Implementation Of Fla.’s Pot Amendment Brings ‘Mass Confusion’
The Sunshine State's new medical-marijuana amendment allows six months for the rules on treatment centers to be crafted and nine months for patient ID cards to begin being issued.
View ArticlePatients, Doctors Get Green Light For Medical Marijuana
Patients who qualify for medical marijuana under a voter-approved constitutional amendment can start purchasing cannabis treatments in as little as 90 days, according to state Office of Compassionate...
View ArticleSenator Offers Roadmap For Marijuana Changes
A key senator Thursday released the Legislature's first attempt at carrying out a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana, with the proposal calling for a growing number of...
View ArticleLawmakers Want Money For North Florida Waterways
A coalition called "Stand Up for North Florida" continued its fight for more money to protect North Florida waterways Monday.
View ArticleProposal Could Resolve Key Death Penalty Issue
In response to a Florida Supreme Court ruling last October, lawmakers today filed a measure that would require unanimous jury recommendations for death sentences to be imposed.
View ArticleLegal Pot In Fla. Causes Headaches For Local Officials
Local government officials in Florida are grappling with an anticipated "green rush" in the state after voters in November overwhelmingly approved a measure legalizing medical marijuana for hundreds of...
View ArticleLiquor, Self-Defense Bills Moving In Senate
Controversial proposals that would allow liquor to be sold in grocery stores and shift the burden of proof in "stand your ground" self-defense cases were set up Thursday to be among the first items the...
View ArticleFlorida Senate Votes To Strengthen Stand Your Ground Law
Senate Bill 128 passed 23-15 on Wednesday. The bill would update Florida's Stand Your Ground law to shift the burden of proof from the defendant to the prosecutor. However, it is not favored by...
View ArticleFlorida Senate Looks To Put Together Marijuana Plan
More growers, access to treatment for snowbirds, and greater flexibility in the relationship between patients and doctors are among the items likely to be included in a new proposal from the Florida...
View ArticleSenate Looks To Add Medical Marijuana Licenses
The Senate Health Policy Committee voted unanimously to approve the measure SB 406 that would revamp Florida's medical-marijuana laws Monday.
View ArticleCannabis Compromise Won’t Allow Smoking
Florida patients may be able to vape or munch on medical-marijuana products but they almost certainly won't be allowed to light up joints or take bong hits, under a compromise being worked on by House...
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Florida Legislature Passes Bill to Strengthen Stand Your Ground Law
The bill will head to Gov. Rick Scott’s desk where it’s expected to be signed into law. If signed, the law will take immediate effect.
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Health Officials Move Ahead With Pot Process
After state lawmakers failed to act, health officials on Thursday laid out a framework for adopting regulations required by a voter-approved constitutional amendment that could make Florida one of the...
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Special Legislative Session To Include Medical Marijuana
Florida legislative leaders have struck a deal about carrying out a voter-approved constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana for patients with debilitating illnesses.
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Lawmakers Poised To Pass Marijuana Compromise
House and Senate leaders might be divided on issues that forced them to return to the Capitol this week, but they’re in agreement about pot. Legislation to carry out a voter-approved constitutional...
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Florida Voices: Vietnam Veterans | Gary Newman, Navy, 1964 and 1967 to 1968
Historians generally connect the significant expansion of U.S. involvement in Vietnam back to an incident in the Gulf of Tonkin in August 1964. Gary Newman was there. Today, he is president of the...
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Keystone Heights’ Lakes Might Get State Funding For Water Replenishment, But...
Senate bill 204 aims to allocate $50 million to lake restoration in Keystone Heights.
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Florida Senate Bill Banning Texting While Driving Looks To Be Stalled For 2018
The Florida House is expected Thursday to approve a measure that would allow law-enforcement officers to pull over people for texting while driving, but the brakes have been applied in the Senate.
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Florida Lawmakers Approve Increased Funds For University Construction
Florida lawmakers approved a 45 percent increase in spending for university and college construction and maintenance for the 2018-19 academic year, totaling $487 million. The largest project on the...
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Which North Central Florida Lawmakers’ 2018 Bills Are Now Law?
A list of the laws and projects that legislators representing local counties were able to get through the Florida legislature in 2018.
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