State News Florida

Despite pandemic-tempered forecasts, Florida projected to grow by more than 303K people a year

Mainstreet Daily News

Nov 21, 2020

The Center Square – After scaling back five-year population estimates in July because of the COVID-19 pandemic, state economists’ revised forecast calls for Florida to continue […]

Dashboards reveal COVID-19 cases rising faster at local and state levels

Suzette Cook

Nov 16, 2020

Florida’s daily report of COVID-19 positive cases for the month of November range from a low of 2,670 daily cases reported on Nov. 1st to 9,928 […]

Gainesville man wins Audubon’s Everglades Champion Award

Mainstreet Daily News

Nov 13, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, FL – Audubon Florida honored Gainesville-based Peter Frederick, Ph.D., with the Everglades Champion Award, Jacksonville’s Ann Harwood-Nuss, Ph.D., was recognized as Distinguished Philanthropist, and Michelle […]

Eta warnings remain for coastal areas; Alachua County adds storm to State of Emergency

Suzette Cook

Nov 11, 2020

The West Coast of Florida is experiencing wind gusts of 45 to 60 miles per hour from Tampa Bay to Fort Myers with tornado warnings as […]

Levy County prepares for storm surge as Hurricane Eta turns toward landfall

Suzette Cook

Nov 11, 2020

Hurricane Eta is forecast to hit Florida’s West Coast making landfall between Yankeetown and Cedar Key on Thursday at 1 p.m. According to Assistant Director […]

Government + Politics

Florida invests in short term workforce programs

Mainstreet Daily News

Nov 8, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The state of Florida is hoping to stabilize the economy by enhancing the skills of its workforce through technical certification programs. The “Get […]

Florida’s $15 minimum wage measure poised to pass

Mainstreet Daily News

Nov 5, 2020

The Center Square – If a thin margin holds, Florida voters Tuesday were poised to narrowly approve a constitutional amendment requiring the state’s minimum wage to […]

Government + Politics

With 9 million votes cast, Florida nears 2016 turnout total before polls open Tuesday

Mainstreet Daily News

Nov 3, 2020

The Center Square – Nearly 9 million of Florida’s 14.4 million registered voters had cast ballots in Tuesday’s general election by the close of early voting, […]

Government + Politics

FEMA awards City of Ocala $1.45 million grant to protect water systems from storms

Mainstreet Daily News

Nov 2, 2020

FEMA has approved a grant of $1,454,257 for the City of Ocala to defray the cost of installing 20 backup generators and other improvements to its […]

COVID-19 cases begin to increase in Florida

Suzette Cook

Oct 25, 2020

A record daily number of 80,000-plus COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States on Friday, Oct. 23rd bringing the total cases in the U.S. to […]

Government + Politics

Officials predict 10 million Floridians will cast ballots before Election Day

Mainstreet Daily News

Oct 20, 2020

The Center Square – Early in-person voting began Monday in 52 of Florida’s 67 counties, with people in Miami-Dade, Pinellas and Hillsborough counties waiting in line […]

Government + Politics

Florida voter registration website crash caused by ‘misconfigured servers’

Mainstreet Daily News

Oct 8, 2020

The Center Square – Florida’s voter registration website was not felled in a cyberattack but was overwhelmed by a crush of users when it crashed Monday […]

Government + Politics

Poll: Florida minimum wage constitutional amendment poised to pass

Mainstreet Daily News

Oct 6, 2020

The Center Square – Six proposed state constitutional amendments are on Florida’s Nov. 3 ballot, including four placed before voters through the citizen-petition process. According to […]

Government + Politics

Governor says Florida to receive 6.4 million rapid COVID-19 tests

Suzette Cook

Sep 29, 2020

CLEARWATER – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida will be receiving 400,000 rapid COVID-19 tests a week from the federal government and he’s earmarking those tests […]

Government + Politics

Trenton hosting open house to discuss the Suncoast Connector tomorrow

Suzette Cook

Sep 28, 2020

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is hosting a public meeting on Sept. 29th from 5:30 p.m. in Trenton to share information about the Florida Multi-Use […]

Government + Politics

Poe and Hutchinson call on DeSantis to adjust executive order

Mainstreet Daily News

Sep 28, 2020

On Friday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Florida would be moving to Phase 3 of reopening Florida. The Executive Order, in part, allows bars, pubs, nightclubs, […]

Government + Politics

Breaking News: Florida to enter Phase 3 of reopening from COVID-19 restrictions

Mainstreet Daily News

Sep 25, 2020

Bars, pubs, nightclubs, restaurants, gyms and fitness centers may operate at full capacity with limited social distancing protocols, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced today. However, […]

$2.3 million in state funds coming to Columbia County to protect springs

Mainstreet Daily News

Sep 22, 2020

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced that $50 million in state funds will go for more than 20 statewide springs restoration projects to aid the recovery […]

Government + Politics

Scott is optimistic about the economy in 2020 but critical of Congress and the federal debt

Reggie Connell

Sep 21, 2020

The Shepherd Radio Network is a group of stations in Florida that features the “Christian Teach/Talk” format. Mike Gilland is the operations manager, and hosts a daily talk […]

Government + Politics

Florida foreclosure filings trend up as some fear a fall wave awaits

Mainstreet Daily News

Sep 18, 2020

The Center Square – Gov. Ron DeSantis extended Florida’s eviction and foreclosure moratorium until Oct. 1 last month, delaying what some fear will be a wave […]

Government + Politics

Florida Department of Health encourages residents to get flu shot now

Mainstreet Daily News

Sep 18, 2020

TALLAHASSEE — County health departments in Florida are urging residents to contact their health care provider or pharmacy to get vaccinated against the flu as soon […]

Government + Politics

A goal to rebuild the economy with clean energy

Mainstreet Daily News

Sep 16, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As experts and policymakers increasingly turn to the oceans for solutions to address climate change, there are growing calls to protect it. The […]

Government + Politics

DeSantis wants local governments to report all COVID-19 measures implemented

Suzette Cook

Sep 4, 2020

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants all local governments to report any COVID-19 response activities in writing. On Friday (Sept. 4th) DeSantis issued the following statement: “Per […]

Government + Politics

Governor lifts restrictions on nursing home visits

Mainstreet Daily News

Sep 1, 2020

TALLAHASSEE – Today, at Governor DeSantis’ direction, Florida Division of Emergency Management Director and State Coordinating Officer Jared Moskowitz issued an Emergency Order that lifts restrictions […]

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