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Florida is the third state to reach that mark, behind California and Texas. It had previously taken months for the state to add 1 million cases, but Florida's total grew from 4 million to past 5 million in less three weeks.

WFSU has found more than two-thirds of Florida’s public universities have sitting trustees whose terms are expired. And there are no new appointments in sight — which is starting to create tensions between the people charged with overseeing the universities and those running them day-to-day.

Wildlife managers have warned that as warming waters change where fish and other marine life live, existing conservation efforts will become less effective.

Portions of Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Sarasota counties were under a tornado warning and a Coastal Flood Statement is in effect from Tarpon Springs to the north as the front will produce powerful storms, dangerous winds and rough surf.

DeSantis initially pitched the emergency fund last year when outlining how he’d like to see legislators allocate billions of dollars received through the American Rescue Plan Act federal stimulus law.

It calls for the projected orange crop for the current growing season to fall by 3%.

The three men are accused of storming the Capitol and face charges of civil disorder. One marched with members of the Proud Boys.

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, who's running for governor against Ron DeSantis, made the comparison for how DeSantis is "going after the media, blaming people, and putting fear and then taking over the military."

Tucked among scattered pine and cypress trees near Orlando, Florida, a 175-foot-tall mountain of coal ash looms as a stark representation of this booming region's reliance on fossil fuels.

More than 430,000 people tested positive for coronavirus last week; at the same time, new case positivity rate dropped for the first time since early November.

Since the owner of Memorial Park Cemetery died in 2019, the city of Tampa has invested considerable time, manpower and money to protect and improve the grounds of the resting place for Black veterans.

Lawmakers are considering varying proposals that could encourage developers to build more affordable housing.