Page 18 - Amendment One News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Some of the state's main environmental programs are on the chopping block, including Florida Forever, a key fund to acquire conservation land. Governor Ron DeSantis' proposed budget includes $50 million for the preservation program - half of what it received last year. Lindsay Cross is with the advocacy group Florida Conservation Voters. "Investing in our conservation is a way to kind to balance the impacts we see in the environment from new development and new homes and businesses being created," she said. Florida Forever is a trust fund paid for by real estate taxes. Cross says housing sale...

Newly-formed Virginia Redistricting Commission meets for first time Group consists of both lawmakers and citizens Tags:  ROANOKE, Va. – The newly formed Virginia Redistricting Commission met for the first time Thursday night. Voters said yes to Amendment One last fall to create it, and the members have been seated. It’s one of the first steps in a process many hope will solve gerrymandering for good in the Commonwealth. Although there is already a hurdle — Meg Lamb with Virginia Legislative Services said the census data is delayed this year. “It’s not likely that we would be able t...

Virginia Redistricting Commission moves forward with citizen applications Some Democratic lawmakers concerned with citizen applicant pool Tags:  ROANOKE, VA. – Virginia’s newly formed redistricting commission is drawing criticism after completing its first major step. Voters said yes to Amendment One back in November which enacted the commission. Now, a hybrid legislator-citizen team will re-draw Virginia’s district lines which both parties have accused of being gerrymandered over the years. But the citizen applicants are under fire by some state lawmakers because the candidate pool is...

The president came out against amendment one. my father came out supporting it. we took out some ads supportingl this. some would say, you're getting involved in politics.ral no. this is a moralssu issue. because a politician takes a moral issue doesn't mean it's a political issue.aith and people of faith have to be quiet about it. this is a moral issue.ut we're going to speak out on moral issues. is think this was an attempt to intimidate us, or maybe payback, because we spoke out on a moral issue, and that moral issue -- we prevailed in normal. the attempt -- prevailed in north carolina. >> ...

Amendment one, my father came out supporting it. we took out some ads supporting this. someone says you get involved in politics. no we get involved in a moral issue. we are going to speak out on moral issues. this is an attempt to intimidate us. >> i am not trying to get personal. how much did this cost your ministry? >> weeks of -- oh, yes, preparing them. the documentation they want to see it took a fairly large staff weeks to pro pair the documentation. be ready for them when they came in. >> thei was able to kid with yo earlier about auditing you and your dad. i have donated to samaritan'...