NEW YEAR BRINGS NEW LAWS IN FLORIDA
Florida rang in the new year with fireworks displays and celebrations from the Panhandle to the Southernmost City. The start of 2024 also brought...
FLORIDA KEYS OFFICIALS SPEAK LOUD AGAINST COURT CONSOLIDATION IDEA AT TAMPA HEARING
Inside a Hillsborough County courthouse, state attorneys, public defenders, sheriffs and residents provided three hours of testimony to a committee tasked with recommending whether...
SPEAK YOUR MIND ABOUT CHANGES TO LOCAL LEGAL SYSTEM
Have you ever considered what it would be like NOT to have any local representation on our judiciary or through our locally elected state...
FINALISTS ANNOUNCED, HOW TO VOTE FOR YOUR BUBBAS FAVORITES
More than 101,000 votes were cast from six continents, nominating potential Bubbas winners in dozens of categories.
Each year we get the same question, “Why...
FUNDING AXED: TWO KEYS PROJECTS VETOED BY FLORIDA GOVERNOR
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed more than $500 million from a legislatively-approved budget on June 15 in Fort Pierce. Two budget items eliminated by...
‘BRAIN BUS’ VISITS KEYS DURING ALZHEIMER’S AWARENESS MONTH
This month, the Alzheimer’s Association “Brain Bus” will make several stops in the Florida Keys to provide free support services to families facing this...
STATE TAKES AIM AT FEDS IN FLOOD INSURANCE LAWSUIT
Wind insurance rate increases aren’t the only costs crippling Monroe County property owners.
A new requirement forces everyone with a wind insurance policy with the...
WIND INSURANCE HIKES MAY POSE BIGGER THREAT THAN HURRICANES
Insurance is never a sexy topic, but it’s become a critical one in the Florida Keys. Previous and proposed hikes to windstorm insurance by...
KEY WEST COMMISSIONING ‘BRINGS THIS SHIP TO LIFE’
“Captain, the USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee is manned and ready, reporting for duty.”
Such was the report from the deck of the Navy’s newest guided-missile...
MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD REFLECTS ON 2022-23
A remarkably brief meeting of the Monroe County School Board lasted barely 20 minutes beyond its citizens’ comment portion, allowing superintendent Theresa Axford to...
