• Hurricane season forecast is ‘below normal’ — but that comes with a warning

  Just days before the start of hurricane season, federal storm experts announced on Thursday that they are expecting less activity than typical this year.

• Business Beat - Week of May 22nd

  Get top news-to-know with Florida Trend's headline-focused video news brief, hosted by associate editor Brian Hartz.

• Over 500K Florida residents have fled the state. Here’s where they moved

  Even though plenty of people have decided to move to Florida, there was also a huge chunk of people who wanted to leave. USCB data shows that just over 510,000 Florida residents went to other areas of the U.S. in 2023.

• Behind closed doors: How Florida’s budget gets made

  Florida legislative leaders are negotiating behind closed doors on next year's state budget. The secrecy isn’t abnormal, but that doesn't mean everyone is happy about it.

• Supreme Court says cruise lines are liable for using confiscated port in Havana

  In a landmark decision several years into fierce litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday reversed an appeals court order that had tossed a $400 million judgment against four cruise-ship companies that took passengers to Cuba.

Florida remains one of the fastest-growing states in the country. The state also has one of the nation’s largest senior populations, increasing demand for healthcare services and long-term medical support.

Florida braces for record 'sargassum summer'

Sargassum seaweed provides essential habitat for marine life but is a nuisance for tourism due to its smell and appearance.

Florida personal property carriers book $1B underwriting swing

Florida-domiciled personal property specialist carriers booked close to $1 billion in underwriting gains in 2025, a turnaround from a $132 million underwriting loss recorded just two years earlier.

The U.S. indicted Raul Castro. Will they bring him to Florida to be prosecuted?

The U.S. Justice Department announced that a federal grand jury has indicted Cuba’s longtime ruler Raúl Castro, charging him with the murders of four people in the 1996 shoot-down of two civilian planes from Miami.

Florida's 'most interesting' python is breeding faster than scientists thought possible

Long-term tracking shows a Burmese python is rewriting assumptions about breeding, giving new intel for Florida's battle against the invasive snake.