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Capital Report: 04-17-2019

Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:28:58
Publish Date: 2019-04-17 17:21:46
Description: Residents of Panama City and other areas of the Florida Panhandle that were walloped by Hurricane Michael came to legislators’ doorstep to make some noise Tuesday. Ryan Dailey reports half a year after the storm, the area is desperate for funding to help schools, debris removal and housing. Shawn Mulcahy has been following the efforts of the Legislature to phase out the Community Redevelopment agencies used by local governments to battle blight in specific areas of their jurisdictions. He provides the whys and wherefores to Tom Flanigan. Florida’s local governments and their backers are urging state legislators to back off their relentless drive to preemption city and county regulatory authority. Gabrielle Bolden has more. A pair of bills inches closer to the Florida House and Senate Chambers. Senate Bill 168 and House Bill 527 would prohibit local governments from sanctuary policies. Kevin Del Orbe [del-Or-bay] reports on the bi-partisan debate lawmakers are having leading up to the
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