MIAMI —The medical marijuana industrial-complex is in full swing in Florida. With the question of legalizing medical marijuana apparently heading to voters on the Nov. 4 ballot, […]
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FREE THE WEED: Educational Institutions have flourished around the Sunshine State. They want to train investors on how to open, market and operate a medical marijuana business.
THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW GETTING LONGER: The number of law enforcement agents, such as these from the Environmental Protection Agency, have grown in recent years.
In late February, four federalagents carrying side arms with a drug-sniffing dog descended on the Taos Ski Valley in what was called a “saturation patrol.” Authorities were […]
Is your body mass index a little high? Don’t worry, the White House may soon start pestering you to eat healthier. In another step forward for statism […]
NOT YET: President Obama is feeling pretty good about the 7.1 million Americans reported to have signed up for the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. But a hefty health-care tax ahead could hit business hard and stifle the celebration.
Call it a case of premature celebration. As President Obama did his victory dance Tuesday amid better-than-expected (reported) enrollment in his namesake Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act’s […]
An argument over assessment stalled a proposed expansion to Florida’s tax-credit scholarship program, but the proposal was revived — this time alongside another school-choice program. A state […]
Approve it and see you in court. In recent years new laws enacted in Florida are being challenged in court and are ending up costing taxpayers a […]
TheFlorida Legislature’s idea to ditch the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for Colleges and Careers standardized test and develop its own is flunking out among school personnel. […]
Niger Innis, national spesman for the Congress of Racial Equality, considers the annual White Privilege Conference to be frivolous, irrelevant and a waste of taxpayer money. Not […]
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We are fully aware of who Wisconsin Reporter is. Stephanie Puentes tried to keep the smile from stretching across her face as she made that comment Thursday […]
“Niger Innis, national spesman for the Congress of Racial Equality, considers the annual White Privilege Conference to be frivolous, irrelevant and a waste of taxpayer money,” according […]
LEAVE ME ALONE: Concerns about domestic surveillance programs resulted in a House vote over the NSA’s phone log collection program. Photo from Getty Images.
A number of state legislatures and courts are checking in on law enforcement spy games. The push back comes as the rise of mobile communication technologies intersects […]
The labor union representing than 600,000 federal government employees plans to spend the next year asking the American people for a raise. They’re going to do […]
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