It’s been a little over a week since state lawmakers reached an impasse over legislation to regulate medical marijuana, but one state lawmaker is helping lead the charge to tell legislators their work with medical cannabis isn’t over just yet.
Almost from the moment the gavel fell on the regular legislative session Monday night, there were already calls for a special session.
The regular session was grinding and filled with squabbling --- and ended three days late --- and some members wanted to do it all over again.
In early 1862, President Abraham Lincoln was pressured by Republicans in Congress to remove General George McClellan from command of the Union army, arguing the young commander was too unaggressive. Lincoln asked Ohio Republican Sen. Benjamin Wade who should take McCellean’s place.
It was implausible that FBI Director James Comey was fired in May 2017 for actions committed in July 2016 -- the rationale contained in the memo by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
If Adam Putnam is successful in his bid for governor next year, he will become the fourth governor who can claim Polk County as his home.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has renewed his fight to reform the federal Department of Veterans Affairs.
This column is a vehicle for a number of items in a bits-and-pieces, strictly opinion, sometimes irreverent format. Look for "Just Sayin'" to run once a week in this spot.
RPOF's Eager-Beaver Home Boys Ready to Run in 2018
Maybe the inspiration came from RPOF past Vice Chair Joe Gruters, who won the District 73 House seat in 2016. But all of a sudden raring-to-go candidates for 2018 are popping up like tarts in a bakery -- all from Republican committees around the state.
Consider these, so far:
The federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced this week that it will adhere to American Cancer Society (ACS) breast cancer screening guidelines, a decision which won the applause of a South Florida congresswoman who had been urging the department adopt them.
