State health officials have asked an administrative law judge to take over a case about a dispute between two Southwest Florida businesses trying to get medical marijuana licenses.
Read More »2016 Roundup: Kind of Weird, Huh?
In 2016, Donald Trump was elected to the White House. The Cubs won the World Series. And Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. In other words, it was the kind of year that seemed designed to make Florida news look normal.
Read More »Exiting Justice Rails On “Discriminatory” Death Penalty
Justice James E.C. Perry on Thursday rendered a blistering analysis of the manner in which the death penalty is carried out in Florida.
Read More »State Awards Another Marijuana License
With the state's pot industry poised to explode, Florida health officials have agreed to issue a seventh medical marijuana license.
Read More »Gun Proposals Could Have Better Shot In Senate
Senate President Joe Negron, R-Stuart, this week sent the bill (SB 140) to three committees.
Read More »Knox Medical Authorized To Distribute Medical Pot In Florida
A fourth Florida organization has been allowed to distribute low-THC cannabis as medicine for a narrow list of medical conditions, less than a month before Amendment 2, which allows full legalization of medical marijuana becomes effective in the state of Florida.
Read More »Thrasher Takes Aim At Guns On Campus
In his annual “state of the university” address on Wednesday, Florida State University President John Thrasher reiterated his strong opposition to allowing guns on university and college campuses. As a member of the Florida Senate, Thrasher helped kill a bill in 2011 that would have allowed gun owners with concealed-weapons …
Read More »Nation’s Largest Solar Installer To Open Florida Facility
The largest U.S. solar panel installer is moving into Florida's residential market after the state's voters last month rejected a utility-backed ballot measure that critics said would make going solar more expensive
Read More »Medical Marijuana Soars To Approval
Florida voters Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana for patients with a broad swath of conditions.
Read More »Florida Supreme Court Won’t Invalidate Solar Ballot Question
The Florida Supreme Court rejected a request Friday to invalidate proposed constitutional Amendment 1.
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