Nicolás Rivero

At least on paper, this year’s quiet election for Florida agriculture commissioner is hardly a campaign at all. Incumbent commissioner Wilton Simpson is running for re-election with the endorsement of President Donald Trump, Governor Ron DeSantis, the Flo... See more

Editor's note: This story was originally published by The Florida Trib. More than 100 Florida species, including panthers, manatees and sea turtles, could inch closer to extinction under a set of changes to the Endangered Species Act the Trump administrat... See more

More than 100 Florida species, including panthers, manatees and sea turtles, could inch closer to extinction under a set of changes to the Endangered Species Act the Trump administration rolled out this month that would force regulators to disregard damag... See more

An industry-backed state law that takes effect July 1 will make it easier for developers to turn farmland into suburban subdivisions over the objections of local governments and communities. The bill’s sponsors say they’re defending Floridians’ property r... See more

An hour south of Tallahassee, between pine forests and the Gulf Coast, the Fenholloway River is at a crossroads. For decades, it was Florida’s most polluted river — choked by chemicals from a pulp mill that blackened the water, fouled drinking wells, muta... See more