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Needle Exchange Program Could Expand in South Florida

February 27, 2018 - 7:15pm
Cary Pigman
An effort to expand a needle-exchange program statewide was scrapped Tuesday by a House health care committee, which agreed to extend the Miami-Dade County program to two additional Southeast Florida counties.
 
“In the spirit of baby steps, I encourage you to support this,” Rep. Cary Pigman, R-Avon Park, told members of the House Health & Human Services Committee.
 

Voters in the Dark on Florida Gubernatorial Candidates

February 27, 2018 - 4:15pm
Philip Levine, Gwen Graham, Adam Putnam and Ron DeSantis

Floridians are in the dark on who they want as the Sunshine State’s next governor, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University.

Bill Nelson With Slight Lead Over Rick Scott in New Q-Poll

February 27, 2018 - 3:45pm
Bill Nelson and Rick Scott

As he runs for a fourth term in the U.S. Senate, Florida Democrat Bill Nelson has a narrow lead over Gov. Rick Scott, a new poll shows.

Corcoran Blasts Senate GOP on 'Sanctuary Cities'

February 27, 2018 - 2:30pm

House Speaker Richard Corcoran on Tuesday labeled Senate Republicans as “not real conservatives” for failing to move forward with his priority to ban “sanctuary cities.”

The 'Five Million Dollar Ant Bite Case' Goes to Appeals Court ... as the Legal World Watches

February 27, 2018 - 2:15pm
First District Court of Appeal

A Hamilton County jury verdict that has drawn the attention of national legal scholars and civil justice reform advocates goes before the First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee next week.

Ruling in Hurchalla Lake Point Case Delayed by Yet Another Hearing

February 27, 2018 - 11:00am
Photo: LEAH VOSS/TCPALM

Two weeks after environmentalist and former Martin County commissioner Maggy Hurchalla was found liable for tortious interference, the court still hasn't issued the order that awards Lake Point Restoration its $4.4 million in damages.

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Senators Back School Safety Plan in Raucous Meeting

February 26, 2018 - 9:15pm
Anti-gun "Rally in Tally" protesters Monday
The emotionally raw conversation about guns escalated Monday in the Capitol, as a group of gun-control advocates flailed a key Senate panel considering legislation that students, parents and educators angrily argued would do little to make Florida’s schools safer because it does not include a ban on assault-style weapons.
 

Democrats, 'Party of Intellectuals,' Ignorant on the Second Amendment

February 27, 2018 - 6:00am

The Florida Democratic Party strikes me as a spotless leopard right now. Aren't these the folks who in 2016 called themselves the Party of Intellectuals and joined Hillary in crowing about their superiority to "deplorable" Republicans?

House Readies Subpoenas in Search of Parkland-Shooting Answers

February 26, 2018 - 7:00pm
Larry Metz, Rick Scott and Richard Corcoran

The state House is preparing subpoenas demanding information from five South Florida government agencies about the confessed killer of 17 people at a Parkland high school in an investigation that will run separate from a review ordered by Gov. Rick Scott.

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