The Legislature will be back in Tallahassee Monday to deal with a property insurance mess that’ s largely of its own creation. The odds are about the same as those for the Miami Marlins to win the World Series this year. The special session’ s proximity to the following week’ s official start of the Atlantic hurricane season contributes to a widespread perception.
DeSantis didn't just berate the students in person (and on camera). He also posted his own video that featured him boasting about Florida's COVID record at the CPAC conference in Orlando.
Editorial: Condo horror must never be repeated
Miami Herald
We have no idea yet if the “major error” discovered in the construction of the Champlain Towers South condominium contributed to the building’s partial collapse Thursday morning. We do know, however, that an engineer’s 2018 disclosure, this crumpled building and the deaths of its residents must be the catalyst for changes that ensure this never happens again.
In addition to the immediate, on-the-ground investigations, this tragedy also calls for a Miami-Dade grand jury investigation. Grand juries can decide to investigate matters of great public concern, and they routinely issue reports on broad topics. In Miami-Dade, that has included reports on the health of Biscayne Bay, in 2018, and the preparation for Hurricane Irma, in 2017. A Miami-Dade grand jury in 2018 even tackled condo owners’ complaints, issuing a list of recommended legislation. If ever there were an issue of public concern, the collapse of Cha
Florida businesses know the threats of rising seas; lawmakers must help them | A Miami Herald editorial
Pay attention to the business of climate change.
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Lemay Acosta and his daughter Layla,2, take a boat ride in his flooded neighborhood in Plantation, a day after Tropical Storm Eta made landfall in the Florida Keys and flooded parts of South Florida last month. [ CARLINE JEAN | AP ]
Published Dec. 13, 2020
In Florida, when business speaks, the Legislature listens. And when business is under threat, the stateâs Republican leadership can catapult itself into action, for example, passing the Clean Waterways Act to rein in toxic blue-green algae, which ravaged Florida waters in recent years.