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Passing a balanced budget is the one thing Florida lawmakers must do Now they re one step closer

With differences on issues such as funding prisons, a health-care plan and home-hardening grants, Senate and House budget committees on Wednesday approved spending plans that top $115 billion.

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Editorial: Last week, Florida s defenders claimed big wins

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 .

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Editorial: Last week, Florida s defenders claimed big wins – Orlando Sentinel

Editorial: Last week, Florida s defenders claimed big wins – Orlando Sentinel
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Without better conservation, Florida could lose nearly a fifth of its rural lands in 50 years

Without better conservation, Florida could lose nearly a fifth of its rural lands in 50 years
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Florida could lose nearly a fifth of its rural lands in 50 years

Florida could lose nearly a fifth of its rural lands in 50 years
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