Local governments are confronting a powerful new state law this summer which critics say clearly favors developers across ...

A threat from lawyers for a collective of cattle ranchers is forcing Orange County to consider repealing a slate of popular growth controls, a move that could upend land-use planning in rural ...

Network-Florida named 16 top Old Florida restaurants, and one of Polk County's oldest made the list. Governors and a vice president have eaten there.

In the Atlantic basin, the National Hurricane Center is watching three tropical waves, one in the Caribbean. Here's Polk County's forecast into next week.