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Florida Senate scales back prison closure plan The revised Senate plan would require Florida to shut down one prison by the end of the year.     Mark. S, Inch, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, at the State Capitol, May, 1, 2019. [ SCOTT KEELER | Tampa Bay Times ] By Dara Kam Updated Apr. 7 TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate is easing back on a plan to shutter and demolish four state prisons, agreeing Wednesday to a proposal that would close a single, 1,500-bed correctional institution by Dec. 31. The prison consolidation and closure plan is included in the Senate...

Florida Senate approves $3 million for Piney Point cleanup It’s the first step toward potentially spending $200 million on the permanent cleanup and closure of the site.     Effluent flows from a pipe into a drainage ditch at Port Manatee South Gate on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Palmetto, Fla., where authorities responding to a leaking wastewater pond at the old Piney Point phosphate plant. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | AP ] Updated Apr. 8 TALLAHASSEE — State senators on Wednesday assigned $3 million to clean up the Piney Point phosphate plant, the first phase of a potential $200 ...

Florida Senate passes property insurance revamp Private insurers are grappling with large financial losses that have led to rate increases. Some Democrats argued that proposed changes would hurt consumers and don’t guarantee rates will decrease.   By Jim Saunders Updated Yesterday TALLAHASSEE — With lawmakers taking widely different stances on what would be best for consumers, the Florida Senate on Wednesday passed a major property-insurance bill that targets roof-damage claims and litigation against insurance companies. Supporters of the bill (SB 76) said lawmakers need to appro...

2,600 Florida kids lost a parent to the coronavirus, study estimates The figure has profound societal implications for the state, experts say.     Students begin to arrive at Newsome High in Lithia on Thursday, October 22, 2020. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ] Updated 3 hours ago TALLAHASSEE — When state Rep. Anna Eskamani was 13, she held the hand of her mother, Nasrin, while she died of cancer. A decade and a half later, Eskamani knows that an untold number of Florida children never got to do the same as their parent died of the coronavirus. “So many of these cases were sudden, un...

Florida’s Ashley Moody joins legal battle against federal stimulus money This is the second lawsuit against Biden’s administration that Moody has involved herself with recently. Last year, Moody joined 16 other Republican attorneys general who urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a Texas lawsuit siding with Trump over election results.   By News Service of Florida Published 2 hours ago Updated 2 hours ago TALLAHASSEE — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody joined a multi-state coalition challenging part of a $1.9 trillion federal relief package that prohibits states from ...