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FLA. SENATE PRESIDENT SAYS REDISTRICTING FOLLOWED LAW
Florida Senate President Don Gaetz is insisting that state legislators followed the law when drawing up new political maps. Gaetz testified Wednesday during a trial over a challenge to how the Legislature drew up new congressional districts.
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EVERGLADES ADVOCATES SEEKING MORE FREQUENT WATER BILLS
Environmental advocates hope Everglades restoration won’t have to wait another seven years for a federal water projects bill like the one expected to clear Congress this week. The House passed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act on Tuesday, and the Senate could vote on it later this week.
SEN. THRASHER LONE FSU PRESIDENT CANDIDATE
A top Republican state senator and current chairman of Gov. Rick Scott’s re-election campaign is now the lone candidate to become Florida State University president. In a highly unusual move, an FSU search committee on Wednesday narrowly voted to interview John Thrasher of St. Augustine for the job.
LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HAS TUBERCULOSIS
Lake Gibson students and teachers who are being offered free tuberculosis tests after a student tested positive for the bacterial disease. Some 110 people are being offered the tests. Health officials say only those who were in close contact with the student need the testing.
’TONIGHT SHOW’ COMING TO ORLANDO
Jimmy Fallon is bringing the “Tonight Show” to on a road trip to Orlando from June 16 through 19. It’s the first road trip since Fallon took over for former host Jay Leno. The show will be taped at Universal Orlando Resort with scheduled guests Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull and Tracy Morgan.
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