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The group's latest plan would require the help of the county board, whose support is uncertain. Developers are bent on killing the measure, after dealing it a near-fatal blow in the state legislature.
In a case closely watched by business and environmental groups, a U.S. district judge Friday finalized his rejection of a 2020 move by the federal government to shift permitting authority to Florida for projects that affect wetlands.Judge Randolph Moss issued a 27-page opinion that, as he acknowledged, likely will set the stage for the case to go to an appeals court. The opinion came after a Feb. 15 ruling in which Moss vacated the transfer of permitting authority because he said federal officials had not followed required steps before making the 2020 decision.
Attorneys for the Florida Chamber and the Association of Florida Community Developers filed documents Friday in federal district court in Washington, as they seek to help defend the EPA’s decision. The organizations said the motion to intervene in the case is unopposed, though the court had not signed off on their participation as of Wednesday afternoon, according to an online docket. A coalition of environmental groups filed the lawsuit in January, contending that the EPA and other federal agencies did not comply with a series of laws in making Florida the third state to have such permitti...
Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 3.4.21 Hereâs the day that was â and will be â in Florida politics. Publix, the most prominent private partner in Floridaâs vaccine distribution network, strongly disputed a news report insinuating the company had been allowed to operate with little oversight. The company’s corporate office offered strong words in response to a Miami Herald report regarding the supermarket’s COVID-19 vaccination program. âFrom the beginning of the vaccination rollout at Publix pharmacies, Publix has been...
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