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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs a bill targeting Disney

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a measure aimed at overturning controversial development agreements involving Walt Disney World.
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Florida lawmakers back scrapping Disney agreements, siding with DeSantis

Florida lawmakers approved a proposal aimed at invalidating controversial development agreements involving Walt Disney World, sending the issue to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has feuded with Disney for the past year.
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Florida Senate backs nullifying Disney agreements on development

The Florida Senate voted 27-13 to approve a proposal intended to nullify development agreements involving the Walt Disney Co.
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Florida Senators support additional costs for unsuccessful challenges to growth management

The Florida Senate Rules Committee approved a bill that would lead to people facing additional legal costs if they unsuccessfully challenge changes to comprehensive growth-management plans.
Moon and trees. By Seán Kinane. March 2021.

Environmentalists object to development bills in Florida Legislature

Environmental groups are raising concerns that legislative proposals would damage land-use planning and run counter to conservation efforts.

Pinellas County community unites to save a historic preserve from destruction

One Pinellas County community banded together to save a historic preserve from destruction by a private developer. Activists and community leaders came together in Dunedin to fight for its preservation. Gladys E Douglas Preserve spans...
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Coalition celebrates FDOT’s pausing of a possible Florida Turnpike extension

The No Roads to Ruin Coalition was successful in stopping the expansion of toll highways through rural Florida. For now.

The Polk County Commission rejects a proposed development

By a 4-1 vote, the Polk County Commission rejected a plan to build 894 single-family homes in a rural area north of State Road 60.
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DeSantis threatens to revoke special rules for Disney. Where did those exceptions come from?

Lately, there’s been a conflict between Republicans in Florida, including Governor Ron DeSantis, and the Walt Disney Company.
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Pasco residents oppose RV park in a rural part of the county

Residents in Northern Pasco County are trying to protect the rural aspect of their region. In part, that means trying to stop an RV resort near I-75 in the county's rural zone.
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University advisory committee recommends management for USF Forest Preserve; is it enough protection?

A university committee has written its recommendations for the USF Forest Preserve and an adjacent golf course north of the Tampa campus.

Tarpon Springs moves forward with developing land along Anclote River, environmentalists not deterred

The Tarpon Springs City Commission voted Friday to move forward with a planned residential community on 74 acres near the Anclote River. Environmentalists hope the land, which they once blocked Walmart from building on, can...

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