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Taking Care of Turtles
Scott signs tougher penalties for poachers BY TIMOTHY O’HARA Citizen Staff tohara@keysnews.com Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Thursday that closes a loophole that turtle advocates say has [...]
Scott signs tougher penalties for poachers BY TIMOTHY O’HARA Citizen Staff tohara@keysnews.com Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Thursday that closes a loophole that turtle advocates say has [...]
BY MANDY MILES Citizen Staff mmiles@keysnews.com The state of Florida and the City of Key West kept their flagship afloat. Florida lawmakers, during the recent legislative session in Tallahassee, [...]
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BY GWEN FILOSA gfilosa@keynoter.com March 16, 2016 The state’s largest gay-rights group will give its highest honor this year to state Rep. Holly Raschein (R-Key Largo) for her [...]
The Florida Keys were feeling the love Thursday as all but one state legislator voted in favor of a bill that will bring as much as $10 million to the Keys this year and as much as $25 million in [...]
BY KEVIN WADLOW waxford@keynoter.com March 11, 2016 Florida marine officers likely will soon have authority to fine boat owners who allow their vessels to become at risk of sinking. State [...]
BY KEVIN WADLOW kwadlow@keynoter.com March 11, 2016 State lawmakers gave Florida Keys Community College permission to add living space for an additional 200 students but won’t pay for pay [...]
BY KEVIN WADLOW kwadlow@keynoter.com March 11, 2016 A final version of the Florida Keys Stewardship Act passed Thursday by the Florida Legislature secures an additional $5 million annually for a [...]
Gov. Rick Scott has signed a bill that will allow Florida Keys Community College to have more than double the amount of dormitory space it has on its Stock Island campus. There is currently room [...]
BY KEVIN WADLOW kwadlow@keynoter.com March 9, 2016 A proposed law intended to prevent local governments from adopting bans on fracking died March 1 in the Florida Senate. Monroe County [...]