by Jordan Kirkland | May 12, 2022
Florida Power & Light (FPL) is using this week to train employees in preparation for the upcoming active hurricane season. More than 3,500 FPL employees are undergoing the company’s annual storm drill this week, training under a simulated hurricane to test...
by Caden DeLisa | May 9, 2022
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis on Monday announced the allocation of $15,219.71 in cancer decontamination equipment funding to three fire departments in the Panhandle area as part of the state’s effort to provide firefighters with $250,000...
by Jordan Kirkland | May 3, 2022
Governor Ron DeSantis announced more than $20 million in resiliency grants on Tuesday for 98 projects through the Resilient Florida Grant Program. Holding a press conference in Fort Myers Beach at Lover’s Key State Park, DeSantis touted the funding which will be given...
by Brian Burgess | May 1, 2022
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has a lot on his plate at the moment, including a nasty fight to protect parental rights, an upcoming legislative session aimed at shoring up Florida’s failing property insurance market, and, of course, his own re-election in...
by Nancy Smith | May 1, 2022
As a South Floridian who never ever trusted the powerful Everglades Foundation or its chief scientist Tom Van Lent, I have to tell you, there’s something almost delicious about the sight of these two swamp creatures rolling around in the mud, trying to eat each...
by Caden DeLisa | Apr 26, 2022
Roughly 90 percent of FEMA policyholders in Florida are experiencing flood insurance price increases—a higher portion than all but Texas and above the national average of 81%, according to a new report from Redfin. Nearly 3 million owners of single-family homes...
