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The proposal would reduce the state sales tax from 6% to 5.25%, affecting billions of dollars annually. Gov. Ron DeSantis argues that lawmakers should focus on property tax relief instead.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 vote along ideological lines, reversed a lower court decision that had struck down a South Carolina congressional district as a racial gerrymander.

President Trump has the BBC in his sights because it aired a documentary with an edited version of his speech to supporters on Jan. 6 before the Capitol riot. Two leaders of the BBC have resigned.

Eligible Brevard County property owners can now receive larger amounts of money for septic system upgrades.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who directed the ranking Republican on the Homeland Security Committee to negotiate the structure of the commission, now says he will vote against the deal.

An overblown immune response could be killing a portion of the sick, and some doctors think that new treatments being tested could help at least some of those patients.

This year, the greater Tampa Bay region is full of fun activities to enjoy your Fourth of July weekend with.

On a ship that saves lives at sea, Ruth Sherlock speaks with Syrian migrants about the risks they took escaping their country and their hopes for a new life in Europe.

Some of the people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 believed in the QAnon conspiracy theory. In the aftermath, social media platforms ramped up efforts to push QAnon content off their sites. Four years later, the QAnon movement has morphed into something else.

The district reports a loss of 6,600 total students so far this year, double the number expected.

For the second straight day, the rate of people testing positive for the first time for COVID-19 was above 6% — it's also the highest single-day positivity rate since August 25.

In its Sunday report, the Florida Department of Health reported seven people died due to a primary diagnosis of COVID-19. There were 5,520 new cases, with a positivity rate of 7.65%.

The state’s unemployment rate now stands at 4.9% as some industries continue to report that people are slow to return to work.

Each year, the town of Verona, Italy — home of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet — receives thousands of letters of unrequited love addressed to the play's star-crossed heroine. And each letter — more than 6,000 a year — is answered by hand by a team of secretaries at the Juliet Club.

With Tampa Bay area temperatures expected to drop into the low 30s tonight with wind chills even lower, cold weather shelters will open all over the Bay...

Donald Trump is surging in the polls, despite the waves of condemnation from his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S.The latest poll from the…

WUSF will be providing the latest news and information on coronavirus in Tampa Bay and across the state. Here are the latest developments:Here are the…

The number of new people testing positive for the coronavirus continues to decline in Florida. However, deaths in the greater Tampa Bay region included…

Tropical storm warnings are in effect for Puerto Rico as Potential Tropical Cyclone 6 moves toward a possible pat h toward the Tampa Bay area by this weekend.

The positivity rate for the week more than doubled from 2.6% last week to 5.4% this week.

This page will be updated as necessary as Hurricane Ian impacts Florida. Evacuations are ordered by county, so make sure to check with your county's website for further details.

Freshman Republican Rep. Peter Meijer voted to impeach Trump following the Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol.

Inflation cooled only slightly last month as the cost of housing, food and gas rose. Consumer prices in January were 6.4%, compared to a 6.5% inflation rate the month before.

Reports show the Florida pension system had investment losses of about 6.2 percent during the fiscal year that ended June 30 — similar to pension-system losses across the country.

Olivia Pollock is the sister of another Jan. 6 defendant, Jonathan Pollock, who has been on the lam for months.