special interests

DeSantis' Special Session to Rework Citizen Petition Process After Abortion, Marijuana Battles

DeSantis' Special Session to Rework Citizen Petition Process After Abortion, Marijuana Battles
Liv Caputo
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January 13, 2025
Gov. Ron DeSantis' newly announced special session will consider altering Florida's citizen petition process, prompted by the state's slew of battles against now-failed amendments legalizing marijuana and most abortions. DeSantis claimed that many of the petitions to get those amendments on the 2024 ballot were not just fraudulent, as the Department of State alleged, but […]
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DeSantis Opponent Charlie Crist Loaded up With 'Special Interest' Cash

DeSantis Opponent Charlie Crist Loaded up With 'Special Interest' Cash
Javier Manjarres
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September 19, 2022
Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Charlie Crist and his running mate, Karla Hernandez-Mats, are campaigning on the narrative that they haven’t been “bought by special interests,” but that assertion appears to be far from the truth. As energy prices in Florida skyrocket, Crist and Hernandez-Mats have criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis for allegedly protecting special interest groups […]
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