FSBA Session Spotlight — February 27, 2018

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Today marked the last day of regularly scheduled committee meetings during this Session. Although committee meetings may still be called, if needed, the bulk of each of the remaining days of the Session will be devoted to floor sessions where bills will be heard on 2nd and 3rd Reading and will be swapped in Messages…

Despite Parkland’s opposition, Florida House panel votes to arm teachers

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Facing anguished relatives and classmates of shooting victims, a panel of Florida legislators took the unprecedented step Tuesday of creating a new statewide program to put armed teachers in classrooms — over the vocal opposition of Parkland residents.  Voting along party lines, the House Appropriations Committee approved training teachers to carry guns in class under…