Contained within the FEMA Review Council’s final report is perhaps one of the most important and far-reaching changes for the Sunshine State – a proposal to jettison National Flood Insurance Program …
Hurricane Melissa was the most recent scare in this anomaly of a hurricane season – the category 5 storm wreaked havoc in Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean but never made landfall stateside. Sadly, that hasn’t stopped tragedy from …
AccuWeather predicts a “Supercharged September” as we enter the peak of hurricane season, data shows huge increases in extreme hurricane rainfall that could cost hundreds of billions of dollars, the U.S. Census is out with a new …
Six months after Hurricane Idalia struck the Florida Big Bend region as a major Category 3 hurricane, FEMA and the federal government have provided more than $820 million to help with disaster recovery with more …
In addition to providing more relief for farmers who suffered damage in last August’s Hurricane Idalia (see our Open story), the Florida Legislature in its recent special session also agreed to more …
I grew up in Plant City, Florida with its mix of a quaint downtown and strawberry fields. To this day that mix is still fueling much of Eastern Hillsborough County’s growth. So many of the strawberry farmers are my friends …
All members of the Florida Legislature are back in town this morning for a special session that begins at 10am. On the agenda, beyond support for Israel and additional state sanctions against …
