face is about as exciting as watching paint dry, is whether to accept federal money to indirectly […]

Guest AuthorMarch 31, 2015

Dear legislator: A number of years ago I was playing golf at Solivita, a community near Poinciana on the Polk County side of Osceola County. The area looked strangely familiar, especially the cypress swamps and pine woods between the holes. As I came up one fairway and looked into an oak hammock, I saw the […]

Guest AuthorMarch 31, 2015

Dear legislator: A number of years ago I was playing golf at Solivita, a community near Poinciana on the Polk County side of Osceola County. The area looked strangely familiar, especially the cypress swamps and pine woods between the holes. As I came up one fairway and looked into an oak hammock, I saw the […]

Tag: senate

Mark Ferrulo: Marco Rubio must end blockade of Loretta Lynch

Bruce Ritchie: At session midpoint, disappointment replaces promise

Bruce Ritchie: At session midpoint, disappointment replaces promise

Mark Ferrulo: Marco Rubio must end blockade of Loretta Lynch

Bill Day’s latest: Florida House’s approaching ‘LIPocalypse’

Bill Day's latest: Florida House's approaching 'LIPocalypse'

Sandi Frear: Why abuse-deterring opioids should be legislative priority

Jack Stevenson: Health care pits RINOS vs. Tea Partiers in budget fight

Rick Dantzler — Dear Legislator: Where will Fla. kids learn to hunt and fish?

Rick Dantzler: Dear legislator, where will Fla. kids learn to hunt and fish?