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Democrats hope health care will be political elixir

06/23/2018

One of the more-dramatic moments of Rick Scott’s time in office came in 2013 when he held a late-afternoon press conference at the Governor’s Mansion to declare his support for Medicaid expansion. The prospect...

Rick Scott treads carefully about Obamacare lawsuit

News Service Of Florida

06/14/2018

Our State

Despite being a fierce critic of the Affordable Care Act, Florida Gov. Rick Scott isn’t saying where he stands on the Donald Trump administration’s refusal to defend the federal law against the latest legal cha...

Julio Fuentes: Florida lives depend on naloxone co-prescriptions

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06/05/2018

Latest Opinion, Opinions

As the nationwide opioid epidemic continues to destroy families, communities and lives across the country, Congress is currently considering dozens of bills to address this public health crisis. Their action is...

New state budget lands on Rick Scott’s desk

News Service Of Florida

03/14/2018

Our State

The clock is now ticking on Gov. Rick Scott to act on his final state budget. The Legislature sent a newly passed $88.7 billion fiscal plan to the governor’s office Wednesday, giving Scott 15 days to decide th...

10 big issues in the 2018 Legislative Session

News Service Of Florida

03/12/2018

Our State

The Florida House and Senate ended the 2018 Legislative Session Sunday by passing a budget and a tax-cut package for the upcoming year. The Session became dominated in February by the aftermath of the mass shoo...

Chris King releases post-Parkland proposal to address mental illness, ban guns

Scott Powers

02/16/2018

Our State

Declaring that Republican leadership in Tallahassee has "transformed Florida into a petri dish of experimentation for the NRA" and "utterly failed to address public health and mental health care," Democratic gu...

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