Renzo DowneyFebruary 15, 2022
5min0
The lobbying legislation skipped over the Senate Ethics Committee.
Tag: HB 7003
Renzo DowneyFebruary 15, 2022Renzo DowneyFebruary 10, 2022
4min0
Restrictions on post-service lobbying are set to increase from two years to six years.
Tristan WoodJanuary 20, 2022
4min0
Judges and justices would have to wait six years after leaving the bench before lobbying.
Renzo DowneyJanuary 13, 2022
4min0
Restrictions on post-service lobbying are set to increase from two years to six years.
Bruce RitchieMay 6, 2015
5min188
As I sat in the press gallery looking down into the darkened Senate chambers on the last day of the 2015 Legislative session, I was reminded of how the environment usually seems to lose amid debate and controversy. The O.J. Simpson trial. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Michael Jackson’s death. A police shooting in Ferguson, […]
Bruce RitchieMay 6, 2015
5min201
As I was sitting in the press gallery looking down into the darkened Senate chambers on the last day of the 2015 Legislative session, I was reminded of how the environment usually seems to lose amid debate and controversy. The O.J. Simpson trial. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Michael Jackson’s death. A police shooting in […]
Bruce RitchieApril 29, 2015
7min447
A House bill establishing comprehensive water policy was amended and passed by the Senate on Wednesday, but was dead because the House had adjourned on Tuesday. House bills dealing with hydraulic fracturing were not voted on in the Senate because their Senate sponsor said they lacked the two-thirds vote needed. The 2015 Legislative Session continued […]
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 21, 20156min224
A Senate water bill passed its final committee stop on Tuesday despite continuing concerns raised by counties and environmentalists. SB 918 replaces a Lake Okeechobee pollution permitting program with more reliance on water cleanup plans, sets deadlines for establishing minimum flow levels for springs, sets timelines for springs cleanup plans and creates a statewide advisory […]
Bruce RitchieApril 17, 20156min192
Last year a comprehensive water bill that passed the Senate included a major focus on Florida’s springs and reducing threats from groundwater pollution and over-pumping. Florida’s springs during the past 30 years have turned green with algae because of nitrogen in groundwater from various sources including septic tanks, fertilizer and sewage treatment plants. Fixing the […]