There was a painful irony when France's immediate response to the terrorist attacks in Paris was to close the borders. If they had closed the borders decades ago, they might have avoided this attack.
With a constitutional amendment that would legalize medical marijuana looming for next year's ballot, some Florida legislators are floating proposals that would expand on a limited pot law that's almost a year behind schedule.
One measure --- backed by sponsors of the 2014 law that authorized non-euphoric marijuana, commonly known as "Charlotte's Web" --- would allow terminally ill patients to use full-strength medical marijuana. House and Senate committees are slated to give the proposal a first vetting Tuesday.
Free-market advocate Americans for Prosperity-Florida (AFP-FL) has sent members of the Florida House Business and Professions Subcommittee a letter supporting passage of HB 245, a bill to remove alcohol vendor restrictions.
Read a copy of the letter here. The bill, HB 245, is sponsored by Rep. Carlos Trujillo, R-Doral.
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In the aftermath of the Islamist terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, Republicans in the Sunshine State are pushing back against President Barack Obama agreeing to have 10,000 Syrian refugees relocate to the Sunshine State.
When Martin County Commissioner Sarah Heard voted two years ago not to fund a DNA study of the pollutants in the St. Lucie River by Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute's Brian Lapointe, we were somewhat surprised at her dissent … but our most environmentally concerned citizens trusted her.
Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, filed a bill Monday he calls "a robust and free-market regulatory approach to the governance of cultivation, processing, and retail sale of medical marijuana in Florida."
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, scored a big endorsement as conservative U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, announced he was backing his presidential bid.
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On Monday, following the Islamic terrorist attacks in Paris, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., wrote President Barack Obama, urging him to deny allowing refugees from Syria to immigrate to the U.S.
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Now running for the Republican presidential nomination, former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., called for more action against Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists after the attacks on Paris on Friday.
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