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• A federal judge’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional could affect Florida patients with pre-existing conditions.
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• More than 3,500 Florida National Guard members have been deployed. And teams from 15 other states have joined rescue efforts.
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• Protesters gather on I-Drive before President Donald Trump and Governor Rick Scott speak at the Orange County Convention Center.
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• Florida’s wide open election is officially under way. Candidates running for the Legislature and state offices had until noon on Friday to qualify for the 2018 ballot.
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• A US District Judge has ordered Florida to fix its system of restoring voting rights to former felons. Michelle Kanter Cohen, counsel with the Fair Elections Legal Network, joins intersection to explain what the ruling means for former felons who are trying to get their voting rights restored.
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• The closely watched dispute between Orange-Osceola state attorney Aramis Ayala and Governor Rick Scott over the death penalty made its way to the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday. Justices will now interpret whether it was legal for Scott to reassign two dozen murder cases from Ayala to another prosecutor.
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• The dispute between Gov. Rick Scott and Orange-Osceola state attorney Aramis Ayala over the death penalty advances to state Supreme Court Wednesday morning with oral arguments.
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• Gov. Rick Scott signed a controversial education bill in Orlando Thursday afternoon which puts more money into charter schools, among other sweeping changes.
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• Governor Rick Scott is defending his decision to reassign 23 capital murder cases to a neighboring state attorney.
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• Jury selection began Monday morning in the first death penalty murder trial in Orange County since ninth circuit state attorney Aramis Ayala said she would not pursue that punishment. 29-year-old Juan Rosario faces execution for arson and first degree murder in the death of his 83-year-old neighbor Elena Ortega.
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