Florida Plans To Clean up Old Piney Point Phosphate Plant
The state expects to put more than $115 million toward closing the site of a former phosphate plant where a reservoir leak set off a wastewater crisis in Manatee County.
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The state expects to put more than $115 million toward closing the site of a former phosphate plant where a reservoir leak set off a wastewater crisis in Manatee County.
The Florida Department of Health reported another 9,068 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday.
Governor Ron DeSantis said the state will follow the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Food and Drug Administration and pause the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
With a $5.14 million haul in March, Gov. Ron DeSantis' political committee raised more than $9 million in the first three months of 2021 as he prepares to run for re-election.
Continuing a change made because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Florida Board of Bar Examiners will administer the state Bar exam online in July.
An Amber Alert for a missing central Florida girl has been resolved
Murmurs, and at times shouts, of a renewed gambling deal between the state and the Seminole Tribe of Florida have bubbled during legislative sessions stretching back nearly a decade.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is urging Floridians to be aware at the gas pump.
The Florida Department of Health reported another 1,613 new coronavirus cases on Monday.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday railed against YouTube and Google for removing a video of a COVID-19 discussion he had with scientists who oppose government lockdowns, school closures and mask wearing, calling it "censorship."
A year-old endangered Florida panther was struck and killed by a vehicle in Collier County.
After the Florida Legislative Black Caucus rolled out a slew of policing reform bills in February, many of the measures have not been heard in committees as time winds down on the 60-day legislative session.
A major power outage in the lower Florida Keys is being blamed on a sailboat which got stuck in transmission lines on Monday morning, officials said.
Embattled Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, who is under federal investigation for sex trafficking allegations, was recently denied a meeting with former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate, but a Trump spokesman says that's simply not true.
A 17-year-old Florida girl died on Sunday when her car collided with a downed power line in Hernando County, north of Tampa.
