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Medical marijuana backers raise more than $50K in April

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The political committee backing the effort to legalize medical marijuana raised more than $50,000 in April, bringing its 2016 haul to more than $280,000. State records show People United for Medical Marijuana raised $50,493 in April. The organization received more than 500 donations in the one-month fundraising period, hundreds of them donations of $50 or less. Top donors during the one-month fundraising period: a $15,000 donation from Andrew Mack, the president at ABM OPCO, LLC., and a $5,000 donation from Altmed,…

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Consumers for Smart Solar launches new phase of ballot initiative campaign

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Consumers for Smart Solar kicked-off a new phase of its effort to pass a solar energy amendment to the state constitution at a press conference Tuesday. The campaign was once seen as merely a foil for a rival amendment, pitched by environmental groups like the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. That initiative ran out of gas when it failed to gather enough petitions to appear on the November ballot, leaving Consumers for Smart Solar’s proposed amendment all alone in the contentious debate over…

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Legislature sends 3 tax proposals to voters

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Florida voters will be asked to vote on three constitutional amendments dealing with taxes. The Florida Legislature on Wednesday approved three amendments for the ballot. One of the amendments (HJR 1009) would grant a property tax break to any first responders disabled in the line of duty. Another one of the proposals (HJR 193) would exempt solar panels or other renewable energy devices from tangible personal property taxes. A third proposed constitutional amendment (HJR 275) would lock in place the value…

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Legislative committee week cancelled

Senate President Joe Negron and House Speaker Richard Corcoran have cancelled next week’s legislative committee week because of Hurricane Irma, they

Pam Bondi asks Fla. Supreme Court to review Smart Solar amendment

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Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday formally asked the Florida Supreme Court to review a proposed constitutional amendment on solar power, one of two competing initiatives on the subject. The utility-backed Consumers for Smart Solar is sponsoring the amendment titled “Rights of Electricity Consumers Regarding Solar Energy Choice.” Bondi is bound as part of the constitutional amendment process to petition the Supreme Court for “a written opinion as to the validity” of the initiative. The court has to OK a proposal’s language and ballot summary before it can…

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Pam Bondi goes to Nevada

Drawing on lessons learned after a nightclub massacre last year in Orlando, Attorney General Pam Bondi and members of her

New Chamber poll: Florida voters favor ‘smart’ solar amendment

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According to a new poll released Tuesday morning by the Florida Chamber Political Institute, likely Florida voters’ attitudes on proposed constitutional changes continued to take shape, with support for pro-business group’s “counter-amendment” to environmentalists’ solar energy ballot language gaining steam. When it comes to Floridians for Solar Choice‘s ballot language to limit or prevent barriers on access to residential solar panels, the new survey suggests it is losing out to a rival group’s amendment that says it is intended to…

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Saltshaker test has a tough verdict for St. Pete Polls’ latest survey

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St Pete Polls recently released findings from a poll showing strong support for two statewide ballot initiatives being proposed in Florida. The first is John Morgan’s second take on medical marijuana and the other is a $10 per hour minimum wage being offered by a group known as “League of Voters, Extraordinaire.” Morgan is, of course, well known, but the second group has been around since 2011 and has only raised $1,100 for its efforts thus far. St. Pete Polls recently polled both and found they…

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