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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is working to hold another bear hunt. The first hunt after two decades, held in October 2015, was highly controversial and another bear hunt could draw protest from opponents.

The Rules Committee voted 5-4 to reject a measure (SB 1364) that would have created a public-records exemption for personal information — such as names, dates of birth, addresses and telephone numbers — of people getting hunting licenses from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Permits are issued to control the bear population. Some of the population is known as nuisance bears, who cause frequent mischief, such as damaging beekeeper's hives and scavenging people's trash.

One of the four major springs along Crystal River, Three Sisters Springs has been closed on three separate occasions since November to protect manatees, which are an endangered species.

Ocala-based egg-coloring company PAAS, which accounts for 80 percent of the egg-decorating market, is in full swing this Easter season and has already begun preparation for Easter 2014.