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Gov. DeSantis appoints state resilience officer to prepare Florida for rising sea levels

Gov. DeSantis appoints state resilience officer to prepare Florida for rising sea levels

by John Lucas | Aug 2, 2019

 Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed the person who will be responsible for preparing Florida for the environmental, physical and economic impacts of sea level rise. Thursday, DeSantis announced the appointment of Dr. Julia Nesheiwat as Florida’s first Chief...
Suspended Tallahassee city commissioner Scott Maddox  to  plead guilty to federal charges

Suspended Tallahassee city commissioner Scott Maddox to plead guilty to federal charges

by John Lucas | Aug 1, 2019

 A hearing has been set for next Tuesday in the federal public corruption case against suspended Tallahassee city commissioner Scott Maddox who will now plead guilty to at least some of the charges against him. As first reported by the Tallahassee Democrat a...
Fried directs agency to remove its name from appeal of gun preemption law

Fried directs agency to remove its name from appeal of gun preemption law

by John Lucas | Jul 31, 2019

 Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried has directed her office to remove itself from a notice of appeal seeking to overturn the state’s loss in Weston v. DeSantis, in which courts ruled that Florida’s gun preemption law’s punitive provisions are...
As Florida prepares for another sales tax holiday, a national tax group calls the tax breaks “politically expedient but poor tax policy”

As Florida prepares for another sales tax holiday, a national tax group calls the tax breaks “politically expedient but poor tax policy”

by John Lucas | Jul 29, 2019

 Florida shoppers will flock to stores later this week as they look to take advantage of the state’s annual sales tax holiday on back to school supplies Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Friday and running through 11:59 p.m. next Tuesday, shoppers will be able to buy...
Latest state population estimates show that Florida is adding a city the size of Orlando each year

Latest state population estimates show that Florida is adding a city the size of Orlando each year

by John Lucas | Jul 26, 2019

 Florida will continue to grow by leaps and bounds through the next five years with 900 people coming here each day and more than 300,000 people coming to Sunshine State each year. That’s the equivalent to a city the size of Orlando being created every  year in...
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