"I want to make sure we are protecting our parks," state Sen. Gayle Harrell told POLITICO. "But I also want to make sure ...

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 ...

A bill filed by a Republican state senator would put big guardrails around any future plans by the state to develop state parks. Here's what to know.

FLAG FIGHT — “Florida Senate Republicans introduced legislation Monday that would ban government buildings, including schools ...

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

The Environment and Natural Resources Committee unanimously forwarded the measure, a product of last year's heavily ...

A committee in the Florida Senate unanimously agreed to move forward the "State Park Preservation Act." An analysis of a 1.5 ...

The bill, known as the “State Park Preservation Act,” requires the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to notify ...

The measure’s sponsor, Stuart Republican Sen. Gayle Harrell, said the Governor’s “ Great Outdoors Initiative ,” which the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced in August, had “a ...

Florida lawmakers unanimously advanced a bill to prevent golf courses, pickleball courts, hotels and other developments that ...

The Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee unanimously advanced legislation on Tuesday that would prevent the ...