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'They’re alive. Nothing else matters.'

Extended summary: As people return to Fort Myers to pick up the pieces after Hurricane Ian, some are finding that harder than others. Crystal Edge of Naples has spent days trying to pry the last vestige of her mother’s memory from the water. She left the 28-year-old sailboat that belonged to her mother tied up at a marina underneath the Fort Myers Beach bridge when Hurricane Ian made landfall. When Edge’s mother died last year, the boat became more important to her. When she checked on the f...

As people return to Fort Myers to pick up the pieces after Hurricane Ian, some are finding that harder than others.

Your day is better when you start it with a first read on what's happening in Florida politics.

After St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch's announcement to scrap plans to redevelop Tropicana Field and start over, here's a look at how we got here over the last two years.

Ron DeSantis continued this week to sign into law some of the measures Florida's Republican-led Legislature passed this session, but thousands of bills died in Tallahassee and never made it to the governor, including some on notable issues. Late work: With work on state budget not done in time, Florida legislative session goes into overtime.

Tune in to hear The Rewind on WUFT 89.1/90.1 NPR News and Talk at 6:30 a.m. this Sunday.

DSPs are in demand across the country. Inadequate government funding, the Florida minimum wage increase and the COVID-19 pandemic have led to the shortage.

Carolyn Grant has lived at Pine Ridge for 26 years. She, alongside her neighbors in the apartment complex, is facing a rent hike that has already left some former residents homeless. About 40 Pine Ridge residents hid from the sun under a shade tent on the black tarmac outside their community center Saturday morning. In front of an audience of city officials, the Alachua County Labor Coalition and a representative from KeyCity Capital, the complex’s new owners, residents aired their grievance...

East Gainesville grocery talks continue, but no deal yet Jack Prator City leaders moved forward with plans for a community grocery store in east Gainesville, but did not come any closer to striking a deal with interested parties. Instead, the city has given local developers and grocers 30 days to propose their own plans for an eastside grocery store. Commissioners went back and forth over the city’s process for striking a deal that would bring a Bravo Supermarket to the area. The city offered...