Buy the Land

(Uncredited) February 10, 2017 Orlando Sentinel The Florida Legislature is likely to be divided this session between North and South Florida. It shouldn’t be. South Florida needs water desperately. What used to ...

By Tyler Treadway February 10, 2017 TC Palm The proposal to build a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee to curb disastrous discharges to the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee rivers is ...

By TC Palm Editors February 2, 2017 TC Palm You can judge a man by the quality of his enemies, wrote author Oscar Wilde. On that basis, state Senate President ...

By Jim Turner February 1, 2017 Orlando Sentinel   TALLAHASSEE  —  Senate President Joe Negron appears willing to look beyond sugar farmland to carry out his proposal to reduce the flow of ...

By Kristen M. Clark January 31, 2017 Tampa By Times Senate President Joe Negron told reporters Tuesday he isn't upset that Gov. Rick Scott's 2017-18 budget proposal doesn't include funding for Negron's ...

By Isadora Rangel January 26, 2017 TC Palm Florida Senate President Joe Negron sent an ultimatum to state water officials: buy land to reduce Lake Okeechobee discharges. A bill filed Thursday directs ...

By Isadora Rangel January 25, 2017 TC Palm A bill to curb Lake Okeechobee discharges is expected to be filed Thursday, but large landowners and environmental groups continue to clash over ...

By Gil Smart January 13, 2017 TC Palm State Sen. Rob Bradley said he’s ready to carry water, so to speak, for Senate President Joe Negron. But there sure are ...

By Eve Samples January 13, 2017 TC Palm Summer of 2016 State lawmakers have every reason to pull the trigger on buying land south of Lake Okeechobee this year. These are the biggies: ...