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Greg Evers eyes Congress if Jeff Miller runs for U.S. Senate

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Florida’s political landscape shuffles once again as U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller considers a run for Marco Rubio’s Senate seat. Now, there is also a healthy dose of déjà vu. Republican State Sen. Greg Evers, who ran to replace Miller in 2001 after he left Tallahassee for Congress, told reporters he is looking again to replace Miller, this time in Florida’s 1st Congressional District. “I would like to follow in his footsteps,” Evers, a two-term GOP senator from Baker, told reporter…

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Bills dying en masse as House adjourns Sine Die

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Former Senate Democratic leader state Sen. Chris Smith debated on the Senate floor against SB 284, a private property rights enhancement bill, telling his colleagues — coyly at first — “It’s hard to argue against a bill with so many House co-sponsors,” and later, more directly, “I mean, if we want to send a message…” It was the House that sent the first big gestural message of the day, “taking its ball and going home” in the phrase of Senate…

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Florida Legislature passes expanded access to overdose treatment drug

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Florida lawmakers approved a medication that could save lives during a drug overdose, with a bill now awaiting Gov. Rick Scott’s signature. On Tuesday, the Legislature passed SB 758/HB 751, known as the Emergency Treatment for Opioid Overdose Act, which increases availability of Naloxone, a drug that immediately reverses effects of opioids — prescription painkillers, heroin and the like — in the event of an overdose. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 44,000 people lost their lives to…

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The day that was in the Florida Capitol — March 23

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This day in Florida Politics the Senate had the Capitol to itself while the House traveled back to Tallahassee. While Senate committees considered three separate tax-cut proposals, Gov. Rick Scott kicked off a “Cut My Taxes Week” by setting up a booth in the state Capitol where an average Florida family can calculate its savings from different proposals. The Commerce and Tourism Committee approved state Sen. Dorothy Hukill’s measure to keep alive a sales and use tax exemption for industrial…

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Senate committee forwards measure to allow school employees to carry guns in schools

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A measure that would allow school employees and volunteers to carry guns on school campuses was approved by the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice on Monday. The measure is being sponsored in the House by Sarasota Republican Greg Steube and in the Senate by Greg Evers from Baker, the same duo who have been pushing the more infamous guns on college campus bill. This legislation would allow school superintendents to designate people to carry weapons on campus. Those people could…

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House prepares Dept. of Corrections bill; Dems say it lacks oversight

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A record number of inmates — 346 — died last year in Florida prisons. Most were from natural causes but federal and state law enforcement agencies are investigating why there were so many deaths. In recent legislative hearings, several prison guards testified under oath about the stressful conditions they work under. State Sen. Greg Evers is behind a bill that sets up an independent prison oversight board that reports directly to the Legislature. The House is preparing a proposal that might be released…

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Guns on campus bill advances in Florida Senate

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A bill filed by Crestview Republican Greg Evers that would allow concealed weapons permit holders to carry guns onto college and university campuses moved along in the state Senate on Monday. The Senate Higher Education Committee voted along party lines to advance the bill.   An identical bill in the House sponsored by Greg Steube has also passed its first committee. It now sits in the House Higher Education and Workforce subcommittee. The bill is opposed by Florida State University President John Thrasher and the…

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