March 21, 2013 - 7:00pm
Everglades Restoration Bill Passes House 114-0
Submitted by Anonymous on March 22, 2013 - 3:02pm
A landmark Everglades restoration bill, sponsored by Rep. Matt Caldwell, unanimously passed the full House Friday.
The bill was described as the final phase of Everglades restoration. Anidenticalcompanion bill is currently moving through the Senate. It unanimously passed its first committee stop Thursday, a sign that the bill could move swiftly and arrive on Gov. Rick Scott's desk.
The bill puts into Florida law an agreement proposed by the state and accepted by the Obama administration last year to finalize restoration efforts that began 20 years ago.
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Cafe Owner after House Internet Ban Vote: 'What a Sad Day for My People'
Submitted by Nancy Smith on March 22, 2013 - 2:33pm
HB 155, the bill banning electronic games at Internet cafes, passed the Florida House 108-7 as anticipated, with no eleventh hour theatrics.
"I think they were all talked out on the issue," Daytona arcade owner Scranton Phillips said of House members. "I knew we were history the day Lieutenant Governor (Jennifer) Carroll resigned."
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Final Act for Everglades Unanimous in House
March 21, 2013 - 7:00pm
After a tumultuous start of the session, a landmark Everglades bill that will fund the "last act" of a 20-year restoration effort unanimously passed the Florida House Friday, thanks to bipartisan support and a groundbreaking compromise reached between farmers and environmental activist groups earlier in the week.
Rep. Matt Caldwell, sponsor of what he deemed "the last act" to finish restoring the Everglades, successfully shepherded the legislation, which updates the Everglades Forever Act to reflect a new $880 million state and federal agreement.
Environmentalists, Farmers Strike Deal on the Everglades
March 21, 2013 - 7:00pm
House on the Brink of Its Internet Cafe Ban
March 21, 2013 - 7:00pm
Governor's Former Top Attorney Withdraws Judgeship Application After Liberal Smear Campaign
March 20, 2013 - 7:00pm
Gov. Rick Scott's former top attorney has quietly withdrawn his application for a seat on Florida's 1st District Court of Appeal, but only after two prominent liberal trial lawyers challenged his qualifications in emails to the Judicial Nominating Commission.
A Bit of Florida Goes to Live in Israel: Jewish Community Applauds Rick Scott
March 21, 2013 - 7:00pm
Gov. Rick Scott is raking in compliments from the Jewish community at home and abroad this week after he indirectly invested $100,000 into the creation of a Florida international economic development office in Tel Aviv.
It was made possible, he said, through this year's "Florida Families First" budget and Enterprise Florida.
Goading Gullible America Into War
March 21, 2013 - 7:00pm
As President Obama departed for Israel, there came a startling report. Bashar Assad's regime had used poison gas on Syrian rebels.
Crisis Time Yet?
March 21, 2013 - 7:00pm
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