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The week that was in Florida politics – March 27

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This week at the state capitol ended with House Republicans taking Democrats to school. There were four education bills on the agenda for a Friday session advocated by the GOP. All easily passed since Republicans outnumber Democrats 2 – 1 in the Florida House. Thursday, Democrats argued against mandating school districts share construction and renovation money with charter schools and the lifting of penalties for failing to comply with the class size amendment. Friday the proposals, along with bonus money…

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Mysterious medical cannabis group says they only seek ‘properly regulated’ Charlotte’s Web

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Friday marked the seventh day of existence for the Medical Cannabis Trade Association. The association of nurseries is challenging a proposed rule for a medicinal marijuana law approved in 2014. When the group filed its lawsuit Tuesday no one around the Capitol seemed to know anything about the MCTA. The association formed as a Delaware corporation Friday, March 20, organized to conduct business in Florida the following Monday and filed a challenged the next day saying that the Department of Health’s proposed regulations are vague, fail…

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Matt Gaetz has a special layer of hell for Charlotte’s Web challengers

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Florida’s Charlotte’s Web law is back before the judge who in November invalidated the previous rule for the growing of marijuana and the processing of oil from the plant. Judge W. David Watkins will decide the challenge against the latest proposed regulations filed by the Medical Cannabis Trade Association of Florida. He has until April 23 to set a hearing date. The MCTA is a Delaware LLC with a Fort Lauderdale attorney and a Tallahassee representative. It alleges the proposed…

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Bill Day’s latest: Charlotte’s Web and the political snake pit

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To bring much-needed pain relief to Floridians who suffer from a variety of ailments, medical marijuana supporters must first navigate a “snake pit” of state politics, according to today’s Bill Day editorial cartoon. Hopefully, Florida citizens will not be the ones to get bit. The Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act, signed by Gov. Rick Scott last June, calls for the creation of a state framework to provide medically needy patients with a strain of marijuana – known as Charlotte’s Web. Extract…

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The day that was at the Florida Capitol — March 25

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Wednesday at the state Capitol we learned when the House and Senate begin talking to each other about a state budget what the focus of the discussion will be. We’ve watched the respective leaders draw lines in the sand. And we’ve seen the positions harden. And now, as we approach the mid-point of the 10-week legislative session it’s clear that the major difference between the House’s $76.2 billion proposed budget and the Senate’s $80.4 billion spending plan rest on an…

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More challenges filed against Charlotte’s Web rules

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A stack of court documents makes it difficult to see when epileptic children will have access to medicinal cannabis oil to calm their potentially fatal seizures. State Sen. Rob Bradley’s effort to provide growers more opportunities to participate in a nascent medicinal marijuana industry failed to stop more lawsuits to be filed against the Department of Health’s proposed regulatory structure for Charlotte’s Web. The Medical Cannabis Trade Association, a Delaware corporation, and Masters Growers of Sanford filed separate challenges Tuesday…

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The day that was at the Florida Capitol — March 24

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State Rep. Matt Gaetz proclaimed last month that “no tax is safe” and Tuesday he released a $690 million tax cutting plan moving the House budget plan farther away from the one the Senate is working on. Gaetz wants to enact two tax cuts, create four tax credits, implement 10 sales tax exemptions and schedule a back-to-school tax holiday. The Senate will not consider any tax cuts until problems related to the end of federal hospital reimbursement program is resolved.…

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