After lawmakers this week passed an overhaul of the state’s property-insurance system, Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier on Thursday submitted his resignation to Gov. Ron DeSantis. Altmaier, who made the resignation effective Dec. 28, has been Florida’s top insurance regulator since 2016. The letter did not detail his future plans. “Under your leadership, we have worked with the Florida Legislature

Rents and home prices rose dramatically in Florida over the past few years. In an annual trends report published earlier this year, the Florida Housing Coalition documented the progress and challenges to achieving housing affordability in the state. The incoming CEO of the housing coalition, Ashon Nesbitt, said there’s positive and negative indicators to note. Housing instability is on the

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signaled that he will make a priority of passing a long-debated proposal that would prevent teachers from having union dues deducted from their paychecks. DeSantis supported the proposal Monday during a speech in Orlando, describing it as “paycheck protection legislation.” The Florida Education Association and other teachers unions backed DeSantis’ Democratic challenger, Charlie Crist, in the

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Hurricane Ian destroyed more than 5,000 homes in Lee County, Fla., and damaged nearly 30,000 more in late September, raising concerns among local residents about housing affordability – and changes to their communities – as developers move in. The expansive sandy beaches in Fort Myers for years have attracted people from colder states, like Beth and

Imagine you are walking home from the last day of school before spring break. You plop on your bed, kick off your shoes and take a sigh of relief. No school for a week. At least that is what Tatiana Tipton and the class of 2020 thought. Not only did COVID-19 unleash a virus that affected the entire globe, but

Duval County Public Schools Superintendent Diana Greene is nearing half a decade in her position, a remarkable feat. Greene, who was honored as Florida’s Superintendent of the Year last year, is nearing the 21st century tenure record of Ed Pratt-Dannals, who also had roughly five years as supe.  She has a ways to go before she matches superintendents of the

This is the fourth webinar of the “Let’s Talk About Resilience” webinar series presented in partnership with the GTM Research Reserve, the Northeast Florida Regional Council, and ADAPT from Jacksonville Today and WJCT Public Media. The goal of this series is to share local and regional resiliency efforts with local stakeholders. This webinar’s theme was “Northeast Florida Regional Conservation Efforts”

On June 2nd, ADAPT partnered with Flagler College and the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum for “Undercurrents: Cultures of Climate Change,” an in-person panel discussion on climate change, how it’s impacting cultural resources in the city of St. Augustine, what’s being done about it and how artists can use their work to both spread awareness about climate change and call for action.

This is the third webinar of the “Let’s Talk About Resilience” webinar series presented in partnership with the GTM Research Reserve, the Northeast Florida Regional Council and ADAPT from Jacksonville Today and WJCT Public Media. The goal of this series is to share local and regional resiliency efforts with local stakeholders. This webinar’s theme was “The Northeast Florida Focus Area