It’s Monday, Oct. 10, and the enormity of the recovery from Hurricane Ian is just beginning to set in. Fort Myers Beach residents and business owners were permitted back to their property on Sunday and they found no power, no water and destroyed homes. Lee County schools remain closed and many school campuses are under going major reconstruction.

It is Monday, Oct. 3, and we are now in the post-Ian era of Florida history. Thirty years ago, Hurricane Andrew and its Category 5 wind field irrevocably changed the face of South Florida, left a decade-long impact on the state’s built environment, it’s native habitat, its public policy, and the domestic insurance market. Now Hurricane Ian — with its Cat 4 coastal destruction, colossal deadly storm surge, river-swelling rain and flood-soaked inland towns — has a cleaved a new Florida map. It wi

It’s Monday, Sept. 26, and Florida is bracing for Hurricane Ian. Although the path is still uncertain, the tropical storm got stronger Sunday night in the Caribbean and forecasters expect it to reach the Florida Big Bend area as a Category 1 hurricane by the end of the week.

We’re back! It’s Monday, Aug. 15, and there’s one week to go until the Aug. 23 primary in Florida. There’s been a cyclone of news this summer since we last arrived in your inbox, but we’ll boil it down to some of the latest items we don’t think you should miss.

It’s Monday, July 18, and “if American politics had an address, it would have been in downtown Tampa” last weekend. That’s how reporters Emily Mahoney and Bianca Padró Ocasio described the dueling political conferences hosted by the Florida Democratic Party and the conservative group Moms for Liberty at adjoining Marriott hotels over the last three days. The convergence seemed fitting: On one side was a Democratic Party in control of the White House but struggling to regain a foothold in a sta

It’s Monday, June 27, and we are still recovering from last week’s news whiplash. The U. S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and, even though the ruling was expected, it wasn’t any less jolting for both sides. Will it matter to voters? Less expected was the indictment that came down from the federal government against former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, once a rising star on the Democratic Party’s national stage who came within 32,000 votes of becoming Florida governor.

It’s Monday, March 22, and spring break meltdown is upon us. But in Tallahassee, everyone wants to know: Will Frank flip? In a stunning sequence of events last week, police raided the Palmetto Bay home of former state senator Frank Artiles on Wednesday. Judging by the arrest warrant, they may have been looking for his home safe.

It’s Monday, Feb. 22 and it’s almost showtime for the Florida Legislature. After a year of sitting on the sidelines as a global pandemic blew holes through every small-government safety net they had knit, Florida legislators prepare to return for their 60-day legislative session starting March 2.

It’s Monday, Feb. 15. Happy President’s Day. It seems Florida has become ground zero. When it comes to the B.1.1.7 variant of the COVID virus, also known as the ‘”U.K. variant” which is the more infectious version of the virus, Florida is now the nation’s hotspot. When it comes to the reemergence of Donald Trump, after his historic defeat, second impeachment trial, and Pyrrhic acquittal victory, Florida is also closest to detonation.

It’s Monday, Feb. 8 and Super Bowl 55 may not have lived up to the hype, but Florida — with an assist from Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski — again demonstrated the value of old people power.

It’s Monday, Feb. 1. and by this time next week, a divided nation will have joined together for a needed diversion: Super Bowl 55. Florida will be center stage and the first-ever COVID-restricted crowd will get something memorable as their game day souvenirs: N95 masks. Fans would be wise to wear them.

It’s Monday, Jan. 25, and we have a new president. “At this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed.” With those words, Joe Biden began his term as the 46th president of the United States. But while violence was averted and democracy prevailed for the moment, the news of the week demonstrated there is an enormous amount of work still needed to preserve it.

It’s Monday, Jan. 18. Florida legislators returned to the Capitol last week. Pro-Trump protesters did not. As a bitterly divided nation inaugurates a new president this week, and the former president now makes South Florida his permanent home, Florida will also remain home to much of the nation’s story.