Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 4.19.21
In every Session, there are clear winners and losers, while others prove more elusive to pin down.
Once again, Florida Politics is assembling an (arguably) comprehensive look at who walked away from Sine Die 2021 victorious, who tanked, and who landed somewhere in between.
Of course, there is the one bill lawmakers must pass: Floridaâs upcoming state budget.
Crafted in the ever-present shadow of COVID-19, a budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022 came with a new wrinkle â the stateâs slice of a massive federal relief pie. Who does it help, or maybe hurt?
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The daily rundown Between Saturday and Sunday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 6,834 (0.3 percent), to 2,168,901; active hospitalizations increased by 71 (nearly 2.2. percent), to 3,324; deaths of Florida residents rose by 35 (0.1 percent), to 34,439; 8,016,441 Floridians have received at least one dose of a vaccine.
Tallahassee Democrat
On Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. a collection event (Operation Medicine Cabinet) will be held at Costco’s in Tallahassee, 4067 Lagniappe Way, for unwanted or unneeded medications, both over the counter and prescription.
This collection event will provide City of Tallahassee and Leon County residents the opportunity to properly dispose of their unused or unneeded medications, protecting the environment and lessening the chances for the illegal and potentially harmful use of these drugs.
The event is being organized by the Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc. (SWIX), in partnership with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Leon County Cares, Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), Costco, Mothers for Mother Earth, Inc., Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University’s Institute of Public Health, Florida State University’s Institute of Science and
Teams of scientists are keeping a close watch on the bay as they work to understand the impacts of so much polluted water flowing into the ecosystem.
Florida Department of Environmental Protection officials authorized the release of roughly 215 million gallons of wastewater from the Piney Point facility starting March 31 in an emergency response to a leak in a containment pond liner. That leak eventually became a breach, led to the evacuation of hundreds of Manatee County residents from their homes and businesses, local and state-level emergency declarations and the mobilization of a $200 million effort to close Piney Point once and for all.
Early algae blooms cause growing concern for Treasure Coast residents wptv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wptv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.