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.
Sep 27, 2024
Florida starts recovery after monster storm
Tallahassee – Rescue and recovery efforts were underway Friday morning in North Florida’s Big Bend region and other areas of the state after the Category 4 Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in Taylor County.
Sep 26, 2024
Helene ‘moving fast’ before Thursday night landfall
Tallahassee – Gov. Ron DeSantis warned time is “running out quickly” for people to prepare for large, life-threatening Hurricane Helene, which was already a Category 2 storm Thursday morning as it raced toward making landfall on North Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Sep 25, 2024
Florida braces for powerful Helene
Tallahassee – Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that “time is running out” for Gulf Coast residents, particularly in North Florida’s Big Bend region, to finalize preparations as powerful Hurricane Helene is poised to slam into the state Thursday.