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A last-minute amendment to a recently filed controversial Everglades bill was enough to appease 37 state senators on Thursday, including Florida Keys Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez, R-Doral, and give them
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The original bill would have helped sugar growers and city water utilities at the expense of the Everglades and coastal communities by requiring state state water managers to take steps to hold the lake’s water level higher.
A bill tied to the budget that would have required the Army Corps of Engineers maintain high water levels in Lake Okeechobee and held hostage funding for a massive reservoir project has had those portions taken out of it. But the overall bill remains, and those against it, including Gov. DeSantis, must remain vigilant and guard against that language returning in budget negotiations between the House and Senate.
Florida lawmakers said they removed the "worst of the worst" parts of a bill that critics feared would change Lake Okeechobee water release schedules and cut funds for the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir.