Florida Five: Senate passes in-state tuition for illegal immigrants, medical marijuana clears House

Biz Pac ^ | May 02 2014 | Tom Tillison

[PoloSec]

Senate approves in-state tuition for undocumented students: The Florida Senate voted Thursday to let undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities. The 26-13 vote came as no surprise. The sponsor, Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, was confident he had the votes for week. But that didn’t stop him from getting emotional in debate on Thursday. “The eyes of America are on us,” Latvala said moments before the vote. “I think we’re setting an example. I think we’re doing the right thing.” Read more Medical Marijuana

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House passes non-euphoric medical marijuana bill: The Florida House passed a plan Thursday to legalize a non-euphoric version of marijuana under the auspices of helping cancer patients and families with children suffering from degenerative epilepsy. The bill, SB 1030, would create a legal system for producing, dispensing and studying the drug in Florida for patients who are permanent residents of the state with cancer or the conditions leading to seizures. Both the House and Senate have advanced different plans to legalize the version of cannabis nicknamed “Charlotte’s Web” after a Colorado child… Read more

[PoloSec]

My tax dollars wasted on Illegals!

[Hotlanta Mike]

Flori-duh...

[ImNotLying]

Republicans control both houses in Florida State government and now they vote to do this crap. We work hard here in Florida to defeat Democrats and this is how we are rewarded. Illegal immigrants are destroying our economy, health care, and our democracy. Close the borders and deport them all.

[rarestia]

I melted down Latvala’s phones on this, as he’s my House rep. I made it known that I would personally work to see him voted out next election cycle. This is inexcusable.