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On the ballot in November: Democrats Nikki Fried and Sean Shaw against Republicans Matt Caldwell and Ashley Moody.
Read More »Candidates Set For 2018 Florida Agriculture Commissioner, Attorney General Races
Florida Considers Increasing Penalty For Bee Colony Theft, But Will It Help?
A Florida Senate bill would raise the penalty for each stolen hive from $5,000 to $10,000. In some parts of the state, beekeepers had more than $100,000 worth of hives stolen.
Read More »Public Records Fee Fight Re-Emerges
The Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee approved a proposal in a 4-3 vote Tuesday that would give judges discretion in deciding whether to award attorney fees in public-records lawsuits.
Read More »Florida Incumbents Already Lining Up For 2018
In many cases, those candidates were unopposed for their seats this year, giving them a jump on preparing to run in 2018, including raising money.
Read More »Races Take Shape As Qualifying Closes
THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE— Sporting an orange hat that proclaimed “Let Irv Serve,” state Rep. Irv Slosberg pointed his smart phone’s video camera at a sign in the Division of Elections office that proclaimed “Qualifying is closed.” “Slosberg is qualified,” the Boca Raton Democrat repeated, until it was pointed out that the …
Read More »Scott Approves Medical Marijuana For Terminally Ill
The expansion of the Right To Try Act will allow dying Florida patients access to non-FDA approved medical marijuana starting July 1.
Read More »Nurse Practitioners’, Physician Assistants’ Prescribing Authority In Jeopardy
Florida is the only state that does not allow nurse practitioners to prescribe controlled substances and one of two states that does not permit physician's assistants the same privilege. A bill in the Florida legislature granting health professionals these prescribing privileges has stalled.
Read More »Florida Nurse Practitioners Hope To Gain Prescribing Privileges
Nurse practitioners could soon gain the ability to prescribe medications with a bill moving through the Florida Legislature. Patients could see shorter wait times and fewer trips to the doctor.
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