Florida’s traditional preparations for hurricane season are being blown off course by a budget stalemate in Tallahassee – and sharp cuts in Washington, D.C.

John Thrasher, the former president of Florida State University and a longtime state lawmaker, died Friday morning, his family said in a statement. He was 81.

During the pandemic, Syerra Donaldson began posting her dishes on social media. Nearly five years later, she has parlayed her affinity for cooking into a catering company and a win on the Food Network show “Supermarket Stakeout.”

Local brokerages are reporting slowdowns in leasing and year-over-year increases in vacancies in Jacksonville’s industrial real estate market.

Cape Coral City Council at a May 28 committee meeting shelved discussions about raising rental fees on owners to $600 per unit per year and using the money to fund tourist development projects.