Cannabis

Cannabis is about to be ‘re-scheduled’ by feds. What does that mean for Florida’s push for recreational marijuana?

Critics say that decision can’t obscure the concerns that have surfaced in recent years stemming from its high potency

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix May 17, 2024July 22, 2025

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Florida Gov. DeSantis blasts Columbia University officials for canceling commencement amid pro-Palestinian protests

Police arrested pro-Palestinian protesters on Florida campuses in recent weeks

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix May 7, 2024July 16, 2024

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Florida Republican Party officially opposes ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana

DeSantis has repeatedly said legalizing recreational cannabis will result in the entire state to ‘start to smell like marijuana’

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix May 7, 2024November 26, 2024

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Florida Democrats now running billboards to recruit candidates for state office

The party is looking for candidates to compete against Republicans in four state Senate district races and three congressional contests

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix April 17, 2024September 26, 2024

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‘Florida has a chance to make history’: Only three states have passed recreational weed on the ballot by more than 60 percent

Florida advocacy groups prepare to crank up their cannabis campaigns in the upcoming months

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix April 17, 2024November 7, 2024

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Frost, Soto back new program for taxpayers to file directly with the IRS for free

Dems are promoting the pilot program in Florida, but 13 Republican attorneys general across the U.S. have opposed the program

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix April 4, 2024April 12, 2024

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Biden campaign wants Floridians to see a new attack ad featuring Trump’s call for national abortion ban

The Joe Biden reelection campaign has launched a new 30-second television ad starting Tuesday attacking Donald Trump’s stance on reproductive rights

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix April 4, 2024May 2, 2024

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Florida Supreme Court approves recreational pot amendment for November ballot

The Florida Supreme Court is the final decision-maker determining whether a proposed constitutional amendment makes it on the ballot

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix April 1, 2024June 24, 2025

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Tampa Bay Rep. Kathy Castor disagrees with Florida Supreme Court’s ‘stalling tactics’ in abortion rights decision

Congresswoman Castor said it’s disturbing that the court has been so slow in announcing both abortion decisions

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix April 1, 2024April 11, 2024

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Over 20 AGs from around country, except for Florida’s Ashley Moody, call on Congress to change hemp definition

The letter calls on Congress to address the ‘glaring vagueness’ created in the 2018 farm bill

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix March 27, 2024March 26, 2025

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Concern about artificial intelligence in political ads grows ahead of election year in Florida

Florida legislators recently approved a bill that requires a disclaimer to be included in political ads that use generative AI

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix March 18, 2024June 14, 2024

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Orlando’s Maxwell Frost among Florida congressmen to vote ‘no’ on measure banning TikTok

‘This legislation is an infringement of our constitutional right to freedom of speech,’ Frost said

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix March 14, 2024January 23, 2025

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Florida lawmakers support new sanctions on minors possessing guns

Rouson says that it’s important to hold minors accountable – without marking them with a felony that would follow them the rest of their lives

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix March 13, 2024March 20, 2024

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Florida’s civilian police oversight boards are in jeopardy and could be dissolved

Reports found that cities with citizen review boards experience about a 15% reduction in the total Black arrest rates

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix January 23, 2024December 8, 2024

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Florida lawmakers push to remove language saying slaves benefitted from slavery from state curriculum

‘It was torture. Young people need to know that was not true.’

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix January 16, 2024March 29, 2025

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Florida lawmakers push for fixes to a signature law on affordable housing

The bill passed unanimously in the committee, and now moves to the Fiscal Policy Committee before hitting the Senate floor

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix January 15, 2024January 9, 2025

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Women in Florida pay significantly more than men for car insurance — and only one state has a bigger gap

Just another reminder that the Equal Rights Amendment never got ratified

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix February 22, 2023June 3, 2025

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Florida Democratic Party Chair Manny Diaz denies that Florida is now a red state and resigns

There is no immediate front-runner to succeed Diaz.

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix January 10, 2023August 16, 2023