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Clean water advocates in Titusville ask court to rethink latest ruling

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Clean water advocates in Titusville ask court to rethink latest ruling

Advocates behind a voter-backed “right to clean water” charter amendment for the City of Titusville filed a motion Thursday with the Fifth District Court of Appeal, asking for a rehearing in the court’s recent decision against the measure. RELATED: Appeals court denies ‘right to clean water’ in Titusville Nearly 83 percent of Titusville voters in … Read more

Looming Budget Deficit Bad News for Environmental Advocates Seeking Beefed-Up State Programs

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Looming Budget Deficit Bad News for Environmental Advocates Seeking Beefed-Up State Programs

PROVIDENCE — Lawmakers will return to Smith Hill on Tuesday to two very different chambers, and one big problem. In the Senate, the leadership drama that had been simmering since the last session came to a head during the annual leadership vote, when 12 senators, all Democrats, voted “present” instead of voting to re-elect Senate … Read more