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Florida Celebrated Thanksgiving Decades Before the Pilgrims Showed Up

November 23, 2017 - 6:00am

While Thanksgiving conjures up images of Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims sharing turkey and corn with Native Americans, Florida had its own role in America's earliest Thanksgiving celebrations.

Fowl Play

Clunker of a CRC Amendment 'Would Upend Decades of Florida Environmental Policy'

November 23, 2017 - 6:00am

Look for a big payday ahead for gleeful environmental litigators if CRC 23 makes its way into the Florida Constitution. 

Backroom Briefing: Democrats Jockey for Position

November 22, 2017 - 7:45pm
Stephen Bittel

Florida Democrats should have been riding high right now, fresh off two recent victories and with a stable of gubernatorial and legislative candidates pawing at the starting gate in advance of next year's elections.

Instead, party insiders are facing a leadership race, even before the wounds from a bitter battle early this year have completely healed.

Lori Berman Tenders Resignation from Florida House to Run for Vacant Senate Post

November 22, 2017 - 11:30am
Lori Berman and Jeff Clemens

State Rep. Lori Berman will be resigning from her post in the Florida House of Representatives and making a run for an open Palm Beach County Senate seat, Berman announced Tuesday. The Lantana Democrat tendered her resignation in an official letter sent to Secretary of State Ken Detzner on Tuesday. Berman’s resignation will be effective April 9 of next year.

Making the First Family Unwelcome in Palm Beach

November 22, 2017 - 8:30am

The clogged roads and strict security protocols that hurt local businesses and frustrate residents in Palm Beach ... they're all back. President Donald Trump is home for Thanksgiving.

What a Bum

Because Sarah Sez So, That's Why

November 22, 2017 - 7:00am

When White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders asked the press corps Monday to preface their daily briefing questions with a statement of thankfulness, reporters obliged.

Judge Weighs Legality of Abortion Waiting Period

November 21, 2017 - 6:45pm

Lawyers for the state asked a Leon County circuit judge Tuesday to order a trial about the constitutionality of a 2015 state law that would require women to wait 24 hours before having abortions.

But lawyers representing a Gainesville abortion clinic asked Judge Terry Lewis to issue a summary judgment finding the waiting-period law is an unconstitutional violation of women's privacy rights.

Veteran Family Files Complaint Against Florida Department of Health Over Medical Marijuana License Delay

November 21, 2017 - 2:00pm

A group of families and a medical marijuana nursery are taking legal action against the Florida Department of Health for failing to meet the October deadline to dole out five new licenses to cultivate and sell medical marijuana in the Sunshine State. 

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