Scott PowersJune 25, 2019
8min870
DeSantis also thinks financial requirements for Amendment 4 'will be upheld in court.'
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Scott PowersJune 25, 2019Scott PowersMay 3, 2019
13min952
"We have sought mercy over sacrifice."
Scott PowersApril 23, 2019
10min682
Civil liens can erase requirements for fees, fines, but not restitution.
Scott PowersApril 9, 2019
10min431
'I will be 190 years old before I am eligible to vote.'
Scott PowersApril 8, 2019
8min583
"All we wanted to do was be part of this democracy again."
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 16, 20154min139
A bill that would allow the Cabinet to give away state parks and other conservation lands to neighboring agricultural landowners passed the House with opposition from some Democrats. Environmentalists oppose HB 7135 although they said it had been improved in earlier committee stops by requiring proposed giveaways to be reviewed by the Acquisition and Restoration Council. […]
Bruce RitchieApril 14, 20154min261
Despite objections from environmentalists, a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday amended a state lands bill to require that state parks be reviewed to determine whether could be used by “low impact agriculture” or whether the state still needs them. SB 7086 is preferred by environmental groups compared to the House version of the bill, which would allow […]