Additional ‘COVID’ funding requested for stormwater problems
Unexpected federal funding for stormwater runoff control projects might be coming to Santa Rosa County.
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Water projects get wave of money
Written by News Service of Florida on . Posted in Florida News.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced the distribution of $481 million to 100 water-related projects across the state as part of grant programs administered by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Fried touts infrastructure bill, DeSantis raises doubts
Written by News Service of Florida on . Posted in Florida News.
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried on Tuesday touted as “a big deal” billions of dollars headed to Florida for roads, bridges, airports and expanding broadband service in rural areas as part of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on President Joe Biden’s desk.
Board to take up federal education complaint
Written by News Service of Florida on . Posted in Florida News.
The State Board of Education has scheduled a meeting next week to consider a U.S. Department of Education complaint seeking to prevent Florida from withholding funds from school districts that received federal money to cover school board members’ salaries.
Out and About
Written by Sandi Kemp on . Posted in Opinion, Out and About.
Only the government could put “stormwater mitigation” and “COVID-19” into the same sentence.
In another twist to the long story of federal funding for the pandemic, the stormwater mitigation task force met last week to decide what stormwater projects to submit for COVID funding.
Raider girls basketball team sets sights on another historic season
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.
No one needs to tell Rachel Leggett twice that the expectations are at a new level for the Navarre girls basketball team.
After winning a district championship for the first time since 2016 and making an historic run to the Elite Eight, the target that was starting to appear on the backs of the Raiders the last few years has now grown to the point where it’s hard to miss.
Florida seeks stay of vaccination requirements
Written by News Service of Florida on . Posted in Florida News.
Florida, Georgia and Alabama asked a federal appeals court Monday to put on hold a Biden administration rule that would require tens of millions of workers nationwide to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Special session proposals take aim at mandates
Written by News Service of Florida on . Posted in Florida News.
The Florida House and Senate on Monday rolled out proposals for a special legislative session next week that will focus on opposing COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates.
State gets another bump in tax revenues
Written by News Service of Florida on . Posted in Florida News.
Florida budget writers got some good news Wednesday, as general-revenue tax collections topped expectations for September by 15.7 percent, due in part to people continuing to spend down savings amassed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nov. 4-10, 2021 Blast from the Past
Written by Linda Murchison on . Posted in History.
One Year Ago – 2020
The final tourism tax report for fiscal 2019-2020 showed the year totaled more than $3.5 million of revenue. That was down less than 10 percent from the previous year and still greater than the previous two years despite Covid-19.