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Citrus season marked by production drop

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Florida citrus growers recorded a very slight bump in orange production in the final count of the growing season, but the industry still experienced one of its most-devastating seasons in eight decades.


Affordable housing committee adds new members

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The Board of County Commissioners passed a resolution on Monday night to add four new members to the Essential Housing and Advisory Committee (EHAC) — Nassau County’s answer to the workforce housing crisis plaguing this growing community.

More Capital Improvement Plan projects identified

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Monday’s Board of County Commissioners meeting saw County Manager Taco Pope advocate for multiple new prospects to join the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), a list of countywide infrastructure projects that provides a “fiscal forecast” for cost estimates and identifies funding sources.

   

Backroom briefing: Passing grade

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Orlando Rep. Anna Eskamani, the ranking Democratic member of the House House Ways & Means Committee, gave a “B” to a tax package that passed this month.

Florida State fires back in ACC fight

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With a hearing scheduled April 9, Florida State University this week fired back at a request by the Atlantic Coast Conference to put on hold — or dismiss — a lawsuit that could lead to FSU leaving