After a bipartisan uproar last year about a proposal dubbed the “Great Outdoors Initiative,” the Florida Senate on Tuesday began moving forward with a bill that would prevent building such things as ...

TALLAHASSEE — A committee of Florida lawmakers unanimously advanced a bill Tuesday to prohibit golf courses, hotels, ...

A bill filed by a Republican state senator would put big guardrails around any future plans by the state to develop state ...

One of the original Florida state parks, opened to the public in 1935, the 13,000-acre expanse felt more like Georgia or North Carolina with its high plateaus, steep ravines, waterfalls ...

A move by Florida lawmakers to protect state parks from development like golf courses and tennis courts cleared its first ...

A House Republican on Thursday filed a proposal that would prevent the development of such things as golf courses, pickleball courts and lodges in state parks. The proposal (HB 209), filed by Rep.

DeSantis on Monday announced his budget priorities for the upcoming year, including $69 million for “infrastructure improvements” at Florida state parks. When asked whether that funding could ...