Oct 11, 2024
Citrus season forecast ‘extremely discouraging’
Tallahassee – A new federal report says Florida’s struggling citrus industry already was expected to produce less fruit during the 2024-2025 growing season. And that was before Hurricane Milton swept across Central Florida.
Oct 10, 2024
Flooding a fear in Hurricane Milton’s aftermath
Tallahassee – Hurricane Milton swept through Florida, slightly less catastrophic than forecast.
Oct 9, 2024
Moms for Liberty gets win in school board case
Tallahassee – A federal appeals court Tuesday backed a chapter of the group Moms for Liberty in a constitutional challenge to Brevard County School Board policies that placed restrictions on speakers at board meetings.
Oct 8, 2024
Fuel supplies key amid Hurricane Milton evacuations
Tallahassee – As residents evacuate on congested highways ahead of Hurricane Milton, Florida officials said the state does not have a fuel shortage amid efforts to ensure that supplies continue to reach gas stations.
Oct 7, 2024
Milton could lead to large evacuation
Tallahassee – Florida has ramped up debris-removal efforts and recalled emergency workers who provided aid in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene, as residents of Florida’s West Coast face another potentially major storm barreling through the deep, warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Oct 4, 2024
Trans treatment restrictions to continue
Tallahassee – A federal appeals court Thursday refused to reconsider a decision that allowed Florida to restrict treatments for people with gender dysphoria while a legal battle about the restrictions plays out.
Oct 3, 2024
Order aids voting in hard-hit counties
Tallahassee – Responding to a request for flexibility in storm-ravaged areas, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday issued an executive order authorizing election changes in 10 counties trying to recover from Hurricane Helene.
Oct 2, 2024
‘Stop WOKE’ case could cost state
Tallahassee – Florida could face paying nearly $750,000 in legal fees for businesses that successfully challenged part of a 2022 law that Gov. Ron DeSantis dubbed the “Stop WOKE Act.”
Oct 1, 2024
Judge backs EPA in water quality dispute
Tallahassee – In a case that started after a dramatic increase in manatee deaths, a federal judge has rejected a lawsuit aimed at requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take another look at water-quality standards in the Indian River Lagoon.
Sep 30, 2024
School board members shielded in book fight
Tallahassee – A federal judge this week shielded Escambia County School Board members from having to testify in a legal battle about the removal of the children’s book “And Tango Makes Three” from school libraries.