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TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Police Officers have arrested and charged a local man with DUI following a deadly crash on January 9th, 2024. Officers responded to the 700 block of N Dale Mabry Highway around 9:40 pm Tuesday night regarding a crash where a driver…
Read More Tampa Man Faces DUI Charges In Deadly Crash After Running Man Over In Parking Lot
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Getting what you need from Pasco County Building Construction Services (BCS) is about to get easier and faster! “We’re opening a new location on January 16, 2024, in New Port Richey to better serve our building and permitting customers,” said BCS.…
Read More Pasco Building Services Moves To Better Serve The Community
Pedestrian fatalities have increased over the last few years, with October, November, and December seeing the highest numbers. These three months alone see 31% of pedestrian fatalities. In Florida, 21.9% of all fatalities were pedestrians. Pre-settlement legal funding company High Rise Legal Funding has gathered…
Read More Study Reveals Florida Has The Seventh-Deadliest Roads For Pedestrians
The House will start moving quickly on bills that would try to prevent children from having social media accounts and seek to prevent people under 18 from having access to “material harmful to minors” on websites and apps. The House Regulatory Reform & Economic Development…
Read More Florida House To Move Quickly On Social Media Limits
Legislative leaders pitched the use of gambling money to help pay for further expansion of a state wildlife corridor and other environmental projects as they kicked off the 2024 legislative session on Tuesday. “Using these new revenues to acquire and manage conservation lands and invest…
Read More Gambling Money Eyed For Environment In Florida
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis provided updates about the January severe weather event at the State Emergency Operations Center. Governor DeSantis issued Executive Order 24-03, which designates 49 counties as being under a state of emergency in order to maximize resources available to impacted counties. In…
Read More Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Issues Updates On Severe Weather
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The Pasco Board of County Commissioners issues a Local State of Emergency for Pasco County ahead of potential severe weather associated with a winter storm that’s expected to impact central Florida on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. This allows the County Administrator…
Read More Pasco County Issues Local State Of Emergency
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued Tornado watches for fifteen counties in Florida as severe weather rolls into the Gulf Coast. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency for 49 counties. This declaration aims to provide immediate assistance and resources to the…
Read More 15 Florida Counties Under Tornado Watch, 49 Counties Under State Of Emergency
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivered his State of the State address Tuesday to the joint legislative session from the Florida House of Representatives chamber in Tallahassee. The full transcript of his address: Mr. Speaker, Madam President, members of the Legislature, and fellow citizens: We are…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis: Full ‘State Of The State’ Address
After the Florida Supreme Court ruled in November that a 2018 constitutional amendment does not shield the identities of crime victims, a House Republican on Tuesday filed proposals that would create a public-records exemption — including for police officers who say they are crime victims.…
Read More Proposals Would Shield Names Of Crime Victims In Florida