Earlier this year, Elon Musk 's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) carried out sweeping cuts at the NWS and NOAA, which provide daily weather forecasts, up-to-the-minute severe storm warnings, climate monitoring and extreme weather tracking. Nearly half of NWS forecast offices had 20 percent vacancy rates by April.

As the Atlantic enters an “above-normal” hurricane season, a Florida weatherman is delivering residents an unsettling message about Trump's weather service cuts.

A South Florida meteorologist warned viewers that National Weather Service (NWS) shortages will impact his forecasts. In a segment that aired Tuesday on WTVJ, a local NBC television station, meteorologist John Morales talked about previous coverage of a hurricane in 2019,

Florida officials on Tuesday rejected naming former University of Michigan president Santa Ono as the new head of the University of Florida.

Santa Ono’s candidacy put Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a difficult political position, stuck between top political supporters and the national conservative movement.

Santa Ono resigned his job at the University of Michigan last month when he was named the sole finalist for the top job at the University of Florida.

The Florida Board of Education has tapped an aide of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to be the state’s next education commissioner

Gov. Ron DeSantis has recommended one of his top aides to be the new Florida education commissioner. He was OK'd June 4. Here's what to know.