Week #3 of the Legislative Session
As we begin week four of the session, the good news for the Florida Legislature is that it has an unexpected $201.3 million in extra money to spend in this fiscal year which ends …
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Story Tag: Red Tide
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Week #2 of the Legislative Session
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day yesterday, we wish to share an Old Irish blessing with legislators as we enter the third week of the 9-week session: “May the road rise up to meet …
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Week #1 of the Legislative Session
The Florida Legislature convened its 2019 session this past week with Assignment of Benefits (AOB) reform bills now moving in both chambers and Governor DeSantis noting AOB “has really degenerated into a racket” that …
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Legislative committee meetings of Feb. 18-22 into start of session
The Florida House and Senate held their last of six “committee weeks” from February 18-22 to hear proposed legislation making its way through the process. With the formal 2019 legislative …
Bye-Bye Red Tide
16-months of beach heartache over
Florida’s ongoing calamity from Mother Nature, known as Red Tide, has finally gone away. The naturally-occurring red algae hung around from the fall 2017 season all the way through 2018 and into last month, before …
Red Tide Still Growing
While a productive use for blue-green algae emerges
Aside from the aftermath and challenges of hurricane recovery, Florida is still fighting the growth of Red Tide on both coasts and conducting clean-up efforts on blue-green algae blooms created by water …
