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		<title>Constitution review panel could tackle &#8216;write-in loophole&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2017 17:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lori Edwards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open primary]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Constitution Revision Commission committee on Wednesday began considering whether to change Florida&#8217;s primary election system, including buttoning up what&#8217;s known as the &#8220;write-in loophole.&#8221; That allows a write-in candidate to close a primary. The commission&#8217;s Ethics and Elections Committee heard from advocates and some of the state&#8217;s elections supervisors, but took no action. Here&#8217;s how it works now: A Florida primary is open to all voters if candidates from other parties don’t qualify to run. But state elections officials have&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jason Brodeur files &#8216;fantasy sports&#8217; bill for 2018</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2017 19:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dana Young]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[DraftKings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FanDuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fantasy sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rep. Jason Brodeur has again filed legislation to exempt fantasy sports play from state gambling regulation. The Sanford Republican filed his measure (HB 223) Tuesday. It comes less than a week after Sen. Dana Young filed her own fantasy sports bill (SB 374) for the 2018 Legislative Session. Brodeur had filed a similar bill last session. His latest bill says fantasy contests are &#8220;not subject to regulation by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation and not subject to&#8221; the state&#8217;s gambling laws. Moreover, &#8220;all winning&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bill would add &#8216;gender identity&#8217; to hate crimes</title>
		<link>https://saintpetersblog.com/gender-identity-hate-crimes/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[disability]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joe Geller]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Legislation filed in the Florida House would add violence against an individual based on &#8220;gender or gender identity&#8221; to the state’s list of hate crimes. Rep. Joseph Geller, an Aventura Democrat, filed the bill (HB 211) Tuesday. &#8220;Florida has recently seen an increase in hate-crimes, from 73 committed in 2014 to 102 in 2015,&#8221; according to a press release. &#8220;From January 4 to March 21, there were 167 bomb threats to Jewish institutions in 38 states and three Canadian provinces.&#8221; “Speaking up and protecting&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Constitutional panel moves two public proposals</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2017 16:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Statewide]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arthenia Joyner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Beruff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn Timmann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution Revision Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Aronberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sherry Plymale]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) on Monday moved forward on two public proposals to amend the state&#8217;s governing document: One to close the &#8220;write-in loophole,&#8221; and another to repeal a provision on high speed rail. The next chance for commissioners to directly sponsor public proposals will be on Oct. 17, during another meeting of the full Commission. Commissioners also adopted a recommendation from their Rules Committee to extend the public filing deadline to this Friday because of Hurricane Irma. “We are very&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Gambling amendment now has 600K signatures</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2017 15:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[casinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida Division of Elections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Sowinski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No Casinos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Voter Control of Gambling]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A proposed constitutional amendment aimed at limiting gambling’s expansion in the state now has more than 600,000 signatures, its backers said Monday. Voters in Charge, the political committee behind the amendment, said it&#8217;s &#8220;over halfway towards its goal of gathering 1.1 million signatures in order to reach the required number of 766,200 valid petitions to appear on the 2018 General Election ballot.&#8221; As of Monday, Division of Elections records show the “Voter Control of Gambling” amendment officially has 274,282 verified signatures. “Tens of&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Former House page supervisor convicted on attempted sex charge</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2017 01:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[“Sara”]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Thielemann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civics program coordinator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entrapment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael A. Chmielewski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex crime]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A man who formerly supervised teens in the Florida House of Representatives&#8217; page and messenger program was convicted Friday on an attempted underage-sex charge. Michael A. Chmielewski, 38, was found guilty on one count of &#8220;attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity&#8221; by a federal jury in Tallahassee, court records show. He could face up to life imprisonment at a Jan. 5 sentencing. Chmielewski was the House&#8217;s civics program coordinator in its Page &#38; Messenger Program from 2012 until his&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dana Young files &#8216;fantasy contests&#8217; bill</title>
		<link>https://saintpetersblog.com/dana-young-files-fantasy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2017 22:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sen. Dana Young has again filed a bill to exempt fantasy sports play from regulation under the state&#8217;s gambling laws. Young, a Tampa Republican, filed her measure (SB 374) Friday afternoon. She introduced similar legislation this past session. The bill for the 2018 Legislative Session would prohibit a fantasy contest operator from offering &#8220;contests based on the performances of participants in collegiate, high school, or youth athletics.&#8221; That was a concern of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), she said in a phone interview: &#8220;I thought&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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