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In a state built on air conditioning, millions of Florida residents now want to know: When will the power come back on?Hurricane Irma's march across…

On Wednesday, Dr. Mohsen Milani's boss came to him with an idea.USF Provost, Dr. Ralph Wilcox, wanted Milani, the Executive Director of the USF Center for…

A closely contested House special election Tuesday is being viewed by the national parties and big-money interests as an early barometer for Obamacare.

A look at the proportion of Republicans and Democrats speaking on air in relation to the "fiscal cliff" offers an insight into political bias by NPR. The finding? A pretty even balance, despite a slight Republican tilt in the numbers. But further dissection welcomed.

Before you flip to your 2013 NPR Wall Calendar, look back at some public radio highlights from 2012 to see where your NPR fandom ranks on The Robert Sieg-O-Meter.

Strains of regret mixed with forgiveness are reflected in "Behind the Wall", a documentary by a University of South Florida professor who chronicles the…

The former clinic owner accused of selling performance-enhancing drugs to Alex Rodriguez has agreed to plead guilty in what prosecutors called a wide...

Bridget McKinney, principal at Miami's Allapattah Middle School, says her students struggle to pass the state's reading and writing tests.So when McKinney…

Right now, medicine’s future might just be sitting behind a curtain on the first floor of the Morsani Center for Advanced Health Care on the University of…

Despite several changes made in recent days to assuage the concerns of the Republican majority, the Florida House remains poised to defeat a health-care...

These older policies existed before the health law was enacted in 2010 and haven't change much. They cover about a quarter of insured workers, and aren't subject to the same rules as Obamacare plans.

A second day of negotiations between House and Senate lawmakers over a spending plan for the budget year that begins July 1 seemed to highlight...

Poison Ivy came out as a transgender woman to her family in January. Her grandmother kicked her out of the house. “She didn’t want to see me...

The first time some students learn about finances is during a high school economics class. Others learn by trial and error, but one program in the Tampa…

During a time when many Florida counties were cutting back on summer school due to a lack of money, Pinellas County started expanding theirs using a…

Theresa Civil is a high school junior and a wrestler. The Orlando teen has a big smile and a big laugh, and she’s got big plans for after high school:...

.Gov. Rick Scott was sworn in for his second term on Jan. 6 --- a little more than two weeks ago. It's pretty much been all downhill from there.Since…

Florida ranks at or near the bottom when it comes to per capita funding for mental health services in the U.S. This week on Florida Matters, we'll take a…

The Florida Senate is working on a measure that would alter the way some home insurance claims are billed. And some in the repair and restoration...

There’s no shortage of stories about veterans who have had their disability benefit claims denied by the Veterans Administration, or their appeals…

Rep. Frank Artiles’ (R-Miami) controversial single-sex facilities bill passed its second House committee Tuesday. But the so-called bathroom bill’s...

The conservative federal judge is just 48 years old and could affect social policy for generations to come if confirmed by the majority-Republican Senate.

While Sarasota deals with a long time issue involving a historic golf club, Pinellas County is spending $1.2 million on a former golf club to, in part,…

When the state shut down bars last week to help halt the spread of COVID-19, local musicians lost their main source of income, and residents lost their…

Florida reported a positivity rate of 31% among those under 18 tested for the virus, while the state's positivity overall rate was 18%. The state later said it made a programming error.