A water rescue boat moves in floodwaters at an apartment complex in Clearwater after Hurricane Milton on Oct. 10, 2024. | Mike Stewart, AP file

President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and others tour "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Florida. | Evan Vucci, AP

Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks May 1, 2025, during a news conference about immigration enforcement at the South Florida office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Enforcement and Removal Operations in Miramar. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP

Associates from RS&H, an architecture and engineering company, talked with students about the projects they're doing and what careers are available in the industry. | Keith Richard, courtesy

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Edmund D. Fountain, Tampa Bay Times, file pool photo

The entrance to Camp Blanding. | Google Maps

On Sunday, June 22, Betty Osceola called on Love The Everglades Movement and Friends of the Everglades along with other locals to protest a proposed immigrant detention center inside Big Cypress National Preserve. | Andrea Melendez, WGCU

Marva Johnson interviews with members of FAMU's board of trustees. | Glenn Beil, used with permission

A Florida panther goes under a highway overpass along the Florida Wildlife Corridor in southwest Florida. | Carlton Ward Jr., Wildpath

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks during a meeting between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Cabinet at the Florida Capitol on March 5, 2025. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP file

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The Rodman Dam near Palatka, some 70 miles southwest of Downtown Jacksonville.

Orange blossoms | Ajax9, stock.adobe.com

Brooke Curry | Gov. Ron Desantis via Facebook

People dine at outdoor cafes along Lincoln Road Mall in Miami Beach. | Lynne Sladky, AP

Residents in Orange Acres work on fixing a badly damaged home in Sarasota after Hurricane Milton. | Kylie Williams, WUFT News

Over 48,000 applications to the Federal Emergency Management Agency are still listed as ineligible after Hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton because of a lack of documentation. | Kerry Sheridan, WUSF

University of Michigan President Santa Ono prepares to toss T-shirts into the crowd during the second half of a football game against Oregon on Nov. 2, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. | Jose Juarez, AP

Letters spell out FAMU in the Capitol courtyard during FAMU Day in Tallahassee. | Adrian Andrews, WFSU Public Media

Voters cast their ballots in Florida's primary election, Aug. 20, 2024, at a polling place inside the Indian Creek Fire Station in Miami Beach. | Wilfredo Lee, AP file