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Everglades Foundation’s Eric Eikenberg presses case at Capitol for land buy

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Eric Eikenberg, CEO of the Everglades Foundation, says the Florida residents affected by discharges from Lake Okeechobee need to let state leaders know about their concerns. Eikenberg is at the Capitol this week meeting with House and Senate leaders including House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Senate President Andy Gardiner. He’s trying to get state leaders to buy U.S. Sugar Corp. land for a reservoir to store water for Everglades restoration. However, one Senate committee chairman, Republican Wilton Simpson of Trilby,…

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Stan McClain posts strong early fundraising for House District 23 race

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Three-term Marion County Commissioner Stan McClain announced raising $31,900 in February for his bid for House District 23. McClain’s campaign calls the latest fundraising numbers a show of strong, early support in the race to replace incumbent state Rep. Dennis Baxley in 2016, who is mounting his own run for the state Senate. “We are very encouraged by the support we’ve received throughout the community,” McClain said in a statement. “Our conservative message of economic growth and fiscal responsibility is…

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Charlotte’s Web challenge period ends March 24

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It’s coming down to the wire with the finishing line on the move. A deadline to challenge the proposed rule for the state’s medicinal marijuana law is March 24, according to the Department of Health, not Thursday. “The later date is due to the Revised Statement of Estimated Regulatory Costs, which was prepared in response to the submission and rejection of a Lower Cost Regulatory Alternative,” wrote Tiffany Cowie, DOH’s spokesperson in an e-mail exchange. To review: the Joint Administrative…

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If Florida Health Choices is a gift, Richard Corcoran will return it

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Health Policy Committee Chairman and Vice Chairman Aaron Bean and Eleanor Sobel are working together on a Senate Medicaid expansion plan. But the two are at odds over how it should be administered, with Bean championing a little-known program called Florida Health Choices and Sobel throwing her weight behind the better known Florida Healthy Kids Corp, which administered the popular state children’s health insurance program. Sobel withdrew an amendment that would have carved the Florida Health Choices out of the mix in the development…

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Christian conservatives put faith in Senate after Florida House votes to repeal ban on gay adoption

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The conservative-leaning Florida House today voted to support an amendment to a bill that removes a ban on gay adoption from state law. The final vote was 68-50. The amendment is part of a larger bill that creates incentives for Floridians to adopt children in state care. The vote came despite a last hour pitch against it by a number of Christian conservatives like John Stemberger, who urged his members in a mass email to stop what he called the…

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Ed Montanari hasn’t even announced City Council bid, but he already has impressive backing

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SaintPetersBlog reported this week that sources close to St. Pete businessman Ed Montanari say he plans to run for City Council in the upcoming municipal elections. Montanari would run for the District 3 seat currently held by Bill Dudley. Dudley is not seeking re-election due to term-limits. Montanari has a long track record of civil service and has become a pillar of the business community. He’s so involved many view him as an unofficial ninth member of Council. This service in the community…

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Bill to move back presidential primaries passes state House

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A bill moving back Florida’s presidential primaries from March 1 to March 15 — the Ides of March — passed the Florida House this afternoon by a 114-0 vote. The move, sponsored by Speaker Pro Tem Ritch Workman, allows Florida Republicans to take advantage of new national party rules that lets states that hold primaries after March 14 to award all primary delegates to the winner of that state’s primary, as opposed to apportioning them according to percentage of vote-share earned.…

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