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Equality Florida ‘heartbroken and angry’ about shooting at Orlando LGBT club

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Equality Florida said it is making no “heartbroken and angry” about a mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub. In a statement Sunday morning, Equality Florida said it was “reeling from the tragic news” that a gunman opened fire at Pulse Orlando, a popular gay dance club in Orlando. According to the Associated Press, a gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and handgun took hostages and opened fire inside the crowded nightclub, killing approximately 20 people and wounding 42 before dying in…

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Jeff Kottkamp: Medical marijuana amendment could sway 2016 presidential election

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If the Florida Legislature fails to pass a medical marijuana bill this session the issue is almost certain to resurface as a proposed constitutional amendment in 2016. A similar amendment narrowly failed in 2014. However, it is widely believed that in a presidential election cycle (when Democrats in Florida turn out by 4-6 percent more than in non-presidential election cycles) a medical marijuana amendment will pass. The real question may not be whether a medical marijuana amendment will pass (recent…

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Jeff Kottkamp: History repeated with legal challenge over gubernatorial debate

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The federal lawsuit filed Thursday by Libertarian Party candidate for governor, Adrian Wyllie, seeking to force his way in to next week’s debate between Gov. Rick Scott and former Gov. Charlie Crist is another case of history repeating itself. In 2006, Reform Party candidate for governor, Max Linn, filed a federal lawsuit in an effort to be included in a televised debate between Crist and Jim Davis. Like Wyllie, Linn challenged the criteria used to decide who could and could…

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