An executive at the St. Joe Co., which has led an explosion of residential and commercial development that has transformed the Florida Panhandle, was named late Wednesday to head the state agency responsible for overseeing growth.
Gov.-elect Rick Scott picked the director of a Jacksonville shipyard on Monday to run his Department of Environmental Protection, turning to an unconventional source for the state’s top natural resources watchdog.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should expand a review of proposed federal water pollution standards that have drawn the ire of Florida environmental officials, businesses and farming interests, a group of businesses leaders said Wednesday.
