Renzo DowneyOctober 27, 2021
5min803
A year and a half since the start of the pandemic, some Floridians still have trouble accessing the unemployment portal.
Tag: SB 648
Renzo DowneyOctober 27, 2021
Staff ReportsMarch 13, 2017
Lauren Book, Joe Geller file bills seeking higher penalties for guns at school, boost firearm safety
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Two bills introduced in the Florida Legislature this week seek to bolster gun safety when children are involved. Cosponsored by Plantation Democratic state Sen. Lauren Book, SB 648 would establish a perimeter of safety for students around schools, as well as strengthen penalties for careless storage of firearms which then fall into the hands of […]
Bruce RitchieApril 28, 2015
7min224
The Florida House adjourned the 2015 Legislative Session on Tuesday, leaving bills dealing with water policy, hydraulic fracturing, septic tank waste and Duke Energy Florida in doubt. As the Senate was discussing fracking legislation, House Speaker Steve Crisafulli told House members there was no reason to keep House members in Tallahassee because of an impasse […]
Bruce RitchieApril 9, 2015
5min192
A bill that delays a ban on the disposal of septic tank waste on farm fields across the state passed the House in anticipation of a state study of the waste disposal practice. Florida has 2.6 million septic tanks scattered across the state that annually produce 100 million gallons of waste, called septage, when they […]
Bruce RitchieApril 9, 2015
5min176
A bill that would allow septic tank maintenance businesses to continue spreading waste on fields for two more years is teed up for approval in the House on Thursday. In 2010, the Legislature voted to ban the land application of septic tank waste beginning in 2016 as part of a bill that supporters said would protect springs […]
Bruce RitchieMarch 3, 2015
6min172
With industry and environmental groups sparring over what qualifies for spending under Amendment 1, the chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees environmental spending says he won’t haggle over the issue. Amendment 1, the water and land conservation funding initiative approved by voters in November, will be a focus of the 2015 Legislative Session starting […]
Bruce RitchieMarch 3, 20156min280
With industry and environmental groups sparring over what qualifies for spending under Amendment 1, the chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees environmental spending says he won’t haggle over the issue. Amendment 1, the water and land conservation funding initiative approved by voters in November, will be a focus of the 2015 Legislative Session starting […]