Hang on to your hats, wallets and purses, the Florida Legislature is about to meet for the first time in 2022.

Early voting ends Sunday in Broward and Palm Beach Counties in the race for congress in the 20th District.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has been on a roll lately.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Michael Putney is joined by Dr. Geeta Nayyar, Miami-Dade School Board Vice Chair Dr. Steve Gallon, Miami Herald editorial page editor Nancy Ancrum and Sun Sentinel editorial page editor Steve Bousquet.

At the end of the year its traditional to take a look back at the past 12 months and pick out some of the major stories that happened, and also look forward into our collective crystal ball at the year to come.

Last week public schools in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties adopted new mask policies.

It's now 2022, but in so many ways it feels like nothing has changed, except now its omicron that's raging through Florida with nearly 300,000 cases in the past week.

Stewart “The Cruise Guy” Chiron said he feels safer on a cruise ship than at home, flying on an airplane, staying in a hotel, or going to a theme park.

The Jackson Health System continues to experience staff shortages during the coronavirus pandemic

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis presented his budget plan last week, almost $100 billion-worth.

Non-fungible tokens allow creators to make money every time their works sell even when they are not involved in the transaction. The companies involved with the NFTs make fees. Cryptocurrency investors see it as an opportunity. The artworld is intrigued by the secondary market.

Miami-Dade County commissioners are allowing the 2022 Miami International Boat Show to test boats in February in an area that is part of the manatees’ habitat.

Dr. David Andrews said the lab he runs at the University of Miami is hard at work screening coronavirus samples from the Jackson Health System patients for evidence of the omicron variant, discovered just over a week ago.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Glenna Milberg is joined by attorney David Wallach, newly appointed Broward County commissioner Jared Moskowitz, Miami-Dade Commissioner Sally Heyman and University of Miami Infectious Disease Expert Dr. Dushyantha Jayaweera.