Florida was among the final states in the country to settle congressional districts for this year’s elections. And those districts might not be settled after all. State Judge J. Layne Smith on ...

For months, the Florida Legislature signaled that it would create a new congressional district covering all of Polk County. Now that the Legislature has given Gov. Ron DeSantis full control of the ...

Power outages continued Tuesday across swaths of Southwest Florida. As of about 12:30 p.m., Florida Power and Light reported the following number of households without electricity: Collier County: ...

LAKELAND — The planning of a toll road from Polk County to Collier County has produced its first map, although it’s only a rough draft showing places the highway should not go. The Florida Department ...

With time fast running out before candidates for supervisor races need to file the necessary paperwork to get on the ballot, Polk County supervisors voted Tuesday to reject a redistricting map that ...