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South Florida Sun Sentinel. February 2, 2024.

Florida’s lawmakers should know by now that nothing riles their constituents up more than legislation impacting animal welfare. They’re certainly old enough to remember what happened in October 2015 — the last time the state decided it was OK to shoot bears. It was an ugly 48 hours. In that short time span, nearly 300 bears were slaughtered. And the sound of gunfire was easily drowned out by ...

For local environmentalists and growth-management advocates, last week was a tumble of triumphs: The Orange County Commission’s wee-hours rejection of the latest attempt to plunk hundreds of homes on former ranchland in the basin of the sensitive, imperiled Econlockhatchee River. News that the state is closing in on the purchase and preservation of another ranch on the Seminole County portion ...

A game-changing connection between SR-429, I-4 and SR-417 in Central Florida's beltway is now open.

A rest area along Interstate 4 in Longwood can only accommodate 30 semi-tractor trailer trucks. There is a plan to build a new location in Sanford with 132 spaces.