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The Florida Health Care Power 100

WEBBaptist Health is South Florida’s largest nonprofit health care system, with approximately 25,000 employees and more than 4,000 affiliated physicians. In October, …

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Florida pot doctor sues state after probe

WEBA medical-marijuana doctor cleared of wrongdoing after an undercover probe is seeking unspecified damages from the Florida Department of Health and two …

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Doctor who wrote prescriptions cleared in Florida medical …

WEBA state medical board has cleared a doctor who ordered medical marijuana for two undercover investigators posing as patients, finding the Florida Department of …

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Years after firing, Rebekah Jones now suing state of Florida to get …

WEBBy Jim Rosica. | March 13, 2023. Former state Department of Health employee Rebekah Jones, who drew national attention when she said Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration …

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Opinion: Too many Floridians experience barriers to mental health …

WEBWith the 2023 Florida legislative session in full swing, it is critical for our lawmakers to prioritize efforts to address our state’s mental health epidemic.

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Lawyer and Navy veteran tapped to be Florida's next medical …

WEBOverseeing nearly 500 medical-marijuana retail sites and more than 750,000 patients, Florida’s new medical pot czar is an attorney who spent more than two …

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‘Radioactive roads’

WEBWith much less notice than the Florida abortion, guns and education culture wars, a battle between environmentalists and a Fortune 500 mining giant is playing out …

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Opinion: Florida Constitution protects a person's right to choose

WEBBut let’s focus on history. The state’s Constitution Revision Commission (now also under threat of being undone) proposed the privacy right in 1978 as a …

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The 10 big issues of the 2023 Florida legislative session, Sine Die

WEBHere are snapshots of 10 big issues: — ABORTION: After passing a 15-week abortion limit in 2022, lawmakers and DeSantis went further this year and approved a …

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The Florida Women Power 100

WEBThese women and many others make up City & State Florida’s inaugural Women Power 100. Elected officials and high-powered lobbyists are in the company of …

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Who’s who in Ron DeSantis’ administration

WEBThe start of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ second term in office was accompanied by some administration shake-ups. Perhaps the most noteworthy departure was Simone …

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Five Questions with Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo

WEBThe Naples Republican says she's turning from workforce housing to health care as her signature issue next session. Senate President Kathleen Passidomo …

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Abortion bans, anti-woke laws influencing students' higher …

WEBAs college decision time approaches, new research shows that for most people, state laws around reproductive health and other divisive concepts factor into …

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In the money: Florida’s 2023-24 budget by the numbers

WEBIt marks an almost $5 billion increase from last year’s budget. It consists of $46.5 billion from general revenue and $70.5 billion from trust funds, increases of $2.8 …

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Mary Ellen Klas, veteran Florida statehouse reporter, taking on new

WEB“Iconic.” “Fearless.” “A reporter’s reporter.” That’s how friends and former co-workers describe Mary Ellen Klas, the Miami Herald’s longtime Tallahassee bureau chief …

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Housing-first interventions, not policing, key to ending …

WEBIn the first full year of pandemic data, between October 2020 and September 2021, a little over 1.2 million people experienced sheltered homelessness, a noteworthy …

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Five things to know about future Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez

WEBToday is a crowning moment for one of South Florida’s most influential political figures. State Rep. Daniel Perez, a Miami-Dade Republican in District 116, will …

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Four (or two) more years

WEBDuring a second term, DeSantis will also continue getting involved in local races – such as his endorsement of school board candidates in the Aug. 22 primary – to …

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