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Sea levels are rising in the Florida Keys and that will continue and most likely accelerate in the coming decades, scientists say. Expensive mitigation measures will have to be implemented to stave off flooding but complete submersion of the island change is not a definite conclusion, though that depends greatly on worldwide cooperation to move away from fossil fuels. The Monroe County Commission met recently to hear from scientists and engineers on what to expect in terms of where and when ris...

A bill that would have allowed Monroe County voters to decide whether they want to raise sales tax by a penny for sea level rise mitigation projects never took hold this legislative session and has died in the state House of Representatives. The bill would have allowed local voters to decide on increasing sales tax and could allowed the local government to bond $300 million for sea level rise projects, which will cost billions of dollars in Monroe County. If passed by the voters, the sales tax ...

The Monroe County Commission has laid the groundwork to set up community taxing districts to pay for expensive neighborhood sea level rise mitigation projects throughout the unincorporated areas of the Florida Keys. The commission on Wednesday did not set an exact fee or location for each district but only approved the ability to levy a property tax “for road elevation and improvement projects to be constructed due to the sea level rise and flood mitigation program and authorizing the crea...