Sunshine State

Fine's tarnished rep in the Sunshine State comes back to the way he has carried himself in office.

Even as warming and disease have eroded the Sunshine State's citrus production, Alex Salazar said Florida's budding mango industry has experienced a coinciding boom.

New research suggests that while manatees are an indelible part of Florida's seascape, they might also be relatively new residents in the Sunshine State.

Production impacts from both hurricanes may be felt most acutely by the Sunshine State's struggling citrus industry, which has long been embattled by diseases and destructive hurricanes.

With Hurricane Milton making landfall in Florida on Wednesday evening, millions of Sunshine State residents have evacuated their homes or boarded up businesses to brace for the impending storm.