SFWMD Approves Land Purchase from Willing Seller for EAA Reservoir
Submitted by Nancy Smith on April 13, 2018 - 3:12am
The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board on Thursday approved a key land purchase from a willing seller. The parcel is necessary to build the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Storage Reservoir as called for in 2017's Senate Bill 10.
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'Everything Trump Touches Dies' the Book from Rick Wilson ... Coming in August
Submitted by Nancy Smith on March 27, 2018 - 4:14am
Political animals of all stripes likely will be clamoring for "Everything Trump Touches Dies" -- a new book to be released in August for Simon and Schuster's Free Press imprint. Especially coming as it does from the AntiTrump, Rick Wilson -- who sees our president as a cancer on the GOP.
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Lisa Vickers New Chief of Staff for Senate President-Designate Bill Galvano
Submitted by Nancy Smith on March 14, 2018 - 11:06am
Incoming Florida Senate President Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, announced Wednesday that Lisa Vickers, a longtime senior policy advisor in the Office of the Senate President, will serve as Senate chief of staff during the 2018-2020 legislative term.
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Immokalee Flood Protection to Be Enhanced by SFWMD-Collier Partnership
Submitted by Nancy Smith on March 8, 2018 - 3:33pm
The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board approved a partnership with Collier County Thursday to improve flood protection for the Immokalee area by clearing the State Road 29 Canal of trees and debris.
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Session Extension on the Horizon, but Senate and House Reach Agreement
Submitted by Nancy Smith on March 7, 2018 - 9:11pm
The 2018 legislative session will continue on past Friday and the normal 60 days -- for however long it will take to pass a new $87 billion budget. Lawmakers failed to beat the Tuesday deadline -- last day before a 72-hour cooling-off period was set to begin. The new fiscal year begins July 1.
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Florida Sheriffs Association: Give Us Enough Money for School Resource Officers
Submitted by Nancy Smith on March 6, 2018 - 5:52pm
The Florida Sheriffs Association released an urgent letter Tuesday afternoon requesting adequate funding for school resource officers. The letter was sent to Gov. Rick Scott, House Speaker Richard Corcoran, R-Land O'Lakes, and Senate President Joe Negron, R-Stuart. Here is the text in its entirety:
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House Passes 'Strongest Sexual Harassment' Protections in the Nation
Submitted by Nancy Smith on March 2, 2018 - 2:27am
Speaker Richard Corcoran, R-Land O'Lakes, congratulated the House Thursday for passing what he claims is "the strongest sexual harassment reforms (HB 7007) in the nation."
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Caulkins Water Farm Wins Don Voss River Advocate Award in Martin County
Submitted by Nancy Smith on February 22, 2018 - 4:29pm
Caulkins Water Farm, one of the few truly good-news projects to emerge on the Treasure Coast since blue-green algae began fouling the St. Lucie estuary, has received one of Keep Martin Beautiful's 12 2018 Environmental Stewardship Awards.
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Scott Wants All FBI Details Surrounding Failure to Investigate Cruz Tip
Submitted by Nancy Smith on February 19, 2018 - 4:00pm
Gov. Rick Scott called on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Monday to release all details surrounding the Bureau’s failure to take action after receiving information Jan. 5 regarding “[Nikolas] Cruz’s gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior, and disturbing social media posts, as well as the potential of him conducting a school shooting.” Last week Scott called on FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign following the Bureau’s admission it did not follow through and investigate the tip.
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FBI: We Failed to Investigate Report on Suspected Parkland Shooter
Submitted by Nancy Smith on February 16, 2018 - 3:03pm
The FBI says it failed to investigate a specific report in January that Nikolas Cruz could be plotting a school shooting.
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