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James Madison Institute dinner celebrates limited government and school choice

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The James Madison Institute 2015 Annual Dinner was a celebration of “The Florida Story: A Lasting Legacy.” More than 300 politicos and supporters attended the dinner Tuesday night on the campus of Florida State University. JMI was founded in 1987 by former FSU President Stanley Marshall to advance the limited government philosophy of its namesake, James Madison. “There are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by the gradual and silent encroachment by those in power than…

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Space Day 2015 celebrates aerospace today at Florida Capitol

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“There’s a lot of synergy among Pensacola, Tampa, Jacksonville and the Space Coast (Brevard County) (on this),” said state Sen. Thad Altman. “It’s why we call it Space Day — We don’t call it Brevard day.” Altman was driving to the state Capitol from the Space Coast Monday while discussing the aerospace industry and the importance of space exploration in the creation of modern Florida. Wednesday is Space Day at the Capitol: When the aerospace industry parachutes in and tells lawmakers about its importance to…

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The day that was at the Florida Capitol — March 24

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State Rep. Matt Gaetz proclaimed last month that “no tax is safe” and Tuesday he released a $690 million tax cutting plan moving the House budget plan farther away from the one the Senate is working on. Gaetz wants to enact two tax cuts, create four tax credits, implement 10 sales tax exemptions and schedule a back-to-school tax holiday. The Senate will not consider any tax cuts until problems related to the end of federal hospital reimbursement program is resolved.…

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Charlotte’s Web fix clears committee stop

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The Senate Regulated Industries took about 90 minutes to do what the Department of Health, growers and investors haven’t been able to do since last August — agree on a regulatory structure allowing the planting of Florida’s first legal marijuana crop. “This is about fulfilling a promise,” said state Sen. Rob Bradley about his glitch bill for a Charlotte’s Web law passed last year but blocked from implementation by lawsuits. “There are simply too many inherent flaws in the system…

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The day that was in the Florida Capitol — March 23

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This day in Florida Politics the Senate had the Capitol to itself while the House traveled back to Tallahassee. While Senate committees considered three separate tax-cut proposals, Gov. Rick Scott kicked off a “Cut My Taxes Week” by setting up a booth in the state Capitol where an average Florida family can calculate its savings from different proposals. The Commerce and Tourism Committee approved state Sen. Dorothy Hukill’s measure to keep alive a sales and use tax exemption for industrial…

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Charlotte’s Web glitch-bill language: More licenses, more products and more diseases authorized

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The fix is in. Earlier today, state Sen. Rob Bradley’s language for a Charlotte’s Web glitch bill was released. The proposal will be addressed in a public meeting Tuesday and increases the number of licenses to grow marijuana to 20, expands the number of illnesses authorized to be treated with a medicinal cannabis product, changes the definition of applicant — providing the legal shield from federal banking regulations growers sought– and lowers the financial requirements to be eligible to participate in growing a nascent…

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Senate’s Charlotte’s Web fix to be released Monday

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Florida Medical Cannabis Association lobbyist Louis Rotundo nailed it last month when he said, “we’re about to smoke them out.” Rotundo commented after the Department of Health released a proposed Charlotte’s Web rule, a product of a negotiated rule making session with stakeholders in a medicinal marijuana industry. “I think the department did as good of a job that can be done with the law as it is written. Any problem now is not with the rule but with the law not getting people where they…

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