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Sen. Negron says he’s trying to get $$ for land buy

tcpalm.com: Sen. Joe Negron said Tuesday he is working to free up state money that could be used to buy sugar land to help move Lake Okeechobee water south and ...

TCPALM.Com: Debate continues over conservation land purchase

TALLAHASSEE — There's money for rural lands, beaches and the Everglades. But as lawmakers prepare to negotiate details of the new state budget, debate continues over whether more money from ...

Editorial: Florida Lawmakers Still Haven’t Gotten Message about Water

By tcpalm.com: Florida lawmakers are halfway through the 2015 legislative session. They still haven’t gotten the message. Treasure Coast residents need to get their attention and compel them to action. ...

State Debate: What’s the best way to police water pollution?

By Tyler Treadway, tcpalm.com Picture this: A Florida state trooper is assigned to catch speeders; but he never uses his radar gun, so he makes no arrests. Just as he’s ...

Palm Beach Post: Federal lawsuit: Rail project financing ‘plainly unlawful’

By Kimberly Miller and Jennifer Sorentrue Palm Beach Post Staff Writers Indian River County filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging the approval of $1.75 billion in tax exempt bonds for ...

Editorial: Florida lawmakers poised to make historic mistake

The editorial by The Miami Herald urges lawmakers to purchase over 46,000 acres of land from U.S. Sugar in an effort to help save the Everglades. The Miami Herald Florida ...

Palm Beach Post: Email Blitz Fights Land Fund Cuts

Following resounding passage of environmental measure, backers riled by lawmakers’ budgeting. By John Kennedy Palm Beach Post Capital Bureau TALLAHASSEE — After leading a ballot measure last fall directing millions ...

Over 51,000 Petitions Against All Aboard Florida Delivered to DC

Read the press release here: Florida Not All Aboard Director K.C. Ingram-Traylor met with Congressman Patrick Murphy at Congressman Murphy's congressional office in Washington DC on March 24, 2015 to ...

Take Back Amendment 1

75% of Florida Voters Are Wrong? Apparently Florida state legislators believe this. Because they are ignoring our votes. And, we elected these people. Amendment 1 Is Being Hijacked Last November, ...