News Service of Florida

Lauran Monbarren previously served as an administrator at Pasco-Hernando State College.

She is calling for the Florida Legislature to create a statewide task force to prevent such disasters.

It could be attributed in part to the slowing of vaccinations and scaling back of mitigation efforts.

Attorney General Ashley Moody says the money will be spent on drug prevention measures as well as opioid treatment and recovery services.

A law firm was “unable to substantiate" the claims against the Sarasota senator.

Florida’s June unemployment rate is up slightly from the month before. Statistics released by the state Friday show June's unemployment rate was rate 5%, up 0.1 percentage point from May.

The average premium through the ACA marketplace reportedly fell 25% in April due to tax subsidies in the American Rescue Plan. Meantime, Florida's Medicaid enrollment continued to climb in June.

Norwegian says its legal action is a "last resort." Meantime, Carnival will start requiring unvaccinated people older than 12 in Florida to buy travel insurance and emergency medical evacuation coverage.

Several Florida leaders took to social media or sent out prepared statements supporting Cubans protesting against the nation’s government amid economic turmoil and lack of access to COVID-19 vaccinations.

Florida growers have struggled for years against residential and commercial development, foreign imports, changes in beverage consumption habits and, since 2005, citrus greening, an incurable bacterial disease.