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A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Florida prison rife with abuses Inmates in Florida state prisons should be able to serve their sentences without the fear of being raped or abused. But too often that is the reality for inmates at Lowell Correctional Institution, a women’s prison in Ocala. Current and former inmates describe a prison rife with sexual assault, prostitution, physical abuse and neglect at the hands of guards and other staff…

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A roundup of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Saving money by hurting sick kids The state of Florida should not balance its budget on the backs of sick children. But that is exactly what state health officials have done since May, when they kicked about 9,000 children out of a health care program by using a deceptive screening tool. Department of Health officials should reinstate eligible children immediately. It is unconscionable that the state would…

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A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Hard choices on climate change Midway through the climate talks in Paris, world leaders will make the uneasy transition this week from soaring rhetoric to hard promises. But with nothing on the table so far that achieves the goal of limiting future global temperature rises to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, negotiators will have to work creatively to keep a deal alive and at the forefront for both industrial…

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A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — St. Petersburg should wait on spending most BP money St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman has imaginative plans to spend BP settlement dollars to fight environmental calamity and enhance the city’s quality of life. But the City Council has wisely applied the brakes until it explores the more mundane task of making sure a leaky sewage treatment system does not overflow during heavy rainstorms like it did this…

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A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — The right way for churches to help schools Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz should be commended for the work it is doing with the Hillsborough County School District. For years, the church has made a concerted effort to help students at one of Hillsborough’s most troubled schools, and it is extending its reach to assist principals throughout the district. The separation of church and state should be…

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