The investment firm that took control of the regional airline after a failed bankruptcy auction made the decision to close. Customers were urged to get refunds through credit card and travel agencies.

Norín Dollard, director of Kids Count and a senior analyst for the Florida Policy Institute, said the rankings are relative, but they do reveal areas that can be improved.

Officials said the cost to replace them is a significant drain on resources at the start of hurricane season.

City council members unanimously approved allocating the money for the affordable housing component.

On May 30, the Trump administration sent a finalized budget request to Congress proposing a 43% cut to rental assistance programs funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Cumulatively, the last 10 quarterly reports show rate increases of about 30% statewide and 40% in Central Florida since 2022.

It's one of more than 120 affected nationwide after the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the program, which provides housing, training and assistance, is not effective and costs too much.

BayCare says its collaboration with the Chicago-based health system and medical school is central to its plans for three buildings purchased in February next to its St. Joseph’s Hospital campus in Tampa.

Suncoast Searchlight studied property appraisals and tax bills for more than 300 homes across these special districts to create a first-of-its-kind dataset comparing their annual fees to the property taxes they pay for city and county services.

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The $709.3 million would assist Hillsborough County in recovering from damages caused by Hurricanes Idalia, Debby, Helene and Milton.

Over 28 million people visited the county in 2024 — one in five tourists to Florida spent some of their trip in Miami-Dade. But a slowing global economy and growing uncertainty from changes in trade and immigration enforcement by the Trump administration is expected to hit tourism this year.