Florida lawmakers appear ready to junk the state’s unemployment benefits system, CONNECT, over its failures to process payments at the height of the pandemic. But GOP leaders have rebuffed Democratic proposals to address other issues with the system that struggled to pay out paltry benefits even before the coronavirus hit. That could be changing, at least in the Senate.
Florida lawmakers may consider a bill that would limit the amount of THC in medical marijuana. Currently, dispensaries can sell marijuana with up to 30 percent. The proposal would cap that at 10 percent for smokable pot and 16 percent for other medical marijuana products.
Gov. Ron DeSantis opened up Florida’s legislative session Tuesday with a full-throated defense of his pandemic response and an outline of conservative policies he wants state lawmakers to pass in the run-up to his re-election campaign next year.
A pair of new legislative proposals would place a 10 percent THC cap on smokable marijuana and limit THC levels to 16 percent in other medical-marijuana products, excluding edibles.