Florida PhoenixAugust 25, 2022
24min0
I think the landowners just thought they could get away with it.
Tag: Florida Wildlife FederationCrowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)
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26min0
Biologists object, insist cat is no danger to humans.
Ryan NicolMarch 23, 2021
6min2659
The GOP-controlled Legislature is weighing a bill to reverse those regulations and preempt local control.
Jim SaundersJune 20, 2019
5min288
“Hurchalla’s comments were represented as statements of fact, as opposed to statements of pure opinion ... "
Jim RosicaAugust 21, 2018
3min319
Two environmental groups may soon duel in court over an alleged unpaid debt from an effort to get a state constitutional amendment on the environment before voters in 2014. The Florida Wildlife Federation last week sued Florida Conservation Voters (FCV) over what it says is an outstanding amount of $72,500 from a loan the federation […]
Jim RosicaJuly 11, 2018
6min412
Saying he violated their constitutional rights “in multiple ways, and over repeated objections,” House Speaker Richard Corcoran and Senate President Joe Negron asked a Tallahassee judge to remove himself from future proceedings in an environmental funding case. The legislative leaders filed their disqualification request with Circuit Judge Charles Dodson earlier this week. On June 28, […]
Jim RosicaMay 4, 2018
3min417
As a May 25 deadline to complete discovery approaches, depositions continue in a lawsuit over how the state funds environmental conservation. Court dockets viewed Friday show a flurry of notices filed late last month for what are called “depositions duces tecum,” which compel witnesses to produce documents and be interviewed before a trial. Environmental advocacy groups […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 28, 2017
4min489
A Tallahassee judge has set a trial week in a lawsuit over the state’s environmental funding under a constitutional amendment passed almost three years ago. Circuit Judge Charles Dodson scheduled a weeklong bench trial for next July 23-27, with a pretrial conference set for June 15, court records show. Discovery in the case was ordered finished […]
Guest AuthorSeptember 5, 2017
5min244
Our Florida elected legislators are coming back to Tallahassee this month to begin deliberating the public’s business. In legislative committee meetings, they will start deciding which issues will become priorities for the official 60-day 2018 legislative session that begins in January. One question all citizens should be asking our lawmakers: Will they once again blatantly […]
Guest AuthorJune 27, 2017
5min1013
It’s always heartbreaking when I hear that yet another Florida black bear or Florida panther has gotten killed on a Florida road. So far this year, vehicle collisions killed an average of two endangered Florida panthers a month. And for bears, the toll is worse: About 20 black bears die every month on roadways as […]