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Florence SnyderMarch 23, 2015

State Rep. Halsey Beshears, R-Not From Panacea, supports small government, except when he doesn’t. Beshears was elected to the House in 2012 from Monticello, in Jefferson County. He’s all in for making a city out of Panacea, located in Wakulla County, inside his sprawling district, but an hour’s drive and a world away from where […]

Rachel PientaJanuary 25, 2015

On Saturday, January 24, U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham met with 30 area Democrats. While there was some representation from Wakulla, Jefferson, and Bay counties, the room was dominated by Leon residents. What had been billed as a listening session with opportunities to ask Graham about votes taken during her brief time on Capitol Hill turned into something resembling […]

Marc YachtJanuary 6, 2015

In August a federal judge struck down Florida’s same sex marriage ban. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle noted in his ruling that his is now one of 19 federal courts that have struck down state laws that bar gay and lesbian couples from marrying. Gay marriage opponents continue to raise barriers to same-sex couples desiring […]

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Florence Snyder: Republicans seeking a Panacea suddenly like taxes

Rachel Pienta: Gwen Graham listening session turns into hour-long filibuster

Marc Yacht: Gay marriage 'Taint nobody's business' except the couple's