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Ron De Santis highlight's Florida Pavilion at Great American State Fair in D. C.
3+ min ago (405+ words) Gov. Ron De Santis is helping to mark Florida's history by promoting the state's display at the Great American State Fair in the nation's capital. De Santis marked the opening of the Florida Pavilion, which offers displays that explain the…...
Gov. De Santis celebrates Citizens insurance improvements
47+ min ago (324+ words) Gov. Ron De Santis says Florida's insurer of last resort has gone from being a point of concern just a few years ago to being on solid footing today. He noted that the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation secured reinsurance at…...
Poll: Fort Lauderdale voters sour on City Manager Rickelle Williams amid spending backlash
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (754+ words) Fort Lauderdale voters have seen enough. The survey of 1, 573 registered voters in the City of Fort Lauderdale, conducted June 17-18 via a peer-to-peer text survey, paints a portrait of a city that has lost confidence in its top administrator barely a…...
Tallahassee mayoral contenders butt heads on data centers, ICE and other issues at candidate forum
2+ hour, 59+ min ago (704+ words) With less than eight weeks to go until the August Primary, Tallahassee's four mayoral candidates shared differing visions for Florida's capital city at a forum hosted by WFSU. Unsurprisingly, Matlow drew the strongest contrast with incumbent Mayor John Dailey, with…...
Ashley Moody introduces Senate measure to curtail fraud in federal childcare grants
3+ hour, 8+ min ago (317+ words) U. S. Sen. Ashley Moody is pushing legislation to reduce fraud in federal childcare program funding distribution. The Stop Child Care Scams Act is designed to establish "integrity provisions" for the Child Care and Development Block Grant program. The grant system was…...
Florida's sugarcane farmers and cattle ranchers, still digging out from historic freeze, brace for invasive mealybug
4+ hour, 21+ min ago (462+ words) Florida's sugarcane farmers and cattle ranchers barely had time to count what a recent freeze took. Now they're staring down something with legs. Just months after what agricultural leaders are calling the most damaging freeze in modern Florida history, the…...
Trove of local officials back Nancy Bostock for Pinellas School Board
9+ hour, 52+ min ago (278+ words) Nancy Bostock is rolling out a suite of endorsements in her race for Pinellas County School Board, District 6, adding to a growing list of support in her bid to replace incumbent'Stephanie'Meyer, who is not seeking re-election and is backing Bostock…...
Three counties moving forward with one-year data center moratoriums
18+ hour, 17+ min ago (478+ words) Tuesday was a busy day for opponents of AI data centers across Florida. Commissioners in three counties " Clay, Hernando and Lake " unanimously advanced moratoriums for large-scale data centers, prohibiting applications, permitting and rezoning for 12 months. The stated goal is to…...
Three-quarters of a million raised in crowded Tallahassee mayoral race
18+ hour, 33+ min ago (453+ words) Four contenders are vying to become Tallahassee's next Mayor." Incumbent Democrat John Dailey was narrowly re-elected to a second term in 2022, defeating Democratic Leon County Commissioner Kristin Dozier in a runoff after she took first place in the August Primary....
Jax Inspector General blames failure to train city contract manager for lost $1 M parks grant
19+ hour, 23+ min ago (262+ words) Jacksonville is missing out $1 million for an African American Historical and Cultural Grant from the Florida Department of State earmarked for redesign of James Weldon Johnson Park. Just steps from the front door of City Hall, the greenspace is among…...