The 49-year-old Crystal River resident learned this week the monthly cost of his Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, plan will more than double, jumping from $202 to $450. He said his co-pays are also ...

Florida officials successfully evacuated 28 residents from Jamaica following the devastation caused by Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Saturday.

Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the successful evacuation of 28 Floridians from Jamaica following the devastating ...

"Throughout my time as governor, Florida has rescued our residents from warzones and in the wake of natural disasters" ...

Columnist Steve Bousquet looks at the food crisis for South Florida’s neediest, and wonders: What are federal “contingency funds” for, if not for a time like this?

The Legislature in Tallahassee on Friday began exploring in earnest proposals that would reduce or eliminate property taxes, a populist move that would dramatically help with housing affordability but ...

With the federal government shutdown entering its fifth week, food assistance for millions of Floridians is set to lapse this ...

Jacksonville-area nonprofits that offer emergency food assistance are expecting a surge of demand after federal food program suspensions.

With federal SNAP benefits set to run out this weekend amid the government shutdown, states are stepping in to help low-income families who risk going hungry. Here's what each state is doing and how ...

Over half a million Miami-Dade residents could lose their SNAP benefits. Cindy Huddleston, a senior policy analyst at Florida ...

SNAP funds running out during the shutdown is the big news, but other food assistance programs are also running dry.

The mayor of Titusville sent a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office on Thursday asking for rapid response funding to help ...