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Committee Wants Confederate Flag Off Florida Senate Logo

The Florida Senate Rules Committee unanimously backed a proposal to remove the Confederate flag from the Senate’s logo. 

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Marijuana Tourism: Its Major Challenge and Promising Future

October 8, 2015 - 10:30am

The marijuana tourism industry is a burgeoning one with great potential because of its recent legalization. As the negative stigmas associated with marijuana use fade away, just about every tourist visiting Colorado and the other legalized states now curiously enters recreational marijuana storefronts to see what might catch his or her fancy. People who haven’t used marijuana in years or sometimes never before are now putting their inhibitions aside to try cannabis. Because of the overwhelming array of edibles, tinctures, topicals, and even transdermal patches available. people don’t even have to smoke to partake in the festivities. However, with marijuana moving into more industrialized facilities for massive-scale production, it is important that consumers seek out organically grown, pesticide-free marijuana that is cultivated with the end user in mind.

AFP Launches 'Scary Spending' Website Against Film Tax Credit Program

Americans for Prosperity’s (AFP) Florida chapter launched a “Scary Spending" Halloween themed website this week as it continues to push against taxpayer funded incentives towards entertainment projects. 

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House Freedom Caucus Backs Dan Webster for Speaker

U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla. is an underdog to defeat U.S. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as Republicans caucus to find a replacement for outgoing U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, but the Florida congressman got a boost on Wednesday with a key endorsement.

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Barack Obama, Rick Scott Upside Down But Florida's U.S. Senators in Solid Shape

October 8, 2015 - 7:45am
Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Rick Scott, and Marco Rubio

President Barack Obama and Gov. Rick Scott are upside down in Florida but the Sunshine State’s two U.S. senators are keeping their necks above water. 

Qunnipiac University released a poll early Thursday showing what Florida voters think of their political leaders. 

Race to Replace Marco Rubio Still Unsettled With Independents Up for Grabs

October 8, 2015 - 7:30am
Alan Grayson, Patrick Murphy, Carlos Lopez-Cantera, and Ron DeSantis

With more than a year to go in the race to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., around a third of Florida voters remain undecided between some of the candidates. Rubio is currently running for the Republican presidential nomination and has said he will not run for a second term in the Senate. 

Marijuana Legalization Divides Florida by Sexes and Age Groups

October 8, 2015 - 7:30am

A new poll shows Floridians support medical marijuana options but are far more divided when it comes to legalizing it for personal use, with major divisions between the sexes and age groups. 

Sad Day if Our Constitution Needs Another Layer of Protection for Religious Freedom

October 8, 2015 - 8:00am
Rep. Scott Plakon

To my knowledge, nobody has threatened a single Florida clergyman. But never mind that. Fear is a powerful unifier. And now legislators in each chamber are plowing ahead with bills to protect the religious freedoms of lawsuit-fearing clergy in case the U.S. Constitution doesn't.

Impeach the IRS director

October 8, 2015 - 7:00am

"Look," wrote Lois Lerner, echoing Horace Greeley, "my view is that Lincoln was our worst president not our best. He should [have] let the [S]outh go. We really do seem to have 2 totally different mindsets." Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, was referring to Southern secessionist states when he urged President-elect Lincoln to "let the erring sisters go in peace."

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