STERILE MOSQUITOS Ahead of the summer heat, humidity, and mosquito season, Collier County will be introducing sterile male mosquitoes into the wild to help reduce populations. This method has been successfully used elsewhere and targets mosquitoes known to spread dengue fever, Zika and Chikungunya. TRAIL TOWNS VISIT FLORIDA launched a campaign highlighting the use of trails, trail Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
TERM LIMIT ELIGIBILITY Representative Mayfield (R-Melbourne) resigned her position in the Florida House to run for the current vacated Senate District 19. The Secretary of State ruled she was ineligible to run due to term limits as she had previously served two terms in the Senate. Mayfield appealed in an emergency filing to the Florida Supreme Court and Read more about Legal Updates[…]
Appointments by Governor DeSantis: Advisory Commission for America’s Semiquincentennial Appointed were Representative Patt Maney (R-Fort Walton Beach); Jacqueline Gay Gaines, vice regent of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association; Lucas Morel, professor and head of the politics department at Washington and Lee University; and Matthew Spalding, professor of constitutional government and dean of the Van Andel Graduate Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]
SHUT UP NEXT TIME A federal district court judge has ordered a new trial in an insurance fraud case against the former medical director of a West Palm Beach sober living home. The judge ruled that his 2022 conviction was tainted when the government’s star witness “forgot to shut up” during testimony plagued with lies. No timetable Read more about Legal Updates[…]
SEA TURTLES Over 1,000 endangered sea turtles were rescued off the Gulf Coast following the winter storm that battered the Panhandle in January. The lower temperature of the water near St. Joseph Bay effectively paralyzed the turtles, washing them to shore. Dozens of volunteers collected the turtles and transported them to the Gulf World Marine Institute Read more about Issues of Interest[…]