Tuesday's Afternoon Update | 1/26/2021 COVID-19-liability bill in Florida may be ready for quick adoption A ready-to-pass COVID-19-liability bill could await Florida lawmakers when they convene in March for the 2021 legislative session. Companion Senate and House measures seeking to shield Florida businesses from “frivolous” lawsuits related to the pandemic already have advanced through initial hearings and could secure all three required committee nods in pre-session deliberations. More from the Center Square. Florida Trend Exclusive Politics of the Everglades In 2019, Ron DeSantis became the fourth Florida governor to preside over the state half of the state-federal Everglades project. A Yale student when Congress approved the Everglades plan in 2000, the Jacksonville area politician was first elected to Congress in 2012 and quickly crossed swords with the influential sugar-growing industry. As a co-founder of the GOP’s House Freedom Caucus, a small-government conservative group, DeSantis opposed the industry’s and nation’s sugar price support program as “corporate welfare.” More from Florida Trend.