EVERGLADES, Florida — President Donald Trump celebrated the speedy construction of “Alligator Alcatraz,” a new immigrant detention facility in the heart of the Florida Everglades, and warned that the ...

Founded in the 1960s, the Everglades Jetport was slated to be the largest airport in the world and a hub for supersonic ...

Mega-farmer Francis Alfred “Alfie” Oakes III addresses the camera at one of his farms in Collier County. Behind him are ...

Even after dropping 1,300 bills to focus on the budget, the Florida Legislature passed more than 100 new laws that start July 1. Here's what to know.

Nearly 150 new Florida laws went into effect July 1 and some of them make big changes you need to know. Here's the list.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Tuesday that promises to reopen Panhandle beaches to the public, repealing a 2018 state law that allowed beachfront property owners to close off ...

Florida follows Trump’s order to rename the Gulf of Mexico “Gulf of America,” requiring updates to maps, schools and state documents.

Sarasota State Sen. Joe Gruters faces competition from Gov. Ron DeSantis' pick to fill vacant CFO seat, but gets help from ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed nearly $567 million from the state budget, but Southwest Florida still received over $86 ...

For Florida’s leaders, a few controversies stand as bright-line tests: There is a wrong side and a right side, with little gray in between. The fate of the Ocklawaha River, strangled for six decades ...

Ron DeSantis provided no materials explaining how he concluded Alligator Alcatraz has "zero impact." Environmental groups filed a lawsuit for failing to conduct an environmental assessment. ...

Potential effects include increased light and air pollution, habitat degradation for endangered species such as the Florida panther, and waste spills.