Ryan NicolFebruary 27, 2019
7min718
Gaetz is facing a Florida Bar investigation over the remarks.
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Ryan NicolFebruary 27, 2019
Drew WilsonFebruary 4, 2019
4min402
Less phosphorus is flowing into Lake O.
Scott PowersJanuary 28, 2019
9min480
Orange Co. Mayor Jerry Demings urged the delegation to protect housing trust fund dollars.
Jacob OglesDecember 13, 2018
4min497
New legislation filed by state Rep. Will Robinson looks to restore inspection requirements on septic tanks that were eased at the height of the Great Recession. “I heard about nothing else more than red tide during the course of my campaign,” Robinson said. “Even at my victory party, a supporter said to me, ‘Will, do […]
Peter SchorschApril 18, 2018
4min723
The Florida Chamber of Commerce released a video this week detailing Florida Atlantic University research on the Kissimmee River. Securing Florida’s Water Future: Kissimmee River spotlights a study conducted by FAU research professor Brian Lapointe, who works out of the university’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. The video focuses on several factors that affect the quality of […]
Drew WilsonMarch 14, 20172min615
A bill that would require septic tanks to be inspected when a home sells advanced through its first House committee Tuesday. HB 285, sponsored by Brevard County Republican Rep. Randy Fine, originally applied to all home sales, but was amended during the House Agriculture & Property Rights Subcommittee to apply only to regions listed as […]
Larry GriffinJanuary 19, 2017
2min367
A new bill filed today by Rep. Randy Fine, who represents House District 53, would aim to solve the Indian River Lagoon’s septic tank crisis and help all of Florida’s water quality by requiring the inspection of septic tanks as part of home and other real estate sales. The Indian River Lagoon was revealed last year […]
Peter SchorschJuly 13, 2016
2min329
The agriculture group Florida Farm Bureau Federation said Wednesday sugar isn’t as culpable for the harmful Indian River Lagoon and St. Lucie River algal blooms as some groups contend. “Special interest groups have targeted agriculture as the sole cause of these blooms to promote buying more land for a ‘flow way’ south of Lake Okeechobee, […]
Bruce RitchieMay 1, 2015
10min256
Another legislative session dubbed the “year of water” failed to deliver in 2015 as the House went home early over a health care spending dispute with the Senate. HB 7003, a water bill that was a legislative priority of House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, passed the House by a 106-9 vote on the second day of […]
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 […]