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  "path": "/2026/02/09/trial-on-states-ballot-initiative-restrictions-kicks-off-in-tallahassee-federal-court/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-09T21:25:37.000Z",
  "site": "https://floridaphoenix.com",
  "tags": [
    "Politics & Law",
    "Florida Decides Healthcare",
    "Florida Decides Healthcare former Organizing Director Ana-Christina Acosta",
    "HB 1205 2025",
    "Medicaid expansion",
    "Mo Jazil",
    "Secretary of State Cord Byrd",
    "The Outreach Team Regional Validation Director Jordan Simmons"
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  "textContent": "A legal challenge to Florida’s restrictions on ballot initiatives kicked off Monday as groups pushing measures on marijuana and Medicaid expansion hope to convince a federal judge that a 2025 state law is unconstitutional. The trial over Florida’s new law — passed last year after initiatives on abortion and marijuana narrowly failed to pass in […]",
  "title": "Trial on state’s ballot initiative restrictions kicks off in Tallahassee federal court"
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