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Mosquito Controllers Seek a $1.2 Million Budget Increase to Fight Zika

March 15, 2017 - 11:30am

Authorities say Florida should brace for another Zika outbreak this year. The tip-off, they say, is the state's unseasonably warm winter. And they're looking for another $1.2 million -- a total of $3.8 million -- to fight back.

Carlos Curbelo Pushes Republicans for Solutions on Climate Change

March 15, 2017 - 11:30am
Carlos Curbelo

From his perch as one of the co-chairs and founders of the Climate Solution Caucus, this week, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., focused on the environment, urging his fellow Republicans to provide more solutions. 

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Ted Yoho Oppose Paul Ryan's AHCA

March 15, 2017 - 8:30am
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Paul Ryan and Ted Yoho

While most Republican members of the Florida delegation have stayed silent on the American Health Care Act (AHCA), U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan’s, R-Wisc., effort to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama’s health-care law, on Tuesday, two GOP members of the Sunshine State’s delegation came out against the proposal. 

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Pro-Pot Entrepreneurs Lash Out at Restrictive Marijuana Measures

March 15, 2017 - 6:00am

With a push of a button, Floridians can take marijuana and make it into oil and butter, perfect for baking brownies, cakes and syrups.

Garyn Angel calls it “Magical Butter.”

House Committee Approves Bill to Deregulate Vacation Rentals

March 14, 2017 - 7:30pm

Vacation rental companies and property owners are praising a House committee’s passage of a bill to prevent local governments from adopting laws to regulate vacation rentals in the Sunshine State on Tuesday.

Bondi Holds out Hope in 'Water Wars'

March 14, 2017 - 7:00am

With the U.S. Supreme Court expected later this week to review a recommendation that would deny Florida relief in its decades-old water dispute with Georgia, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday the case is not over yet.

Religious Liberties Act Heading to the Senate Floor

March 14, 2017 - 6:00pm

The Florida Senate Committee on Judiciary, chaired by Senator Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, passed Senate Bill 436, Religious Expression in Public Schools, on Tuesday.

Florida Must Keep Its Certificate of Need Program

March 15, 2017 - 6:00am

Certainly in most areas of American society, I stand tall for free-market principles. I always have. But when the conversation turns to eliminating what remains of the Certificate of Need Program (CON), I strongly oppose deregulation.

House Subcommittee Passes Legislation to Scale Back Standardized Testing

March 14, 2017 - 3:30pm

A Florida House panel took one step closer to cutting back on testing by passing legislation to curb standardized testing in the Sunshine State.

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