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Wink News
Lee and Charlotte County high-water rescue vehicle
Local law enforcement in Charlotte and Lee counties is enhancing its storm preparedness with new high-water rescue vehicles.
Keys News
Florida county battered by 2024 hurricanes spends $125M on beach restoration
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. — The white sandy beaches along a swath of Florida’s Gulf Coast were battered by three hurricanes last year, leading to a multimillion-dollar effort to repair a coastline that is the region’s economic engine.
St. Pete Catalyst
Pinellas approves $320.9 million waste-to-energy contract
Capacity at the Waste-to-Energy facility and the county’s only landfill is an ongoing concern.
LEGISLATION
Orlando Sentinel
Florida law restricting local growth plans draws another challenge
TALLAHASSEE — The growth-management group 1000 Friends of Florida and an Orange County resident Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new state law that blocks cities and counties from approving “more restrictive or burdensome” changes to growth plans.
Florida Politics
Florida’s Agriculture Department is protecting more of state’s natural lands and farmland
The Department says protecting agricultural lands will protect the food supply and is a matter of national security.
Florida Politics
Senate Democrats unveil ‘Affordability Agenda’ plan to curb property insurance costs
‘Affordability is the number one issue for Floridians, and … addressing it is our No. 1 priority for the upcoming session.’
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Florida Politics
Florida Policy Project partners with FSU researchers, others on new interactive housing model
‘We believe this tool will provide decision makers and Florida citizens real, live data so they will make the tough decisions.’
BROADBAND
Route-Fifty
What will become of leftover BEAD money?
States and the federal government are projecting billions of dollars in savings from the latest round of broadband plans. Where those savings go next remains an open question.
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