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Health & Society

Mom’s an ER Nurse But Baby Wouldn’t Let Her Get There as Deputies Assist in Home Birth

December 22, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Brittany Bowser, 25, gave birth to her son Jaxson in their Z-Section Palm Coast home 8 minutes after calling 911, with sheriff’s deputies assisting. Mom and son are fine, and eventually made it to Florida Hospital Flagler.

Florida Supreme Court Unanimously Signs Off On Medical Pot Amendment For 2016 Ballot

December 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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People United for Medical Marijuana, which is led and heavily financed by Orlando lawyer John Morgan, still needs to submit 683,149 valid petition signatures to the state by a Feb. 1 deadline.

“My Concern Is The Christian Kids”: A Pastor Raises Objections to Yoga in Flagler Schools

December 16, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

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A local pastor complained to the school board that yoga and meditation in a wellness program at three Flagler County schools is a violation of the separation of church and state. The pastor largely misunderstands the $30,000 program, a grant through State Farm Insurance.

Pinellas Sheriff’s Caution on Open-Carry Bill Triggers Duel of Furious Accusations

December 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Sheriff Bob Gualtieri says a Sarasota Herald-Tribune blogger “absolutely mischaracterizes” his concerns about open-carry, as the blogger and Florida Carry, the pro-gun lobby group, claim the sheriff would threaten to shoot concealed carriers.

From Brownfield to Community Vegetable Garden, a Coalition Seeds Fresher Health

December 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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A $34,000 brownfields grant and the collaboration of numerous schools, agencies and businesses transformed an old propane farm in South Bunnell into a community vegetable garden that will help feed hundreds.

Special Treatment for Firefighters With Cancer? Florida Among Few States That Say No

December 13, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Florida lawmakers have introduced bills that would make Florida the 34th state to offer special protection to firefighters, but the measure faces obstacles in large part because of local governments’ opposition.

“I’m Against It,” Sheriff Manfre Says of Open-Carry as Bill Picks Up Momentum

December 11, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

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Opponents of open-carry, including a number of Florida sheriffs, Flagler County’s Jim Manfre among them, warn that people who openly display guns could get hurt as a result, either by criminals or law enforcement.

Belle Terre Swim Club Gets a $25,000 Annual County Lifeline and Nears Membership Goal

December 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

County government’s annual contribution will make it more difficult for the school board to close the troubled Swim and Racquet Club, as will an advisory group’s campaign that has netted some 250 new memberships, or just 150 short of the goal the board set for January.

Shooting Beer Cans or Threatening Neighbors at Second Chance Rescue? A Man Is Arrested

December 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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David R. Gilmore was arrested on aggravated assault charges after Second Chance Rescue’s Debbie Root accused him of pointing his shotgun at a 16-year-old girl on her property.

Transgenders in Flagler Schools: District Takes It Case By Case as State Scrutinizes More Than Nurtures

December 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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The state and, to some extent, Flagler County, have a long way to go to ensure that transgender students are treated not only fairly and equitably, but that the environment they face is more respectful than questioning, more welcoming than inhibiting.

Killed in House, Stand Your Ground Bill That Shifts Burden of Proof Lives Again in Senate

December 3, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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A proposal that would shift the burden of proof to the state in cases involving Florida’s controversial “stand your ground” law is poised to go to the full Senate.

Florida Picks 5 Nurseries to Grow and Distribute Medical Marijuana for Select Patients

November 25, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Parents of children with severe epilepsy pushed for a 2014 law to legalize the purportedly non-euphoric marijuana — low in THC, high in CBD — as it can end or dramatically reduce life-threatening seizures.

In Rare Defeat for NRA in Florida, Lawmakers Kill Broader Stand Your Ground Measure

November 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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A National Rifle Association-backed measure that could have made it easier legally for people to claim self-defense in shooting incidents failed to get through its first House committee on Tuesday.

County’s Closest Likeness to Homeless Shelter Scales Back Services and Access to Grounds

November 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

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For eight years First United Methodist Church in Bunnell had been an unofficial day shelter for the homeless. The church’s new leadership is changing that as finances and a different philosophy is compelling a more restrictive approach.

Even Liberals Should Concede:
Obamacare Is Not Working

November 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

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Between the rapacity of insurers, GOP assaults and its own flaws, the Affordable Care Act is failing its promise to curb costs and make insurance coverage affordable. Republicans have no alternative. But a better one already exists.

Stewart Marchman-Act Foundation Launches Bouquets of Hope Campaign for Thanksgiving

November 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Stewart Marchman-Act Foundation is launching the Bouquets of Hope & Classic Chocolates fundraiser to support mental health awareness in our community.

Why Your Fitbit May Be Pointless

November 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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If you’re rooting for smartphones to solve all our health problems, you’re not going to like what the researchers found. The smartphone app didn’t help young adults lose any more weight than if they hadn’t been using the app at all.

Small Businesses to Obamacare’s SHOP Option: Not Interested

November 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Nationally, about 85,000 people have coverage through the online marketplace known as the Small Business Health Options Program, less than a tenth of original projections.

Campus Gun Bill Advances in House While Opponents Pitch More Police Funding

November 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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If the aim of more guns is to prevent more rapes on campus, one opponent of the legislation said more police officers would provide better protection.

Two Sisters and a Solar-Electric Boat, on a 9-Day Journey for a Cause on ICW, Dock in Palm Coast

November 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Nancy and Paula Frainetti are spending nine days aboard a solar-aided electric boat from Miami to Jacksonville to raise awareness and money for breast cancer–and for electric boating.

In Defeat for Florida Carry Inc., Court Upholds UF Policy Banning Guns in University Housing

October 30, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The appeals court rejected Florida Carry’s argument that the Legislature provided for gun possession in dorms as it does in homes. That leaves it up to lawmakers to change. There’s been movement in that direction.

Senate Bill Would Overhaul Florida’s Foster-Care Placements to Child-Centered Approach

October 27, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The bill, aimed at reducing instability for foster children, would match children with their best placement options — rather than, as critics charge, the first beds that are handy.

Vaccine Skepticism and Militant Islamism

October 25, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Politics and irrational fears rooted in anti-government sentiment dictate the response to polio vaccination programs in several countries dominated by Islamic insurgencies.

AJ Fernandez, Felled by Schizophrenia, Is Celebrated With a Skateboard Competition at Wadsworth Park

October 23, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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24-year-old AJ Fernandez of Palm Coast, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2010, took his life on Aug. 26. The Nov. 8 skate competition is a memorial benefit event for the Johns Hopkins Schizophrenia Center in Baltimore.

Corey Jones Killing by Cop Triggers Black Lawmakers’ Calls for Independent Review

October 21, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Corey Jones, 31, a church musician whose car stalled on an Interstate 95 exit ramp early Sunday after a gig, was shot by a plainclothes officer in an unmarked car. Some lawmakers are calling for automatic reviews of all police-related shootings, among other safeguards.

Citing Abuse, Cigna Pulls Out of Florida Health Marketplace, Affecting 30,000 Clients

October 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Individuals can still enroll in a Cigna plan by seeing an insurance agent. But enrollment through the Marketplace, which begins Nov. 1, is the only way to obtain tax credits that subsidize the cost of premiums.

NRA’ Misinformation, Mendacity and Victim-Blaming Take a Dive Into Rabbit Holes

October 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

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More guns do not lead to less crime. More guns lead to more crime, argues Julie Delegal, who sees NRA zealots misrepresented the facts on guns with junk science wrapped in blame-the-victim hysteria.

Risks You Didn’t Know About Tylenol, Because Its Marketing Campaign Didn’t Convey Them

October 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Internal company documents that have emerged in a New Jersey trial that ended Friday make clear that marketing for Tylenol did not convey doctors’ concerns about its risks.

2.8 Million Floridians Still Uninsured Even as Just 20% Fall in Medicaid Gap

October 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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It’s 1.1 million fewer than in 2013, but almost a third of the uninsured are eligible for Obamacare but haven’t enrolled, 15% have chosen not to enroll in employee-provided health care, and the rest are uninsured for a variety of other reasons.

Palm Coast Man Accused of Stabbing, Strangling and Throwing His Daughter

October 13, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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In the latest in a series of alleged incidents, Charles Scott, 64, a resident of Roxton Lane in Palm Coast, is accused of strangling his daughter for having him take his grandchild to school the previous day, and stabbing her four times the previous week.

Gail Wadsworth: Florida’s Court Clerks Spotlight Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October 13, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, there were more than 106,000 cases of domestic violence reported in Florida last year. While this statistic is alarming enough, the numbers only continue to increase when factoring in the countless incidents of domestic violence that go unreported by victims.

Big Oil, Big Tobacco, Big Lies

October 12, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Exxon’s scientists knew by the early 1980s that human causes of global warming could be catastrophic, but quashed the findings and peddled junk science instead. It’s time to get Big Oil out of the policymaking process altogether, write Bill McKibben and Kelle Louaillier.

Floridians Say Overwhelming No to Guns On Campus, Big Yes to Medical Marijuana

October 10, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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73 percent of Floridians oppose allowing students with concealed-weapons permits to carry guns on campus according to the latest USF-Nielsen Sunshine State Survey. Support for medical pot climbs.

At Pink Army Flag-Raising, a Shaved Head Attests to Cancer’s Ravages, and Hopes

October 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The breast-cancer awareness flag-raising marks the beginning of a series of fund-raising events in Flagler and Palm Coast. It featured Commissioner Frank Meeker, barely out of his own battle through chemotherapy and colon cancer.

Psychiatry as Industry of Death: Scientology Blitzes Shrinks in New Clearwater Museum

October 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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The museum, “Psychiatry: Industry of Death,” occupies most of the 1st floor of new headquarters for the Citizens Commission on Human Rights in Clearwater. The Church of Scientology has long been at odds with the field of psychiatry.

In Plantation Bay, 1,600 Customers Are Stuck Between Cruddy Water and Cruddier Bills

October 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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As Flagler government fully acquires the Plantation bay utility from Bunnell, residents have seen water bills more than double, and may see further rate increases yet if the shoddy water plant is to be improved.

At Least 10 Killed at Oregon College Where Students Are Allowed to Carry Guns

October 1, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

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A gunman murdered at least 10 people and wounded at least 20 Thursday morning at Umpqua Community College in Southwest Oregon, in one of seven states where guns on campus are allowed.

Christian Recovery House for Addicts Wins Legal Battle, Costing Bunnell $500,000

September 30, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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The settlement agreement after an 18-month fight clears the way for Open Door Ministry to run a 12-bed residential program for drug and alcohol addicts on East Booe Street in Bunnell.

The Big Pharma Mafia:
Your Money Or Your Life

September 29, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli’s decision to raise the price of the lifesaving drug Daraprim from $18 to $750 per pill is emblematic of America’s pharmaceutical industry, where price-gouging is the norm.

Rick Scott, Who Made Millions as Hospital CEO, Now Faults Hospital Costs

September 28, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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The proposals are the latest in a series of moves by Scott, who made millions as CEO of HCA/Columbia, to revamp the hospital industry. The Legislature will have to enact his proposals.

Florida Teens’ Taste for E-Cigarettes Now More than Double That of Tobacco Sticks

September 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Some 6.9 percent of Florida high-school students smoke cigarettes, but 15.8 percent use electronic cigarettes, which allow inhalation of vaporized nicotine.

How Does Lawbreaking Kim Davis Get to Keep Her Job?

September 22, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

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The law of the land isn’t an item on an a la carte menu from which elected officials can pick and choose, argues Nancy Smith, who says Kim Davis should have been removed from office by the governor.

Florida’s Foster Children Are Still Being Medicated Without Proper Oversight

September 22, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Just a fifth of the 2,434 children in state foster care had proper consent-form and other requirements to be subjected to psychotropic drugs, according to UF research.

Doctors and Pharmacists Complain: Patients Aren’t Getting Their Pain Meds Fast Enough

September 21, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Pharmacists complain that distributors are limiting their supply of powerful narcotics, forcing the pharmacists to ration their limited stock to their regular patients.

John Thrasher on Campus Guns, FSU’s Alleged Inferiority and Marco Rubio’s Oats

September 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Florida State University President John Thrasher talks about Rubio trash-talking FSU, his opposition to guns on campus, academic freedom and having the time of his life.

8.8 Million More People Got Health Insurance Last Year, Largely Due to Obamacare

September 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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The increase, due to the Affordable Care Act, is unprecedented since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid 50 years ago. Expanding Medicaid–as Florida did not–would have added to the ranks of the insured even more.

State Targets Two More Abortion Clinics as Scott Tightens Vise on Women’s Health

September 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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The latest clinics to be fined for allegedly performing 2nd trimester abortions, including Bread and Roses in Gainesville, aren’t affiliated with Planned Parenthood but are cited on similar grounds.

Video In Suicide-By-Cop Attempt Shows Deputies’ Control of Hairtrigger Confrontation

September 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

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The eight-minute video of the confrontation, posted here, shows P-Section resident Stacy Culotta holding a gun and how Sgt. Van Buren and two other deputies eventually defused the situation.

World Warms to Climate Change Treaty, But Europe, Not U.S. Is Setting the Standard

September 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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December’s UN conference on climate change in Paris may lead to a treaty as a consensus has emerged that it’s also about economic challenges like poverty, sustainable development, and the wellbeing of future generations.

Cocked Again, College-Campus Gun Bill Makes It Through First Two Legislative Hurdles

September 16, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The concealed-carry legislation won support from criminal-justice committees in the Florida House and Senate but is widely opposed by academic leaders.

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