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Scott PowersJanuary 5, 2018

As President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced plans to allow off-shore oil drilling practically everywhere, Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson appears to have dug in for his best Clint Eastwood “Make my day” impersonation. “The administration is planning to drill off the coast of Florida,” Nelson told reporters in Orlando Friday. “I can […]

Scott PowersApril 28, 2017

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday afternoon to have Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke reevaluate oil and gas drilling prospects along a number of areas of America’s outer continental shelf including the South Atlantic Ocean. Those include areas along the Florida coast and southeast U.S. coast where oil and gas drilling are […]

Larry GriffinJuly 27, 2016

The City of Orlando has decided that for right now, three medical marijuana dispensaries is enough for the Orlando area. After Gov. Rick Scott passed the Charlotte’s Web law in 2014, which allowed medical marijuana for medical patients when no other treatment would suffice, three dispensaries ended up getting licensed to the area: one on […]

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