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    May 22, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  1. Palm Beach County approves new deal to sell Mecca Farms

    Finally giving up on developing taxpayer-owned Mecca Farms, <a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/">Palm Beach County</a> commissioners Tuesday approved pursuing a $26 million deal to sell the former citrus groves to the state for water storage as well as a public shooting range.
    Finally giving up on developing taxpayer-owned Mecca Farms, Palm Beach County commissioners Tuesday approved pursuing a $26 million deal to sell the former citrus groves to the state for water storage as well as a public shooting range. The price of the...

    Tags: Wildlife, Conservation, Jupiter, Palm Beach Gardens, Research

    2. May 22, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  2. Water district head leaving to take environmental consulting job

    Sun Sentinel
    Melissa Meeker is stepping down as head of the South Florida Water Management District to take a private sector job with a Stuart-based environmental consulting firm. Meeker resigned Monday after two years leading the agency that is charged with...

    Tags: Government, Environmental Politics, Water, Environmental Cleanup, Politics

    3. May 21, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  3. Water district leader submits resignation letter

    The head of the South Florida Water Management District resigned Monday, leaving after just two years and creating another leadership shakeup for the far-reaching agency charged with guarding against flooding and leading Everglades restoration.
    The head of the South Florida Water Management District resigned Monday, leaving after just two years and creating another leadership shakeup for the far-reaching agency charged with guarding against flooding and leading Everglades restoration....

    Tags: Government, Environmental Politics, Water, Environmental Cleanup, Politics

    4. May 21, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  4. South Florida Water Management District head resigns

    Sun Sentinel
    The head of the South Florida Water Management District resigned Monday, leaving after just two years and creating another leadership shakeup for the far-reaching agency charged with guarding against flooding and leading Everglades restoration....

    Tags: Government, Environmental Politics, Everglades, Environmental Issues, Rick Scott

    5. May 16, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  5. Lobbying 2013 Legislature cost $34.2M

    TALLAHASSEE — Insurance carriers, sugar growers pushing to lessen their pollution costs, telecommunications giant AT&T and an Internet-cafe software company dominated spending on lobbyists to influence the Florida Legislature during the first...

    Tags: Labor Legislation, Government, Business Enterprises, Career and Workplace, Insurance

    6. May 6, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  6. Unusual rain pattern helps create riot of roadside color

    Surely the six days of soggy weather last week caused some sort of mayhem like destructive flooding, heavy swarms of mosquitoes or a rash of new sinkholes. Not so much.
    Surely the six days of soggy weather last week caused some sort of mayhem like destructive flooding, heavy swarms of mosquitoes or a rash of new sinkholes. Not so much. But the weather that lurked about much of Florida last week, looking on radar like a...

    Tags: Highway Transportation, Orange County (Florida), Orlando International Airport, Florida's Turnpike, Seminole County

    7. May 3, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  7. Shooting range proposed for Mecca Farms

    There will be gunfire rather than scientific discovery under a proposal to open a shooting range on <a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/">Palm Beach County</a>'s Mecca Farms &mdash; once the intended home of The Scripps Research Institute.
    There will be gunfire rather than scientific discovery under a proposal to open a shooting range on Palm Beach County's Mecca Farms — once the intended home of The Scripps Research Institute. A new state plan calls for building a shooting range,...

    Tags: Endangered Species, Wildlife, Florida Atlantic University, Farms, Science

    8. May 3, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  8. Usually sunny, South Florida's spring turns stormy and wet

    The jet stream, a powerful river of air in the upper atmosphere, has radically altered South Florida's weather. Usually warm and sunny this time of year, it's turned wet and wild.
    The jet stream, a powerful river of air in the upper atmosphere, has radically altered South Florida's weather. Usually warm and sunny this time of year, it's turned wet and wild. On Thursday, thunderstorms and heavy rains caused a widespread mess....

    Tags: Miami Beach, Deerfield Beach, Tropical Storms, Palm Beach County School District, Delray Beach

    9. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  9. Costly new levee to guard against Palm Beach County flooding threatens wetlands

    Flooding fears lingering from Tropical Storm Isaac's historic soaking of <a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/">Palm Beach County</a> shouldn't result in destroying wetlands to add a new levee, according to environmental advocates.
    Flooding fears lingering from Tropical Storm Isaac's historic soaking of Palm Beach County shouldn't result in destroying wetlands to add a new levee, according to environmental advocates. After Isaac, concerns about a potential breach of the damaged...

    Tags: Hurricane Isaac (2012), Tropical Storms, Wildlife, Palm Beach County, Wetlands

    10. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  10. Breezy Friday, good chance of rain over weekend

    It should be warm and breezy today, followed by a potentially wet weekend.
    Sun Sentinel
    It should be warm and breezy today, followed by a potentially wet weekend. South Florida's Friday forecast calls for partly sunny skies with afternoon highs in the mid 80s, evening reading in the low 70s and a 20 percent chance of showers and storms....

    Tags: West Palm Beach, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), National Weather Service, Fort Lauderdale

    11. Apr 16, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  11. Tuesday Morning: Health care vote, immigration and water

    Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
    TALLAHASSEE — Good morning and happy Tuesday. Here's what we're reading today. * The Sun-Sentinel covers yesterday's hearing on the House health plan. * The Orlando Sentinel reports that teachers are planning a lawsuit over a state evaluation...
    12. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  12. Tuesday Morning Reads: Teacher lawsuit, the House health plan and water quality

    TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Tuesday. Here's what we're reading today. * The Sun-Sentinel covers yesterday's hearing on the House health plan. * The Orlando Sentinel reports that teachers are planning a lawsuit over a state evaluation...

    Tags: Delray Beach, Maria Lorts Sachs

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Gov. Rick Scott on Friday announced two new appointees...
(March 29, 2013)
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Melissa Meeker, shown here with Gov. Rick Scott touring...
(August 29, 2012)
Melissa Meeker, shown here with Gov. Rick Scott touring flooded areas after Tropical Storm Isaac in 2012, resigned Monday as executive director of the South Florida Water Management District.
Melissa Meeker, shown here with Gov. Rick Scott touring...
(August 29, 2012)
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