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Ben Quartermaine has been selected as the county’s director of the newly structured Stormwater Department. Sarasota County leaders voted Tuesday to create a separate stormwater department — breaking it off from Public Works — just days after a joint investigation by Florida Trident and Suncoast Searchlight revealed systemic mismanagement ahead of catastrophic flooding from Tropical Storm Debby.The decision, which includes hiring a new department head, came during a tense budget workshop marked by blistering public criticism. Residents packed the small meeting chambers, demanding accountability from Public Works Director Spencer Anderson and County Administrator Jonathan Lewis for what they described as years of neglect and failed leadership.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was in Fort Myers Thursday to announce a multi-million dollar federal grant to improve bicycle and pedestrian…

Some 150 people were hired by Charlotte county after Hurricane Helen hit the Gulf Coast. The county is hoping to have an emergency pool of workers ahead of any future storms.

Here seven counties to watch — one in each swing state — that might give some idea how the race is going and why one candidate or the other won:

The FBI on Wednesday executed a search warrant at the election center in Georgia's Fulton County, seeking ballots and other records from the 2020 election.

The key presidential states of Georgia and North Carolina were hit particularly hard by Hurricane Helene. NPR compared which counties qualify for FEMA aid with 2020 election results. The area is largely Republican.

On Wednesday, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez unveiled a new plan he hopes will prevent shooting deaths of children. More than 100 children in...

To help school overcrowding in East Lee County, the Lee County School District is planning to build two new schools, one in Alva and one in Lehigh Acres. Public naming surveys are open for both schools.

Some homeowners in Sarasota County might have to purchase flood insurance for the first time or pay to elevate their property sometime next year. County…

A burn ban put into place by Lee County just a week ago has now been lifted due to rain.Lee County enacted the ban for unincorporated Lee County and municipalities due to increasingly dry conditions throughout Southwest Florida. The ban went into effect late Tuesday, June 4, when the drought index hit 600.