Advocates for restoring the Ocklawaha River are undeterred by a recent veto setback and are moving ahead and regrouping to ...

Gov. DeSantis signs budget that keeps UNF string of budget wins going for another year. He vetoed Rodman dam removal for ...

Florida's governor also vetoed the transfer of $200 million out of the Department of Environmental Protection.

The initiative to free the Ocklawaha has met opposition from fans of the reservoir that essentially would be washed away if the 74-mile river were to be restored. The reservoir has been blamed for ...

DeSantis slashed $500,000 to study the potential environmental and economic effects of removing the dam last year.

But fisherman long defended the dam, which was renamed the Rodman-Kirkpatrick dam in 1998 after since deceased Sen. George ...

Scientists and officials across north-central Florida support the river's restoration, citing both economic and environmental ...

(The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed nine bills from this session with only a few measures remaining for a decision, along with $590 million in line items from the state budget.

The veto overturns a plan to restore the Ocklawaha River's natural flow by 2035. While the Rodman Dam veto was a significant decision, DeSantis left many other Jacksonville-area projects untouched ...