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	Podcast:		Capital Report
	Episode:		Capital Report: 04-16-2019
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:28:57
	Publish Date:		2019-04-16 00:00:00
	Description:		Two large criminal justice reform bills are moving through the Florida Legislature. Ryan Dailey reports backers of the similar bills in both chambers are going through negotiations down the stretch to position a final measure for passage. Women should have better access to long-acting contraceptive—that’s according to Boynton Beach Democratic Senator Lori Berman who is sponsoring a bill moving through the Florida legislature. Regan McCarthy has more. According to a study by the Institute of Medicine published in 2015, paid for by the United States Food and Drug Administration, raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21 would reduce the number of lung cancer related deaths by 50,000. As Blaise Gainey reports, the Florida legislature is now trying to raise the minimum age with hopes of seeing those results. Some pro-business advocates worry that Florida’s local governments could follow the example of similar jurisdictions in other states and sue power companies and large consumers
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