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A $112.1 billion budget that lawmakers passed last week covers more than the state’s basics for education, health care, and law enforcement. The budget and a series of accompanying bills include spending on everything from new state planes to zoos. Gov. Ron DeSantis has line-item…
Read More Florida Planned Spending Ranges From Airplanes To Zoos
The price of oil suffered steep losses last week, enabling the price of gasoline to back off from record highs. The state average price for gasoline is on a 9-day streak of declines, dropping a total of 20 cents per gallon. On Sunday, drivers paid…
Read More Florida Gas Prices Decline 20 Cents In Nine Days
CLEARWATER, FL.- Clearwater Police and Clearwater Fire & Rescue responded to a crash with serious injuries late Sunday morning. The call came in at 11:34 a.m. from Sunset Point Road and Hercules Avenue and involved a vehicle and a bicycle. The bicyclist was flown to…
Read More 57-Year-Old Clearwater Man In Critical Condition After Crashing His Bicycle Into Car
ST. PETERSBURG, FL. – A 41-year-old motorcyclist died at the hospital following a crash Sunday in the city’s Grand Central District. Police say at 5:04 p.m., on Sunday, a red Mini Cooper was in the center lane of 1st Avenue North traveling east. A black…
Read More 41-Year-Old Motorcyclist Dies Following Crash In St. Petersburg
The industry group Florida Realtors released a report Friday that showed the statewide median sales price in February for single-family existing homes was $381,481. Here were the median prices in the state’s metropolitan statistical areas: — Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island: $700,000 — Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach: $530,000…
Read More By The Numbers: February Home Prices In Florida
Searches for new presidents at state universities are ramping up after Gov. Ron DeSantis this week signed a bill that will shield personal information about applicants for the top jobs at colleges and universities. DeSantis on Tuesday signed the measure, which went into effect immediately.…
Read More New Florida Law Quickly Plays Part In University Searches
Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy Florida, and Tampa Electric Co. are backing state regulators in a legal challenge by AT&T to a proposed rule about the use of poles. The three utilities on Friday filed a motion to intervene in a case that AT&T…
Read More Utilities Back Florida Public Service Commission In Pole Fight
TAMPA, FL. – An American retired service-disabled U.S. Army veteran-former 82nd Airborne Division Infantryman and his wife were rescued from behind enemy lines Saturday in Ukraine by team members from the American non-profit rescue organization named Project DYNAMO. For the past week, team members from…
Read More Florida Based Project DYNAMO Rescues American Combat-Veteran, Paratrooper Behind Enemy Lines In Ukraine
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – A 16-year-old Plant City girl was killed in a crash that happened around 11:20 pm Saturday night. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a pickup truck, driven by the Plant City teen, and a car were traveling eastbound along US-92, approaching Robinson…
Read More 16-Year-Old Plant City Girl Killed In Overnight Crash
On Friday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) distributed $430,000 to 43 households impacted by the Southwest Florida tornadoes through the State of Florida’s tornado donation portal. Within less than a month of launching the portal, more than $1.1…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis, FDEM Distribute $430,000 To 43 Households Impacted By Tornadoes