The state has been slow to adopt rules to protect Florida's endangered springs. While a boom in residential construction has increased the amount of groundwater being taken from the aquifers.

New Yorkers fuming over the new $9 congestion toll to drive into Midtown Manhattan should instead pack up move to sunny Boca Raton, Florida, the mayor of the beachy coastal city said.

Florida abruptly changed its policy for changing gender markers in January last year without any public input.

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Florida rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 4,817 in the week ending January 3, up from 3,475 the week before, the Labor Department said.