PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner took issue with a recent Department of Justice memo attached to a move to dismiss a lawsuit that challenges disqualifying the state’s medical cannabis patients from legally owning firearms. The memo characterized marijuana users as “dangerous.” “The DOJ’s argument is as offensive as it is inaccurate,” Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki…
Florida’s Ag Commissioner Challenges DOJ Reply in Cannabis Patients’ Gun Rights Suit
Florida Christian School Sues Biden and State Ag Commissioner Over Title IX-Lunch Ties
August 3, 2022
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–A Tampa Christian school filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration and Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner, arguing that revised federal regulations on discrimination would force the school to make an “untenable choice: violate its religious beliefs or stop providing lunches to children.” A 93-page lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle…
Florida Education ‘Top Gun’ Tells Schools to Ignore Federal Guidelines on Gender Identity
July 29, 2022
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. told schools to “ignore federal guidelines aimed at preventing discrimination against students based on gender identity, saying they would “vastly expand the application” of Title IX. In a July 27 letter to superintendents, school boards, private schools, and charter schools, Diaz advised that guidance documents from the…
Florida County Under Month-Long Quarantine Over Giant Snail Invasion
PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—Giant African land snails have been detected in Pasco County prompting the Florida Agriculture Commission to issue an agriculture quarantine to protect the public and reduce crop damage. The invasive snails can wreak havoc on the vegetation and agriculture around the state and cause millions of dollars in damage if not eradicated, officials…
Florida Ethics Commission Says Fried Failed to Accurately Disclose Income
December 9, 2021
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The Florida Ethics Commission found, on Dec. 3, there was probable cause that Nicole Fried, a leading Democrat challenger to Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022, inaccurately reported her income. Fried is the Commissioner of Agriculture, the first woman to be elected to the position, and a Manatee County commissioner. The commission, in its regular scheduled…
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