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Halsey Beshears supports small government, except when he doesn’t

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State Rep. Halsey Beshears (R-Not From Panacea) supports small government, except when he doesn’t. Beshears was elected to the House in 2012 from Monticello, in Jefferson County. He’s all in for making a city out of Panacea, located in Wakulla County, inside his sprawling district, but an hour’s drive and a world away from where he lives and works. Florida law requires approval from the Wakulla County Commission and from the Legislature before there can be a City of Panacea, where the locals can be taxed to…

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No audit of hospital taxing district … for now

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The discussion of whether to have the state auditor general audit a hospital taxing district was delayed on Monday. Joint Legislative Auditing Committee Chairman state Sen. Joseph Abruzzo said the committee was waiting for more information from the North Lake County Hospital District to be released and that state Rep. Larry Metz, who requested the audit, was willing to temporarily delay the discussion. Metz on Feb. 19 requested the audit. Metz told Florida Politics on Monday that he requested the…

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More than 6,000 manatees counted in Florida waters this year

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Volunteers from 11 different agencies counted more than 6,000 manatees in Florida waters last month. That’s nearly 1,000 more than were counted five years ago the last time such a high count was conducted. The 20 volunteer observers counted 3,333 manatees along the Atlantic coast and 2,730 in the Gulf of Mexico. Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission attribute this year’s success with warm temperatures and sunny days. “Manatees used warm-water sites and other winter habitat areas…

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Matt Gaetz says he’s frustrated by Charlotte’s Web’s unsolved mystery

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State Rep. Matt Gaetz began Monday morning describing an “unsolved mystery,” how to get Florida’s first legal marijuana crop in the ground and begin supplying children afflicted with a severe form of epilepsy with medicinal oil to calm their seizures –- which can be fatal. “I sense an enhanced appetite for legislative review but how to inject the Legislature into rule making without creating more delay is an unsolved mystery – at this point,” said Gaetz. Gaetz was the House…

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Obama administration: 16.4 million have gained health insurance

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Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell says 16.4 million people have gained insurance coverage as a result of President Barack Obama‘s health care law. Burwell announced the latest estimates Monday as the administration prepares to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the law’s signing on March 23. Most of those gaining coverage — 14.1 million people — got their insurance after the law’s big expansion began at the end of 2013. The program offers subsidized private coverage for people who…

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Former N.J. Gov. Thomas Kean to give commencement speech at Eckerd College

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Former GOP New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean will be speak at the Eckerd College Commencement on Sunday, May 17. Called “the courtly elder statesmen of New Jersey Republicanism,” by The Wall Street Journal, the 79-year-old Kean is perhaps best known nationally as being the co-chair (along with former Democratic U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton) of the 9/11 Commission Report, published in 2003. Kean served as governor in New Jersey from 1982-90. Like one of his successors, Christine Whitman, Kean is associated with that dying…

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Clearwater Beach in running for USA Today’s best Florida Beach

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Clearwater Beach is raking in the votes for Best Florida Beach by USA Tody’s 10-best list series. As of right now, it’s the top-ranked beach in the Tampa Bay area. Out of 20 beaches, Clearwater is joined in the vote by its neighbor to the north, Caladesi Island State Park, at number 6. Pass-a-Grille Beach sits at number 5 and Fort de Soto is at number 8. The only beach currently beating Clearwater is Gulf Islands National Seashore in Pensacola.…

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