The Associated Press

In the months after Hurricane Ian made landfall, residents in Fort Myers Beach, Pine Island, and Sanibel, Florida have struggled to navigate insurance claims, building permits, and government aid as they rebuild their lives.

President Joe Biden has declared part of South Florida a disaster area after record flooding struck the area earlier this month. Biden's Friday declaration means that Broward County residents, businesses and local governments that suffered damage are now eligible for loans and other federal relief.

Leon County Superintendent Rocky Hanna has publicly opposed the governor's measures, including a law dubbed by critics as “Don’t Say Gay,"

A federal appeals court has upheld a Florida election law that a lower court had ruled was aimed at suppressing Black voters.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is brushing off Disney's lawsuit against him as politically motivated and says it's time for the iconic company to stop getting favorable treatment in his state.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is in Japan to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other officials. It's part of his four-nation trade mission seen as an attempt by the expected Republican presidential candidate to bolster his foreign policy credentials.

Outgoing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has discussed remaining in the capital, Brasilia, with a salaried position involving him in his Liberal Party’s internal activities, a party executive involved in discussions told The Associated Press, asking not to be identified because plans haven’t been announced.

The hurricane that barreled into southwest Florida delivering catastrophic winds, rain and flooding is likely to further damage the insurance market in the state, which has strained under billion-dollar losses, insolvencies and skyrocketing premiums.

The Bucs moved their football operations to South Florida to avoid Hurricane Ian and practiced at the Miami Dolphins' facility on Wednesday.

Hurricane Ian made landfall Wednesday in southwest Florida as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S., swamping streets with water and smashing trees along the coast while moving at a crawl that threatened catastrophic flooding across a wide area. Most of SOuth Florida remains under a tropical storm warning.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday warned oil and gas companies against increasing prices for consumers as Hurricane Ian neared landfall along Florida’s southwest coast.

Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba as a major hurricane Tuesday and left 1 million people without electricity, then churned on a collision course with Florida over warm Gulf waters amid expectations it would strengthen into a catastrophic Category 4 storm.