Drew WilsonMarch 12, 2024
2min0
Carpenter has more than two decades of experience working at FDEP.
Tag: The Nature ConservancyImage via AP.
Drew WilsonMarch 12, 2024
Renzo DowneyNovember 22, 2021
5min901
The Governor gets one appointee to the newly established Commission.
Scott PowersDecember 18, 2020
9min898
Officials say Florida can speed up restoration; opponents worry it can speed up destruction.
Drew WilsonMarch 19, 2020
5min866
She starts in May.
Associated PressFebruary 9, 2020
1min578
The land buy was paid for with Deepwater Horizon funds.
Drew WilsonMay 31, 2018
3min299
Multi-state firm McGuireWoods Consulting showed an estimated $235,000 in lobbying compensation in its first quarterly since acquiring Advantage Consulting Team. Though McGuireWoods is the new kid on the block, at least in the Sunshine State, the members of its Florida lobbying corps are anything but. Rhett O’Doski, Ryder Rudd and Sean Stafford have more than […]
Mitch PerryAugust 2, 2016
4min575
A constitutional amendment on this month’s primary ballot, which would give commercial property owners a tax break when they install renewable energy devices, has not faced any opposition to date. Until now. Conservative activist Jason Hoyt announced the creation of “Stop Playing Favorites Political Action Committee “(Stop Playing Favorites PAC) on Monday, which he brands […]
Phil AmmannJanuary 12, 20165min159
Brute force is one way things get done in politics. If a party has an overwhelming majority in the legislative and executive branches, it can simply ram everything through. But the Founding Fathers deliberately made it difficult. Therefore, both left and right seek compromise, where possible. In the last session of the Florida Legislature, there […]
Associated PressDecember 21, 2015
6min265
More than five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig exploded off the Louisiana coast, killing 11 workers and sending more than 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, a portion of the billions of dollars in settlement money with oil giant BP and others is slowly starting to reach 23 […]
Peter SchorschDecember 1, 2015
5min257
The Everglades Foundation, Audubon Florida, the Nature Conservancy, and the H2O Coalition of the Associated Industries of Florida. What do all of these political players have in common? They scored a massive victory Tuesday all thanks to the Florida House of Representatives. A loud symphony of applause came in the form of a three-page news release where countless groups praised and thanked […]