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Mitch Perry Report for 9.28.15 — USF’s wandering eye

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Happy Monday/General Assembly Day at the UN, everyone. Lots of things were happening over the weekend, but let’s transition into the working week by applauding the University of Florida Gators for its miraculous comeback victory over Tennessee, 28-27, early Saturday night in Gainesville. The victory puts UF in the  Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in two years. Both FSU and USF took the week off. The Bulls return this Friday night to action, hosting Memphis at Raymond James…

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Legislators say now is the time to improve state’s mental health and substance abuse services

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A bipartisan group of House and Senate members on Tuesday announced their support of a 21-page bill that would better fund community mental health services and, among other things, establish a data collection system populated with information about individuals receiving publicly funded substance abuse and mental health disorders. In kicking off the press conference on HB 1005, veteran state Sen. Nancy Detert predicted that the state would pass legislation this year increasing funding for mental health and substance abuse services.…

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