Peter SchorschMay 2, 2023
3min0
The cash will be used for land acquisition and conservation.
Tag: land acquisitionNatasha Ducre surveys the kitchen of her devastated home, which lost most of its roof during the passage of Hurricane Milton on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. Ducre, her husband, three children and two grandkids rode out the storm in a government shelter and returned to find their home unlivable and much of their furniture and belongings destroyed by rainwater. Image via AP/Rebecca Blackwell.
Peter SchorschMay 2, 2023
A.G. GancarskiJuly 26, 2022
3min0
'Our policies are self-sacrificing and outdated.'
Jacob OglesJune 2, 2022
3min0
The state will pay $23M to preserve the island.
Renzo DowneyMarch 1, 2022
4min0
As Senate President, the Trilby Republican and Ag Comish-hopeful plays an outsized role in the budget process.
Renzo DowneyFebruary 14, 2022
6min0
Environmental groups say the bill violates a 2014 constitutional amendment on conservation funding.
Ryan NicolJanuary 29, 2020
4min348
The price tag for those purchases would be around $23 million.
Drew WilsonNovember 29, 2018
5min573
Citing Florida statute put in place by a law passed two years ago, U.S. Sugar said Thursday that the land acquisition option agreement between the company and the state can now be terminated. The bill, SB 10, mandated the construction of a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee to reduce discharges to the St. Lucie and […]
Diane RobertsAugust 18, 2015
7min371
OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE – They stamp their feet, they scream till they’re sick, and hold their breath till they’re blue. They act like 5-year-olds caught with their grotty little paws in the cookie jar, their faces covered in crumbs, as they swear they didn’t do anything wrong. The Special – or Remedial – Session. While all […]
Diane RobertsAugust 17, 20157min277
OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE – They stamp their feet, they scream till they’re sick, and hold their breath till they’re blue. They act like 5-year-olds caught with their grotty little paws in the cookie jar, their faces covered in crumbs, as they swear they didn’t do anything wrong. The Special – or Remedial – Session. While all […]
Bruce RitchieApril 21, 2015
4min195
Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said Tuesday the 2015 Legislative session is going well from a policy standpoint including a water bill his department is supporting. SB 918/HB 7003 eliminate a Lake Okeechobee pollution permitting program, set deadlines for establishing minimum flow levels for springs, requires review of springs cleanup plans and places a Central Florida […]