Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a $117.3 billion state budget proposal Wednesday, his eighth and last, that includes new money for ...

A contentious issue that's been fought off several times over the decades, drilling off the Southwest Florida coast is not a popular idea here.

Florida's Republican-dominated congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to drop a plan that would allow ...

Florida's top elected officials, all Republicans, say they will work to stop the Trump administration's plan to open new areas in the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil drilling.

Florida's entire U.S. congressional delegation on Thursday urged President Donald Trump to leave their state out of a plan by ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis warned Friday that President Donald Trump’s push to drill off the Florida coast could “weaken” environmental protections and interfere with military training. DeSantis referred to ...

Florida took direct hits from six hurricanes, including four that were Category 3 or stronger, from 2022 to 2024. But 2025 has been quiet.

President Donald Trump signs an environmental order on offshore drilling at an event in Jupiter, Fla., on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Trump traveled to Florida to declare himself "a great environmentalist ...

If there’s any upside to the Trump administration’s newly unveiled plan to allow oil drilling off the West Coast of Florida for the first time in decades, it’s this: The pushback against this bad idea ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced on Thursday new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, advancing a project that critics say could harm ...