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On this episode of Florida Matters, we talk with emergency management leaders from Hillsborough, Pinellas and Hernando counties about how they’re getting ready for hurricane season.

In this episode of "Florida Matters," we speak to Florida historian and professor Raymond Arsenault on his new biography on the late congressman John Lewis.

They also discussed what Hurricane Ian taught us, especially about storm surge.

Florida Matters looks at how to navigate open enrollment for Medicare. And we explore what Medicaid 'unwinding' means for hundreds of thousands of Floridians.

Babcock Ranch in Southwest Florida offers a vision for resilient, sustainable design, even in the face of climate change, a booming population and a precarious insurance market.

While a recent shooting in Ybor City may put the Tampa neighborhood in the spotlight, Ybor has a long and rich history and was instrumental in shaping the city of Tampa. The cigar industry was lured from revolutionary Cuba and became home to the city's economic and power base.

Debates over parental rights, school choice and what should be taught in public schools have embroiled state lawmakers and local school districts.

Halloween has become one of the biggest single-day holidays of the year. Amid other festive fall celebrations, Halloween is a chance to get spooky, scary, and maybe a little weird.

Florida’s economy is booming, and Hispanic-owned businesses are contributing to that growth.

More than half of the Florida Wildlife Corridor's 18 million acres is protected conservation land. But that leaves a lot of land vulnerable to development.

Florida Matters revisits parts of the greater Tampa Bay region that are still rebuilding one year after Hurricane Ian, and explores the storm's mental and physical toll.

As the Rays seal the deal on a new stadium and head to the MLB playoffs, and the Bucs start their season in winning form, could our region be 'Champa Bay' once more?

Nearly 200 miles from where Hurricane Idalia made landfall, the beaches experienced some of the worst erosion seen in decades.

Our soaring economy may be leaving some Floridians behind.

How Floridians see ourselves and how the rest of the world sees us are often very different.

Whether it’s the frustrating search for parking or the chaos around road expansions, more people means more cars on the road.

Florida's wild places are transforming and sometimes disappearing.

Florida Matters is starting a series exploring how the state's population boom and politics are affecting important issues in our lives.

Joseph Dituri's goal was to gather data for medical research and understand the effects of long-term living in a confined environment.

We check in on how the Rays are doing at this point in their 25th season.

We dive into the pages of some of the most popular books of the summer, from frothy beach reads to poetry.

With a diverse and growing population, that state's politics are more nuanced than election results might suggest.

The public’s trust in the news media is slipping. It’s not just a problem for newsrooms: researchers say trust is also dropping for science, higher education and government as well.