‘Ingredients are there’ for busy storm season
Jim TurnerNews Service of Florida With insurers, utilities and emergency-management officials bracing for the coming months, experts continue to predict a…
Read MoreState to step up testing for deer disease
Jim Turner News Service of Florida Some deer killed during two popular hunting days in December must be tested for…
Read MoreNew toll road eyed in Northwest Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Transportation officials have started working on a proposal that could lead to a new toll road linking Interstate…
Read MoreWildlife officials hold meeting in Bonifay as state braces for more cases of deer disease
BONIFAY – After Florida’s first recorded case of a contagious disease fatal to deer, wildlife officials said Thursday other cases…
Read MoreDeSantis enters race, vows to ‘get the job done’
Gov. Ron DeSantis made his White House bid official Wednesday, announcing a 2024 presidential run in an online discussion with…
Read MoreDeSantis says more migrant flights likely
TALLAHASSEE Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday said he expects more flights to transport undocumented immigrants to out-of-state sanctuary communities,…
Read MoreDeSantis taps lawmaker Byrd as secretary of state
TALLAHASSEE State Rep. Cord Byrd, a Neptune Beach Republican who has been at the forefront of controversial legislation supported…
Read MoreState expands alligator hunting hours
Alligators in Florida will be targeted around-the-clock when the next hunting season begins in August. The Florida Fish and Wildlife…
Read MoreGov. DeSantis signs largest tax relief package in state’s history
TALLAHASSEE A series of sales-tax holidays on such things as school clothes, hurricane supplies and tools and a suspension…
Read MoreCitrus crop forecast continues to sour
Florida's struggling citrus industry continues to see a decline in the crop for the current growing season, with the harvest…
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