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On "Florida Matters" this week, hear from the guy behind Tampa International Airport's popular social media accounts. Plus, there are new rules for beginner drivers and learn what it takes to train a service dog.

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.

The outbreak of the harmful algal blooms has shown up in medium and high concentrations along the Gulf coast this month.

For a year that's brought a global pandemic and resultant economic upheaval, how will that affect some of the county's voters?

The presidential election is 42 days away. As the falsehoods surrounding Joe Biden continue to mount on social media sites and elsewhere, how can you filter through the political clickbait on your feed?

Nearly 600 thousand Floridians have already voted in the November general election, with more than 10 percent of requested vote-by-mail ballots turned in to election supervisors.

Seven months after the pandemic forced most businesses across the country to close down, businesses are still adapting to reopening.

This week, Florida Matters shares the stories of three Tampa Bay residents who contracted and survived COVID-19. Their stories are part of a larger series airing this week on WUSF.

He talks about his first time voting, what issues matter to him and how he thinks politicians can get on the same page.

Most local music venues have been shut down for six months and as long as they can't welcome back large crowds, many are staying closed. Owners are pleading for financial help from all levels of government in the hopes that they can ward off permanent closure.

As Gov. Ron DeSantis continues a piecemeal approach to stopping evictions, the questions are piling up about what happens if - and when - the relief ends.

With public K-12 schools and universities starting a new school year, some students are heading back to campus. But a Monday ruling challenging the state's face to face instruction requirement could change that.

It's easy to play armchair quarterback -- or, in the case of politics, armchair legislator.But as Florida's 2013 lawmaking session gets under way Tuesday,…

When you say "wine," most people immediately think of California or France, but very seldom do they think of Florida.And when you do say "Florida wine,"…

Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart is expected to recommend a test to (mostly) replace the FCAT later this month.A new test is needed because…

When a 15-year-old foster kid in St. Petersburg appeared before a church congregation last month, pleading for someone to adopt him, tens of thousands of…

A Palm Beach County philanthropist is making good on her promise to herself to share the story of the nation's disabled veterans with as many people...

With growing concerns about pesticides and where our food comes from, more people are growing their own produce right in their own yard.This "edible…

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Census Bureau is trying to count every individual living in the United States: a difficult task as millions of…

Fred Ley, 50, and his wife, Laura, 35, just recently adopted an infant. Ley himself was adopted as an infant by a 50-year-old woman.Ley is Mexican. His…

This week on Florida Matters, we sat down with local political reporters to look at the2020 Florida Legislature and discuss some of the most pressing…

“So this is what my childhood tastes like.”Reporter and Morning Edition host Jessica Meszaros tells Florida Matters host Robin Sussingham there’s…

On Friday’s Roundup we discussed school safety in Florida. Reporting by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel this week found that a disturbing number of...

It's been so long since Florida's been hit...do you even feel like you need to be ready?Two emergency officials say that its not a matter of if the big…