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Pasco County raises $5K in donations, tag sales for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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Pasco County motorists came to the aid of local officials in October for the fight against breast cancer, one of the most deadly diseases in Florida. Last month, five offices of Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano joined the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation to help raise awareness and funds – nearly $5400 – for breast cancer, its symptoms and treatments. As national Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October gave the tax collector’s office an opportunity to feature the Foundation’s “End Breast…

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Matthew Isbell: New coalition maps, DLP’S amendment, Oliva’s plan, and where things currently stand in redistricting

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A good deal has happened with the ongoing redistricting saga during the past several days. The state Senate passed its proposed districts with a controversial amendment attached. The House redistricting committee passed their own amended version of the map, and the coalition plaintiffs now have put forward three proposals. We’ll now look over each development. Coalition maps Last week, the coalition plaintiffs, who are suing the state Legislature over its state Senate district lines, released its first proposal for the…

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Senators say anti-pill mill law has seen patients’ pain go untreated

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Members of the Senate Health Policy Committee discussed a 2011 law designed to crack down on illicit painkiller prescriptions through “pill mills,” which Chairman Aaron Bean said has sent “the pendulum from one direction to the other.” The law, HB 7095, was spearheaded by a newly elected Attorney General Pam Bondi and then-state Sen. Mike Fasano in the midst of a widespread painkiller abuse epidemic that earned Florida the title of “pill mill capital of the U.S.” A pair of experts corroborated accounts senators…

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Pam Bondi goes to Nevada

Drawing on lessons learned after a nightclub massacre last year in Orlando, Attorney General Pam Bondi and members of her

Today on Context Florida: Richard Corcoran, Iowa redistricting and the GOP debate

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Today on Context Florida: Speaker-Designate Richard Corcoran is poised to take over the reins of the Florida House of Representatives for the 2016-2018 term. Former state Rep. Mike Fasano has known him for more than 30 years and says finer public servant than Corcoran would be hard to find. He has the skills, abilities and Tallahassee “know-how” to be an effective leader. He knows how to “get the job done,” Fasano adds. In the far-from-perfect world of politics, Martin Dyckman says…

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Mike Fasano op-ed on Richard Corcoran: ‘A finer public servant would be hard to find’

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My good friend Speaker-Designate Richard Corcoran is poised to take over the reins of the Florida House of Representatives for the 2016-2018 term. I’ve known Richard for more than 30 years. A finer public servant would be hard to find. He has the skills, abilities and Tallahassee “know-how” to be an effective leader. He knows how to “get the job done.” Richard is also a committed family man whose wife and six children are truly his pride and joy. His…

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Pro-Jack Latvala political committee to hold luncheon Sept. 1

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State Sen. Jack Latvala will hold a fundraiser luncheon co-sponsored by several current and former Pinellas politicians in St. Petersburg on Sept. 1. The list features two dozen co-chairs, including current state Reps. Larry Ahern, Kathleen Peters, Chris Sprowls and state Sen. Latvala’s son, freshman Rep. Chris Latvala. Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano will also be in attendance. Latvala has his sights set on becoming the next Senate president and his committee, Florida Leadership Committee, is the primary funding source the veteran lawmaker has to achieve…

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