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February 17, 2015: Environmentalists: Gov. Scott Use US Sugar Land To Help Everglades

Today on WLRN-Miami Herald News, you heard:

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5:04 -- A new statewide school boards group is forming, unhappy with the Florida School Boards Association's attempt to overturn a private school scholarship program.

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4:44 -- How dangerous is 'lane diving' into or out of the Interstate 95 express lanes?

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4:32 -- Steroid supplier Anthony Bosch is sentenced and an Orlando theme park bans bottled water.

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4:04 -- A new advertising campaign puts the spotlight on Overtown.

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1:04 -- South Florida steroid supplier to the stars Anthony Bosch in sentenced, and doctors worry about a shortage of health care workers.

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10:04 The state's tourism agency is promoting the history of two of Florida's historic black neighborhoods in a series of national television commercials.

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9:35 In this excerpt from The Florida Roundup, a panel of journalists discusses why some business leaders are urging state lawmakers to support Medicaid expansion.

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9:04 The Coconut Grove Arts Festival ended its three-day event yesterday. The 52nd annual festival drew an estimated 100-thousand people offering international art, plants and music.
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8:43 We take a look at the express lane phenomenon of lane-diving.
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8:30 Environmentalists are pushing the governor to resurrect a deal that would put U-S Sugar land toward Everglades restoration.

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8:20 A Florida Senate panel is reviewing two controversial gun bills this week. One of the bills would allow people with concealed-weapons licenses to have guns on the campuses of state colleges and universities. The other bill would allow people without concealed-weapons licenses to carry guns when subject to mandatory emergency evacuations.

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8:04 Environmentalists are pushing Governor Rick Scott to resurrect a deal that would put U-S Sugar land toward Everglades restoration.
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7:43 In this excerpt from The Florida Roundup, a panel of journalists discusses why some business leaders are urging state lawmakers to support Medicaid expansion.

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7:30 Five years since the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, some of the fines collected are now going to help the environment in the Florida Keys.

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7:20 Perhaps in the past, you've taken advantage of Florida's Hurricane Supplies or Back-To-School Sales Tax holidays. How about a one-day break from sales taxes at Mom and Pop stores? State Senator Rene Garcia of Hialeah is sponsoring a bill that would make it happen.
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7:04 Almost five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, some of the fines collected are going to help the environment.
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6:43 We take a look at the express lane phenomenon of lane-diving.

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6:30 Environmentalists are pushing the governor to resurrect a deal that would put U-S Sugar land toward Everglades restoration.
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6:20 A Florida Senate panel is reviewing two controversial gun bills this week. One of the bills would allow people with concealed-weapons licenses to have guns on the campuses of state colleges and universities. The other bill would allow people without concealed-weapons licenses to carry guns when subject to mandatory emergency evacuations.
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6:04 Environmentalists are pushing Governor Rick Scott to resurrect a deal that would put US Sugar land toward Everglades restoration.

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