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		<title>Florida cities closer to banning the bag</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erin Clark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Richardson]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[With last year’s styrofoam ban upheld by a Miami-Dade judge, the city of Coral Gables, south Florida’s “City Beautiful,” is stepping into the eco-regulation fray with another initiative. This time, to “ban the bag.” At a March 14 meeting, the Coral Gables City Council gave initial approval to an ordinance prohibiting plastic bags being used by retailers or at special events – with a few exceptions.  A final vote, which would make the ban official, is expected on May 8. Coral&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Judicial term limits bill likely dead in Senate</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2016 23:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andy Gardiner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida Supreme Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judicial term limits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katie Betta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merit retention]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A House initiative to place term limits on state Supreme Court justices and appellate judges was assigned to three committees of reference in the Senate late Tuesday: Judiciary, Ethics &#38; Elections, and Rules. Under Senate rules, though, &#8220;Unless approved by the President, no committee shall meet after the fiftieth (50th) day of a regular session except the Rules Committee.&#8221; Tuesday was the 50th day of the 2016 Legislative Session, which is scheduled concludes March 11. &#8220;It received the same references as the Senate companion, which was&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>House passes judicial term limits in close vote</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[2016 legislative session]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appellate judges]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Evan Jenne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida House of Representatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida Supreme Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jared Moskowitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Wood]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A judicial term limits initiative that is stalled in the Senate barely passed out of the House Wednesday. The House approved the measure (HB 197) on a 76-38 vote. Because imposing term limits on appellate judges and justices requires changing the state constitution, it needed three-fifths of the House, or at least 72 votes. A companion measure (SB 322) has yet to be heard in the Senate with less than three weeks left in the 2016 Legislative Session. Even if&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Picking big green straw gives Democrat big win in tied House election</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 21:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[2017]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alaska Mint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bo Eaton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coin flip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drawing straws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Tullos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mississippi]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Republicans drew the short straw Friday in Mississippi. Seriously. To break a tie from a Nov. 3 state House election, 20-year Democratic incumbent Bo Eaton and Republican challenger Mark Tullos met in the governor&#8217;s crowded conference room on the 19th floor of a state office building to carry out the archaic procedure prescribed in state law: They drew straws. Eaton, listed first on the ballot, reached into a red canvas bag and pulled out one of two silver-plated business card&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>After more than a year of delays, Florida finally awards medical pot licenses</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Compassionate Medical Marijuana Act of 2014]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Florida Department of Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-THC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Gaetz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical marijuana]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The five nurseries in Florida approved to grow and distribute medical marijuana were announced Monday by the Department of Health, putting an end to a months-long wait by parents and their sick children who need the drug to control severe seizures. The approved nurseries by region are: Hackney Nursery Co. (Northwest) Chestnut Hill Tree Farm (Northeast) Knox Nursery (Central) Alpha Foliage (Southwest) Costa Nursery Farms (Southeast) Those nurseries now have 10 business days to post a $5 million performance bond, according to a press release.&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tough questions for Jack Abramoff, in Tallahassee today for shady solar advocates</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Schorsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2015 09:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives for Energy Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dark money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Abramoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbying]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Conference of State Legislatures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shady Solar Amendment]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Notorious former lobbyist Jack Abramoff tells anyone who will listen he really wants to improve his image. Fronting a shady, dark money organization is not the best way to go about it. Tuesday morning, Abramoff enters the Florida solar energy fray with an appearance at a news conference hosted by Conservatives for Energy Freedom. The media event is set for 10:30 a.m. at the Florida Press Center in Tallahassee. Abramoff spent nearly four years in federal prison on a variety of&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lawmakers irked over delays in medical pot law</title>
		<link>https://saintpetersblog.com/lawmakers-irked-over-delays-in-medical-pot-law/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2015 15:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Statewide]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Florida Department of Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Steube]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristin Jacobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-THC marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical pot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Conference of State Legislatures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nichole Geary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-euphoric]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two lawmakers – one Republican, one Democrat – expressed frustration Tuesday over the state Health Department&#8217;s delay in putting Florida&#8217;s lone medical marijuana law into action. In 2014, the state legalized low-THC, or “non-euphoric,” marijuana to help children with severe seizures and muscle spasms. The department is charged with setting up a system to make sure sick kids can get the drug. At a meeting of the House Health Quality subcommittee, state Rep. Greg Steube asked the Health Department&#8217;s top lawyer: What&#8217;s taking&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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