Ten Days After Isaias, Panhandle Families Still Can't Apply for FEMA Help
Florida's request for a major disaster declaration has been on the president's desk since Thursday night. Trump spent the weekend in Florida.
UPDATED: GOP drops Hope Florida ad lawsuit, but prosecutors' warnings to TV stations still stand
The Republican Party of Florida filed a late-night lawsuit in rural Highlands County to yank a Democratic ad off 11 TV stations, and told station managers that repeating a grand jury's findings is a crime. Two years after a federal judge mocked the state for the same move, they're trying it again.
Abramovich Money Helped Build Curaleaf. Now It Runs 77 Florida Dispensaries.
Early loans from a company controlled by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich helped build Curaleaf, which now runs 77 Florida dispensaries. Massachusetts investigated and cleared it. FMNN found no record that Florida ever asked.
Court Erases the Hope Florida Grand Jury Report. The $10 Million Trail Is Still on the Record.
An appeals court erased the Hope Florida grand jury report on Oct. 7. The money trail is still on the record: $10 million in Medicaid settlement money, $8.5 million of it to a committee run by now-Attorney General James Uthmeier. He and Sen. Ashley Moody are on the Nov. 3 ballot.
Amendment 3: Tax Cut, No Replacement Plan
Amendment 3 would pull an estimated $11.86 billion a year from Florida's local budgets, with no replacement plan. In Hillsborough, we ran the numbers: $366.9 million a year, and even cutting every service but sheriff and fire to zero leaves the county short.
Ashley Moody’s record: What Florida’s senator did as attorney general and in Washington
Before voters pick a senator Nov. 3, a sourced look at Ashley Moody’s record as attorney general and in the U.S. Senate, and who it affected. Her office did not respond to our questions.
Lake Okeechobee's Long Shadow: The 1928 Hurricane, the Dike and the Algae Emergencies
The deadly 1928 storm led to the Herbert Hoover Dike, whose management shapes discharges to Florida’s coasts and the algae crises of 2016 and 2018.
From 'River of Grass' to CERP: How Everglades Restoration Took Shape
A 1947 book, a 1947 national park, a 1948 flood-control project and a 2000 restoration plan define the long fight over the Everglades.
Why Florida Has No Personal Income Tax, and What Pays the Bills Instead
A 1924 constitutional ban, a 1971 corporate tax and a 6% sales tax explain how Florida funds its government without taxing personal income.
Preservation 2000 to Amendment 1: The Fight Over Florida's Land Conservation Money
Florida has spent billions buying conservation land since 1990. A 2014 voter mandate guaranteed funding, then sparked years of litigation over its use.
How Florida's Property Insurance Crisis Began: From Hurricane Andrew to the 2022 Reforms
Hurricane Andrew in 1992 set off decades of state intervention, from a catastrophe fund to Citizens Property Insurance to the 2022 special sessions.
Florida homeowners pay the nation’s highest average insurance premium
Florida homeowners pay the highest average homeowners premium in the nation. Four laws since 2019 aimed to fix the market. Here is what the record shows.
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