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Are you in favor or opposed to the new expressway-expansion bill that allows three new major toll highways to be built in rural regions of the state?

Governor Rick DeSantis recently passed a bill to allow three new major toll highways to be built in rural regions of the state. Proponents of the bill say job growth, decreased congestion and new hurricane evacuation routes are top draws. Environmentalists opposing the bill say the expressway-expansion bill will make species like the Florida panther and Florida black bear more vulnerable. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Florida, as we know, is decidedly not California. The two coastal giants, Nos. 3 and 1 among states in population, are competing for congressional seats and federal funding in the 2020 Census, and they’re going about it differently.
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As most of Cuba's economy stagnates or declines, the country has launched a full-scale effort to turn virtually the only bright spot — tourism — into an engine that can pull the rest of the communist island out of its worst economic crisis in two decades.

Gov. DeSantis signs bill for 3 major Florida toll highways

Florida will begin planning three new major toll highways through mostly rural areas under a bill signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis over the objections of environmentalists who have otherwise praised him since taking office.

Potential tropical storm brewing with hurricane season still two weeks away

A potential tropical storm may form off the Bahamas over the next few days, less than two weeks before the official start of hurricane season.

Hundreds of immigrants no longer coming to Florida

The Trump administration has halted plans to send thousands of people who entered the country illegally across the Mexican border to Broward and Palm Beach counties.

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USF students use 3D scanner to map Egmont Key

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