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Gov. Ron DeSantis says if the "weed one" passes "this state will start to smell like marijuana in our cities and towns,” and called the abortion measure "very, very extreme in a number of different ways.”
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Marijuana legalization was expected to bring the industry out of the shadows. But in some states, the black market is alive and well.
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On "Florida Matters," Stetson law professor Louis Virelli says the Florida Supreme Court's ruling "shined a very bright light on the importance of the abortion amendment."
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This November, Floridians get to vote on abortion rights and recreational marijuana.
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The Florida Supreme Court's rulings on ballot measures for constitutional amendments come as it upholds a ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, paving the way for a six-week ban.
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The ballot initiative could allow those over 21 to purchase and consume marijuana and make it legal for medical marijuana clinics to sell for recreational use in Florida.
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The decision comes several months after the state's Attorney General Ashley Moody asked the Florida Supreme Court to strike down the measure.
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A state Supreme Court ruling upholding Florida's 15-week ban means a six-week ban can go into effect in 30 days. Advocates who help people access abortions say this will make it harder for patients around the Southeast to get care.
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Facing a Monday deadline, the court appears poised to issue rulings about whether proposed constitutional amendments will go on the November ballot.
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The bill would bring to six the number of potentially lucrative licenses earmarked for Black farmers with ties to decades-old litigation about discriminatory lending practices by federal officials.