The state Legislature has approved a bill that would increase the annual rate cap for windstorm insurance rates for property owners in the Flo…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis moved to suspend all remaining COVID-19 restrictions imposed by communities across the state, signing into law on Mo…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis moved to suspend all remaining COVID-19 restrictions imposed by communities across the state, signing into law on Mo…
For the first time since the legislation’s inception, the Florida Keys will receive a full allocation from a state act designed to improve wat…
The Florida House of Representatives passed a bill recently that would require student athletes to play on sports teams only with those of the…
The state Legislature’s efforts to void voters’ support of a ban on large cruise ships in Key West moved forward this week as the Senate passe…
The discovery of microplastic-saturated waters off the northernmost island of the Florida Keys may have been a coincidental finding for resear…
Several bills have been introduced in the 2021 Florida legislative session that are seeking to scale up or roll back regulations on guns in th…
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which regulates commercial nuclear power plants, has levied a $150,000 civil penalty against Florida P…
A state program set up in 2018 to help people whose homes were damaged or destroyed in Hurricane Irma in 2017 has been plagued by delays and h…
Everglades proponents are urging President Joe Biden to identify Everglades restoration as a priority for funding as part of his recently unve…
MIAMI — Bellwether early forecasts show Florida is likely in for another active hurricane season, but probably not as dramatic as last year.
An unusually high number of manatees have died in the state so far in 2021, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Two freshman legislators are currently serving Monroe County in the Florida House of Representatives and Senate. The 2021 legislative session …
State legislators have proposed legislation that could dramatically increase windstorm insurance rates in Monroe County, despite the private i…
A bill introduced by state Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, is seeking to ban the use of drop boxes as a method of returning a vote-by-mail ballot…
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday he was reducing the age requirement for the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, March 29, to people 40 and older …
Floridians age 50 and up will be eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine beginning Monday, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday.
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council has recommended lowering the recreational bag limits for dolphin fish and wahoo harvested in fed…
Florida legislators, with the input of FWC board member and Key Wester Robert Spottswood, have crafted a bill that would require all live-aboa…
Anxiety among some Key Largo residents over the pending release of hundreds of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes next month in undis…
Gov. Ron DeSantis has waived all fines for people and businesses that violated local COVID-19 restrictions going back to the start of the pand…
The state has expanded the criteria for vaccine eligibility to include persons deemed medically vulnerable by a physician and has provided a f…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that he would drop the eligibility age for the coronavirus vaccine from 65 to 60, allowing 1.4 million more Flo…
A proposed bill in Tallahassee to reverse the new cruise ship restrictions in Key West was approved by a subcommittee in the House of Represen…
Coronavirus vaccine eligibility is expanding to older teachers and first responders and becoming more available for younger people considered …
Florida lawmakers gavel into session Tuesday amid a pandemic that will play a starring role on their agenda and influence how they conduct bus…
A Florida Keys state park manager has earned top honors on statewide level for conservation efforts.