Well before the western cowboy, the founding of the United States, or even the Mayflower landing at Plymouth Rock, cracker cattle and cracker horses lived in Florida. Now the breed that almost went extinct in the 1960s is back on the rise.
Should the byproduct of coal power plants be classified as a hazardous material? Do environmentalists and the farming industry agree on Everglades restoration? The Florida Senate Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee looked into those questions Thursday.