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Florida lawmakers hope Mickey Mouse can coexist with high rollers

May 23, 2019 at 9:29 p.m.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - A state Senate special committee has offered a plan to allow two huge casinos in south Florida, setting up an election-year skirmish between traditional "family fun"...

Florida lawmakers hope Mickey Mouse can coexist with high rollers

August 25, 2021 at 2:22 a.m.

Florida man executed for trooper’s 1992 pipe-bomb death

November 4, 2021 at 1:14 a.m.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - A South Florida drug dealer, who was convicted in the pipe-bomb killing of a state highway patrolman during a traffic stop 22 years ago, was executed...

Florida man executed for trooper’s 1992 pipe-bomb death

December 23, 2018 at 10:14 p.m.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - A South Florida drug dealer, who was convicted in the pipe-bomb killing of a state highway patrolman during a traffic stop 22 years ago, was executed...

Florida woman tricked into abortion seeks fetal protection laws

August 25, 2021 at 1:38 a.m.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Remee Jo Lee was excited in the winter of 2013 over her pregnancy with a baby she already named Memphis, even though her new boyfriend envisioned...

Cuban immigrant executed for 1995 murder of Florida boy

August 25, 2021 at 1:17 a.m.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - A Cuban immigrant was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 1995 kidnapping, rape and murder of a 9-year-old south Florida boy, a spokeswoman for...

Bills to legalize medical marijuana introduced in Florida

August 25, 2021 at 1:14 a.m.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida state legislators introduced identical bills on Monday to legalize medical marijuana treatment in the 2014 legislative session, in a bid to win approval before a...

Florida state crime lab chemist charged with evidence tampering

November 4, 2021 at 1:01 a.m.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - A former state crime laboratory chemist who handled thousands of cases across Florida over almost a decade was arrested on charges of tampering with evidence and...

Florida state crime lab chemist charged with evidence tampering

December 23, 2018 at 9:35 p.m.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - A former state crime laboratory chemist who handled thousands of cases across Florida over almost a decade was arrested on charges of tampering with evidence and...

Florida marijuana petition meets criteria for November ballot

August 25, 2021 at 12:34 a.m.

TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) - A petition drive to allow medical use of marijuana by patients with a debilitating disease cleared a major hurdle on Friday, surpassing the number of signatures needed...

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