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Arguing Florida lawmakers agree on one thing: silence the Supreme Court

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Lawmakers couldn’t agree on congressional redistricting but they do seem to agree on one thing: Muzzling the Florida Supreme Court. The latest special session ended last week with no new map to apportion Florida’s 27 U.S. House districts. It did result in lots of rhetoric, including from some Democrats, on “judicial overreach” and breaching the separation of powers. A majority of justices declared the current map violated the “Fair Districts” constitutional amendments, passed to combat gerrymandering, or the drawing of…

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The race for Senate president has become a Chinese finger puzzle

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The half-decade-long race to determine who will serve as president of the Florida Senate from 2016 to 2018 — either Jack Latvala or Joe Negron — has taken on all the difficulty of a Chinese finger puzzle after a series of recent developments designed to solve the matter have only made the issue more complicated. Most notable of these developments is the official signing-on of now 10 current members of the Florida Senate to Negron’s political committee, the Treasure Coast Alliance according to…

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While lawmakers feud, Rick Scott visits Ferris wheel, Wawa

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When it became clear that the House and Senate wouldn’t agree on a budget, Republican Gov. Rick Scott was in California trying to get shipping companies to move to Florida. And when the Legislature was at the point of no return to either pass a budget or go home without completing the one task it’s legally required to do each year, Scott was at a Wawa gas station opening in Fort Myers. When the Senate threatened Wednesday to bring legal…

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Rob Bradley talks pot, Rick Scott and the people’s business

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When the Senate broke for lunch on Wednesday, state Sen. Rob Bradley engaged the Capitol Press Corps in a discussion of dead bills, a broken session and the Senate healthcare proposal to provide coverage to uninsured workers. Q: SPB 7066, a rewrite of the medicinal marijuana law died yesterday. Do you intend to bring it back next session or will you do another rewrite? Bradley: I want to see what happens with the administrative law judge and how that comes…

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Medical marijuana advocates disappointed, looking to 2016

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Medical marijuana advocates are now looking to 2016. One of the casualties of the budget debate raging between the House and Senate is a glitch bill for last year’s Charlotte’s Web law. SPB 7066 died when the House unexpectedly adjourned the 2015 session three days early. “I have never seen more lobbyists with their mouths literally drop (open) and I’ve been doing this for 25 years,” Ron Watson said. Watson works health issues and focused this year on the glitch…

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Strike-all filed for Charlotte’s Web glitch bill

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The Florida Senate appears ready to move on a “glitch” bill for the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014. The chamber is also preparing to consider increasing the allowable level of THC in medicinal marijuana. State Sen. Rob Bradley filed a strike all amendment Monday to increase THC limits to 15 percent, up from the current allowable 0.8 percent. Bradley, who sponsored last year’s Act, says his top priority for this year’s session is breaking the legal logjam preventing its implementation.…

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GOPAC names Rob Bradley to 2015 class of Emerging Leaders

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GOPAC, the Republican state and local political training organization, named state Sen. Rob Bradley as one of its annual Emerging Leaders for 2015. The Orange Park Republican represents Senate District 7, which covers Alachua, Bradford and Clay counties. Bradley is one of 22 Republican state legislators nationwide included in the yearlong GOPAC program that identifies those who demonstrate a potential for a positive impact in their state and in the Republican Party. “Our Emerging Leaders program ensures a roster of prepared and…

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