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A backhoe breaks through the roadbed of the old Tamiami Trail, which blocked the flow of the famed River of Grass for 85 years.National Park Service

River of Grass flows again into Everglades National Park

Eighty-five years ago, work crews built a dam across the Everglades and called it the Tamiami Trail. The two-lane highway, completed in 1928, blocked most of the flow of the River of Grass just as it began trickling into what would become Everglades National Park. On Wednesday, the dam broke. About 10 a.m., a worke …

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  1. If Florida wants more Hertz headquarters, buy more CEOs waterfront condos

    Economic Development

    Forget those pricey state economic incentives used like catnip to persuade companies to expand to Florida.

  2. Citizens downplays cheaper property insurance option

    Banking

    TALLAHASSEE — Last year, the Florida Legislature mandated Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to offer a cheaper, more limited coverage option to homeowners, potentially saving them up to 70 percent on their premiums.

  3. Gov. Rick Scott asks university presidents for promise not to seek tuition increases

    College

    TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott has all but guaranteed a veto of the three-percent tuition increase in the state budget and he recently reached out to an unlikely group to aid his cause.

  4. AARP blocks Floridians from entering its contests, blames new gambling law

    State Roundup

    Sorry, grandma and grandpa.

    The AARP is blocking Florida residents from participating in its Perfect Path to Retirement $50,000 Giveaway and its forthcoming Grandparents Day Photo Contest because, the group says, of a new state law cracking down on gambling.

  5. SeaWorld's Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin puts you inches from penguins

    Florida

    By SHARON KENNEDY WYNNE

    Times Staff Writer

    At SeaWorld's new attraction, Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, the only thing separating you from more than 200 penguins is a low rock wall. Nope, not even a glass partition.

  6. Gov. Rick Scott heading to Chile for trade mission

    Business

    TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott will lead a state delegation to Chile next week, his eighth overseas trade mission since taking office.

  7. Before hurricane season, prepare for the worst

    Hurricanes

    The eastern United States has been in a cycle of increased hurricane activity since 1995, a cycle that could continue another 25 years. But Florida has gone seven years without a direct hit. What does this mean for this upcoming season? We asked Dennis Feltgen, spokesman and meteorologist at the National Hurricane …

  8. Gov. Rick Scott holds power with budget veto pen

    Gubernatorial

    TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott must soon sign the new state budget, and he's getting intense feedback on all sides: from lawmakers protecting hometown projects, hospitals worried about losing money and a business-backed group criticizing pork-barrel spending.

  9. Busch Gardens: Kids dig Madagascar show, adults love AC

    Florida

    TAMPA — There's a fantastically subversive moment in the first Madagascar 'toon when Alex the lion — an escaped N.Y. zoo critter freaked out by his newfound freedom — gets zapped with a tranquilizer dart. He immediately spins into a hallucination soundtracked by Sammy Davis Jr.'s Candy …

  10. State analysts reverse course, say supermajority wasn't needed on tax cut vote

    Legislature

    TALLAHASSEE — After Gov. Rick Scott's highly prioritized manufacturing tax cut passed the Florida Legislature without receiving a two-thirds majority of votes, legislative staff analysts have had a change of heart and now believe such a supermajority was not necessary.