The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has reportedly rejected a permit from a South Florida company to drill for oil and gas in the Apalachicola ...

Six weeks after the state budget was expected to be completed, Florida legislative leaders have finished negotiating details ...

Six weeks after the regularly scheduled session ended, legislative leaders finished negotiating details of a spending plan ...

This collection of stories highlights various ways communities and people in South Florida are addressing housing challenges.

Ono was the only candidate presented to be the University of Florida's next president. Despite the concern over the governor’s influence and his opposition to the House bill, DeSantis distanced ...

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Florida just became No. 2 in the U.S. for solar power capacity, surpassing California. A federal budget bill may soon eliminate the 30% tax credit homeowners get for installing solar panels. The bill ...

Florida braces for hurricane season as federal weather service cuts raise concerns about forecasting accuracy and emergency response capabilities. Tampa Bay Business Journal Select a City ...

"Saharan dust lowers air quality by increasing the concentration of mineral dust, things like silica and quartz," Dr. Samuel Gurevich, a pulmonologist with Cleveland Clinic in Florida said in an ...

His environmental concerns center around the loss of marine biodiversity. According to Sumida, seabed biodiversity in deep waters is vibrant and has very different cycles to that found in shallow ...