Jacob OglesJune 22, 2024
4min0
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the PETS Act granting similar telehealth abilities to those already employed by human doctors.
Tag: HB 849Family members appear behind a pile of debris outside their home in Steinhatchee, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, after Hurricane Helene slammed Florida's Big Bend as a Category 4 storm Thursday night. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)
Jacob OglesJune 22, 2024
Fresh Take FloridaMarch 9, 2024
8min0
Vet telemedicine is projected to grow 18% every year for the next 10 years.
Jesse SchecknerMarch 7, 2024
4min0
More than 5,500 animals endured cosmetic trial testing at Florida labs in 2019 alone.
Ryan NicolDecember 6, 2021
4min1001
GOP lawmakers failed to push through a previous version of the bill.
Kelly HayesFebruary 10, 2021
3min582
The bill was inspired in part by the Parkland tragedy, Valdés said.
Bruce RitchieMay 1, 2015
10min256
Another legislative session dubbed the “year of water” failed to deliver in 2015 as the House went home early over a health care spending dispute with the Senate. HB 7003, a water bill that was a legislative priority of House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, passed the House by a 106-9 vote on the second day of […]
Bruce RitchieMarch 12, 2015
5min219
Rep. John Wood told House subcommittee members on Thursday that he doesn’t consider carbon dioxide to be a pollutant and if they think it is, “then everybody zip up their mouths and don’t exhale the rest of the meeting.” Wood, a Republican from Winter Haven, was answering questions on his bill that would require legislative ratification of […]
Bruce RitchieMarch 12, 20155min155
Rep. John Wood told House subcommittee members on Thursday that he doesn’t consider carbon dioxide to be a pollutant and if they think it is, “then everybody zip up their mouths and don’t exhale the rest of the meeting.” Wood, a Republican from Winter Haven, was answering questions on his bill that would require legislative ratification of […]
Bruce RitchieMarch 4, 20156min402
Pressed by legislators, a state environmental official said Wednesday she doesn’t expect Florida to forward to federal officials a plan for reducing carbon dioxide emissions without getting approval by the Legislature. President Barack Obama in 2014 issued his Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon emissions from power plants by 30 percent from 2005 levels. Industry […]
Bruce RitchieMarch 4, 20156min206
Pressed by legislators, a state environmental official said Wednesday she doesn’t expect Florida to forward to federal officials a plan for reducing carbon dioxide emissions without getting approval by the Legislature. President Barack Obama in 2014 issued his Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon emissions from power plants by 30 percent from 2005 levels. Industry […]