The Florida Roundup: A State Senator Resigns, Violence In Venezuela & Manatees Off Endangered List




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Summary: This week on The Florida Roundup ... With less than three weeks left to go in Florida's 2017 Legislative Session, state Senate leaders have found themselves suddenly confronted with arguably the most uncomfortable situation they've had to face in some time. Republican state former Senator Frank Artiles, R-Miami, resigned from the Florida Legislature on Friday, April 21 -- after he flung racist and sexist remarks at two African-American colleagues at a Tallahassee bar. Patricia Mazzei broke the