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By Rebecca Boone The coalition of 15 states has called for President Donald Trump’s efforts to quickly track energy-related projects, saying the administration bypasses environmental laws and threatens endangered species, critical habitats and cultural resources. Trump issued an executive order declaring a “national energy emergency” on the first day of his presidency. The order will encourage the expansion of oil and gas through federal use of prominent domains and the Defense Production Act, allowing governments to use private land and resources to produce goods that are deemed a national need. These types of measures are to be booked for actual…

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed the death warrant for Anthony Wainwright, who was convicted of luring a woman from the parking lot of Lake City’s Windixie supermarket in 1994 and luring a woman with rape and murder in rural Hamilton County.Wainwright, who fled from a North Carolina prison before killing 23-year-old Carmen Gayhart, is scheduled to be killed by a fatal injection at the Florida prison on June 10th.In the order of the 1995 sentencing by Circuit Judge E. Vernon Douglas, the murders were described as “very evil, evil and mean. The victims of this case were…

According to CHP, the new Dodge Durangos will allow officers to catch reckless and unsafe drivers more easily.The California Highway Patrol (CHP) said on May 8 that it deployed its latest weapons to crack down on what the department calls “video game style” by deploying specially marked patrol vehicles on busy highways.”We’re deploying 100 of these vehicles across the state to overspeed, split tailgates, lanes and deploying at-risk offensive drivers to tackle the growing threat,” CHP Commissioner Shawn Dury said on a social media video Thursday.CHP blends in with the traffic using the 2024 Dodge Durangos with the latest lights…

My column readers know that IRA expert Ed Slot and his colleagues are one of my main sources of information on the topic of retirement accounts. It is the latest business with the latest regulations and shares this expertise with clients and members of the media like me. In addition to monthly reports on retirement accounts, Ed Slott and Co. also distributes monthly reports covering social security issues. These reports are prepared by Heather Schreiber, founder and president of HLS Retirement Consulting LLC. She has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry and holds the prestigious Retirement…

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Following the November election, Florida Democrats have seen lawmakers leave the political organisation. State Sen. Jason Pizzo, from South Florida, has switched to party affiliation. State Rep. Susan Valdez of Hillsboro County has switched to Republican Party. Another state legislator also switched after Valdez. The Florida Department of Education says that “pornography” books remain at Hillsboro County High School Library On Friday, during a stop in Jacksonville, Gov. Ron DeSantis claimed he had previously mentioned the status of Florida’s Democrats. “This party is dead throughout Florida,” DeSantis said. This is a similar claim made by Pizzo…

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (WFLA) – Like many other loyal Catholics, Louis Prevast saw with great hopes that white smoke would rise from the Vatican chimney. The difference between Prevost and everyone else was that his brother was a cardinal of the church and a chance to be elected Pope. Robert Prebust, American-born Pope Leo XIV “When they said Robert, I knew right away, Rob was just elected Pope,” Probst said. His brother, 69-year-old Robert Francis Prevast, was born in Chicago. He is now known to the world as Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope in church history. “I feel…

TALHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) – Last year’s hurricane left a mark in the area, destroying homes and businesses, and toresting the roof of Tropicana Field. We also saw a construction crane in downtown St. Petersburg collapse. In response, state lawmakers launched a “listening tour” to assess what the state did and where there was a shortage. Lawmakers have asked constituents and local governments what needs to change before the next hurricane hits. These conversations led to one major hurricane bill, which focused on crane safety, especially following the collapse of the St. Petersburg crane. “Residents everywhere felt very dissatisfied because they…

JEROME — Lab results linked one of three black bears killed by a wildlife officer in southwestern Florida into a fatal attack on a man and his dog a day ago, officials said.The necrosis results revealed that the 263-pound male bear contained partial bones of 89-year-old Robert Marquell, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Committee said in a statement. Tests showed that the same bear DNA was present in Markel’s body, in his home, and in his dog’s body.Wildlife officials have not explicitly said the bear was the one who killed Marquel, but a preliminary autopsy by Collier County Medical…

The bill lost all of its democratic support just before the vote and failed to win the 60 votes needed to move forward.WASHINGTON – On May 8, the US Senate did not advance legislation regulating “stablecoins” in the cryptocurrency market, taking a blow to bipartisan efforts widely supported by the industry.Guidelines and establishment of national innovation for the US Stablecoins (Genius) Act, sponsored by Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), aims to bring about a regulatory system for the Stablecoins market. Stablecoins are attractive to larger risk aversion investors, including advanced funds, sovereign funds, asset managers, and wealthy family firms. The bill,…

Patrick Whittle and Robert F. Bucati STONSINGTON, Maine (AP) — Virginia Olsen has been pulling lobsters from Maine’s chilly Atlantic waters for decades, watching the threat to the state’s lifeline industry mount. Olsen, part of the fifth generation of the family to make a living through lobster trade, said trade imbalances with Canada, strict regulations on fishing and fishing, and offshore wind farms towering like open water skyscrapers pose three threats. That’s why she was encouraged last month when President Donald Trump signed an executive order pledging to restore American fishing to its previous glory. The order promised to shred…