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

Gov. Ron DeSantis on June 30 signed the 2025-26 budget after vetoing almost $600 million in programs and projects from the ...

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

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

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

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 ...

TALLAHASSEE — A decades-old fight about possibly tearing down North Florida’s Rodman Dam and restoring the Ocklawaha River is flaring again. Sen. Tom Leek, R-Ormond Beach, on Thursday pushed ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed nine bills from this session with only a few measures remaining for a decision, along ...

I’d say there’s a lot of truth in that. I’d also say that while DeSantis is a lame duck governor, he has some important decisions ahead — like the future of the Rodman Dam and Ocklawaha River.