Marijuana law challenged over black farmer license

A lawsuit filed Friday challenges the constitutionality of part of a new state law that requires a coveted medical-marijuana license to go to a black farmer.
A lawsuit filed Friday challenges the constitutionality of part of a new state law that requires a coveted medical-marijuana license to go to a black farmer.
Surterra Wellness, the Atlanta-based company with medical cannabis dispensaries in Tampa and Tallahassee, on Monday asked the state to let
It’s no secret that the Florida Department of Health could have handled implementing medical marijuana laws in the Sunshine State
If you had any doubts about the keen interest in medical marijuana in Florida, you don’t have to look any
House Speaker and presumptive Republican candidate for governor Richard Corcoran, who declared war on “corporate welfare” last Legislative Session, now wants to end “welfare for politicians.” On Wednesday, he asked the Constitution Revision Commission—of which he appointed nine of its 37 members—to consider an proposal to repeal a section of the state Constitution that provides for public financing of statewide political campaigns. The Legislature, however, placed a similar amendment on the ballot for statewide approval in 2010. It flunked at…
Raises will be provided to 16 upper-level and mid-level employees of Enterprise Florida, as the state’s business-recruitment agency does away
Two global engineering companies, Siemens and Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation, have chosen Hillsborough County for the headquarters of a new joint
A Broward County nursing home has expanded a lawsuit challenging moves by Gov. Rick Scott‘s administration that effectively shut down
Few Floridians appear to be aware of the Constitution Revision Commission, according to a new survey meant gauge how much Florida voters know about the process. A new survey from Florida TaxWatch found 77 percent of Florida voters said they haven’t heard about recent Constitution Revision Commission meetings. Another 13 percent of respondents, according to the survey, said they only saw, read or heard “a little” about the commission’s activities. Those findings come after months of public hearings across the…
A Constitution Revision Commission committee on Wednesday began considering whether to change Florida’s primary election system, including buttoning up what’s
The Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) on Monday moved forward on two public proposals to amend the state’s governing document: One
A proposed constitutional amendment aimed at limiting gambling’s expansion in the state now has more than 600,000 signatures, its backers
The Florida Supreme Court has asked Gov. Rick Scott to respond to a lawsuit claiming he doesn’t have authority to appoint three new justices on the last day of his term. The court on Friday gave Scott till July 5 to file a response, with the League of Women Voters of Florida (LWVF) and Common Cause having a July 17 deadline to reply to Scott’s filing. The organizations this week filed a petition for “writ of quo warranto,” a court action against government…
Florida’s western Panhandle, the one area of the state spared the impact of Hurricane Irma nearly a month ago, is
Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday declared a state of emergency in 29 Florida counties as Tropical Storm Nate seems headed for
Gov. Rick Scott Monday has ordered flags at half-staff “in honor and remembrance of the victims of the act of
When Gov. Rick Scott appointed a conservative jurist to the state’s Supreme Court in December, he made clear he wasn’t done. “I will appoint three more justices the morning I finish my term,” he said, referring to the mandatory retirement in early 2019 of the court’s liberal-leaning triumvirate of Justices Barbara Pariente, Peggy A. Quince and R. Fred Lewis. Now, two progressive organizations are saying to Scott: Prove you can. They say he can’t. The League of Women Voters of Florida (LWVF)…
Karen Giorno, a former Donald Trump campaign senior adviser and Florida campaign director, announced Friday she is a candidate to
Florida’s western Panhandle, the one area of the state spared the impact of Hurricane Irma nearly a month ago, is
State Sen. Tom Lee‘s office announced he had again filed legislation to add financial protections for residents of continuing care retirement
The governor’s constitutional authority to veto budget line items trumps a state law requiring him to bow to the Legislature when it resolves labor collective bargaining impasses, a divided 1st District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. The majority conceded that, under the state Labor Code, “any actions taken by the Legislature shall bind the parties” — meaning a public employee union and the governor. “Based primarily on a statute, appellant asks us to recognize a limitation on the governor’s constitutional…
A lawsuit filed Friday challenges the constitutionality of part of a new state law that requires a coveted medical-marijuana license
An appellate court on Wednesday ordered satellite-television companies to pay legal and other costs in a long-standing tax case they lost
An appellate court on Tuesday unanimously reversed state regulators in favor of a ragtag north Florida horse track looking to
The chairman of the Constitution Revision Commission has called a meeting of the full panel in Orlando on June 6 to debate and vote on a package of procedural rules. Carlos Beruff said in a letter to members Friday that the panel’s rules committee had reached consensus in some, but not all, areas. “In light of the extensive time required by the working group to continue its work and the likelihood that much of their discussion will need to be reiterated with…
The Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) on Monday moved forward on two public proposals to amend the state’s governing document: One
A lawsuit filed Friday challenges the constitutionality of part of a new state law that requires a coveted medical-marijuana license
Citing Hurricane Irma, Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) Chairman Carlos Beruff has canceled the body’s first committee week that was scheduled