Category: Issues
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In the cannabis patch, a patchwork of safety standards – and in some cases none at all
By Nate Seltenrich
FairWarning.org
Although 35 states, three U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for recreational or medical use, there still are no uniform standards for regulating potentially harmful contaminants in cannabis products. -
The sheriff and the school board member: how Tony and Alhadeff scratched each other’s backs
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward School Board Member Lori Alhadeff has raised thousands of dollars for Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony’s election campaign, and a nonprofit she leads purchased thousands of dollars in bleeding control kits sold by a company Tony founded. Now, the sheriff’s Law Enforcement Trust Fund has awarded Alhadeff’s nonprofit a grant of $8,000. -
The election’s not over until Florida’s overseas voters chime in – if they can
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Civilian expatriates who cast their votes in Florida are hitting new roadblocks. -
Biscayne Gardens residents prepare for an unwelcome neighbor
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Biscayne Gardens, a bedroom neighborhood in unincorporated Miami-Dade between North Miami and North Miami Beach, is about to experience an apartment development boom thanks to a county mandate aimed at transforming vacant land into workforce and affordable housing projects. Area residents aren’t happy about it. -
Miami-Dade rock miners continue to blast away with help from Legislature
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam has lambasted as virtually worthless a new state program to monitor rock blasting in northwestern Miami-Dade in response to residents’ complaints that it reverberates powerfully through nearby homes. -
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Struggle to crack down on a cottage industry sabotaging vehicle pollution controls
By Eli Wolfe and Alexandra Tempus
Fairwarning
The struggle to crack down on a cottage industry sabotaging vehicle pollution controls.
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