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Senate panel approves abortion waiting-period

Published on April 20, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by James Call

State Sen. Anitere Flores’ bill requiring women seeking an abortion to wait 24 hours after a face-to-face meeting with their doctor is on its way to the Senate floor. The Fiscal Policy Committee approved SB 724 Monday on a party-line vote. Current law allows women to decline discussing the stage of fetal development and possible side effects of an abortion, but Flores’s proposal mandates a meeting take place before performing the abortion. State Sen. Gwen Margolis tried to amend Flores’ proposal…

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Abortion rights activists object to waiting period bill

Published on March 31, 2015 in Top Headlines by Associated Press

Abortion rights backers objected angrily to time limits on public comments as a bill requiring a 24 hour waiting period for an abortion got its first Senate committee approval Tuesday. The legislation, SB 724 sponsored by Sen. Anitere Flores, R-Miami, would require that a woman wait 24 hours after a legally required counseling session with a physician before having the procedure. Supporters say it’s intended to create a period for reflection before an important decision that a woman might come…

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Toilets, lingerie, shacking up: Some of Florida’s odd bills

Published on March 27, 2015 in Top Headlines by Brendan Farrington

Florida legislators filed more than 1,700 bills for consideration during their two-month session that ends in May. Some are routine, some deal with high-profile issues such as abortion and guns, and some are just odd. Here’s a look at a few that fall into the last category: — UNDERWEAR, OVERWEAR It would be illegal for stores to let customers try on intimate apparel unless they do so over their clothes or with a protective shield. The bill describes intimate apparel…

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Progressives to rally statewide Tuesday for alternative legislative agenda

Published on March 2, 2015 in Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

As the legislative session kicks off Tuesday, a progressive group is coming together in communities across the state to put forth a more progressive agenda than what has been seen in the overwhelmingly conservative Legislature. The group Progress Florida is organizing statewide rallies called “Awake the State” for the fifth year in a row as the 2015 session gets underway. The group will unveil its list of five legislative priorities during a noon-time rally at the state Capitol in Tallahassee…

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Previewing the Legislative Session with Progress Florida’s Damien Flier

Published on February 28, 2015 in Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

With a super-majority in the House and a strong majority in the senate, Florida Republicans stand a pretty good chance of getting their way during this year’s Legislative Session. But that doesn’t mean progressive Democrats aren’t still riled up with messages for lawmakers. The group Progress Florida came together in Governor Rick Scott’s first term in office to fight an onslaught of Tea Party ideals including drastic cuts to public education and efforts to seemingly silence minority voters at the…

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Must read from Newsweek: The Resurrection of Charlie Crist

Published on July 18, 2010 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

Newsweek goes all biblical on Charlie Crist: Not long ago, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist seemed like a dead pol walking. Tea Party favorite Marco Rubio was thrashing him in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate. Crist’s 30-point lead had swung to a 30-point deficit; funding was drying up, as were endorsements. “He’s deader than the day before yesterday,” former state GOP chair Tom Slade told the St. Petersburg Times in late April. “I don’t think there’s any way in the…

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Ex-girlfriend of former mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons seeks injunction against him

Published on June 29, 2010 in The Bay and the 'Burg by Peter Schorsch

This is all from Michael Van Sickler. I am posting in entirety because it is not in print yet and I don’t want it to get “lost”: An ex-girlfriend of former St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons is alleging that he has threatened to harm her and, earlier this month, tried to run her off the road. Rita Wesley, 41, is seeking a court injunction that would keep Gibbons 500 feet from her home and 100 feet from her car.…

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Senate panel approves abortion waiting-period

Abortion rights activists object to waiting period bill

Toilets, lingerie, shacking up: Some of Florida’s odd bills

Progressives to rally statewide Tuesday for alternative legislative agenda

Previewing the Legislative Session with Progress Florida’s Damien Flier

Must read from Newsweek: The Resurrection of Charlie Crist

Ex-girlfriend of former mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons seeks injunction against him

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