DeSantis signs bills to fight flooding, sea-level rise - South Florida Sun-Sentinel sun-sentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sun-sentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Gordon Byrd
May 12, 2021
TARPON SPRINGS Governor DeSantis made an appearance at a Tarpon Springs restaurant today to sign a flood mitigation bill and also had a lot to say about the gas pipeline situation, worker shortages and Hamas rocket attacks on Israel.
DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1954, designed to improve flood protection and issues related to sea level rise. It establishes the Resilient Florida Grant Program, in which the Department of Environmental Protection will hand out grants to local communities for flood and sea level mitigation. It also creates the Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Florida Bill Addresses Sea Level Rise — But Not the Emissions Causing It wuft.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wuft.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Florida News that impacts you – April 9th, 2021
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The Florida Department of Health reported 7,939 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday – the highest single day total since February 11th. The weekly trend for cases now stands at over 5,700 per day - the highest since February 26th.
Over 4 million Floridians have now completed their vaccine series based on the most recent Vaccine Report. A near 6.8 million Floridians have received at least a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
The Florida legislature passed the legislation to Governor DeSantis requiring online retailers to collect sales tax for purchases. Florida’s current law mandates sales tax collection, however, if a retailer doesn’t collect sales tax – those making the purchases are supposed to pay the tax to the state which almost never happens. The legislation is revenue neutral as the incr
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