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The University of South Florida's new veterans lounge is a place where former service members can kick back and relax or get some studying done.It's…

We’ve talked a lot about the protests and parties surrounding the Republican National Convention, and there have been a lot of them. But there’s a…

That's when Democratic vice-presidential nominee Burton K. Wheeler debated an invisible President Coolidge in front of a packed hall.

In a discussion with Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep, Rich Beeson says Florida's 29 electoral votes are 'crucial' but not absolutely necessary to win in November.

Just 2 percent of delegates at the Republican National Convention were black. That's higher than the percentage that supported Mitt Romney in a recent poll: 0. And getting blacks on board may prove especially hard for the GOP presidential candidate given the tone of some recent campaign ads and a wave of new voter ID laws.

Democrats promised to layout a road map for getting the economy back on track by building it "from the middle out" and not from the "top down."

With Labor Day behind us, millions of Floridians are returning to work today--but taking home slimmer paychecks than in previous years, according to a new…

To borrow from baseball legend Yogi Berra, "It's déjà vu all over again" for protestors who attended last week's Republican National Convention in Tampa…

Elephants are iconic Republican and they’re also the closest living relative to the Florida manatee according to the Florida Wildlife website.So, it…

On Thursday, Tampa City Council will discuss pursuing a program that could attract wealthy, foreign investors to the area and in turn create new jobs for…

Thanks to all who called in during episode 1 of Florida Matters: The Convention, which aired live from the Tampa Convention Center on Aug. 24, 2012. We…

Full disclosure: I am very excited about this.As a transplant from the Midwest, I'm always giddy when a business I enjoyed up North comes to Tampa…

USF is hosting the first ever "Remember Our Heroes" concert and field party this Saturday. The event will benefit Soldiers' Angels, a non-profit group…

It was an older, battle-scarred nominee who faced his party in Charlotte, N.C. This message of hope was tempered and longer-view — a good distance if not a full turn from the vision he offered four years ago when he accepted the nomination in a thundering Denver stadium.

Some of the positions vacated over summer break still haven't been filled permanently, and this isn't the first time that's happened. Part of the problem is last-minute resignations, leaving school districts in a lurch.

The final tally was this: Tampa, two arrests. Charlotte, 25.During last month's Republican National Convention, Tampa police distributed food and cold…

Despite predictions of the Occupy movement's resurgence, their presence in Tampa and Charlotte has been muted. But the themes they highlighted over the fall have made it to the stage.

The race for the White House is not over. But with 6 weeks to go, Mitt Romney still trails in key battleground states he must win if he is to defeat President Obama.

The owners of Cafe Kili got an added jolt over the weekend -- and it wasn't just from the java.The Temple Terrace watering hole was voted the ninth best…

Some works feature the trademark surrealistic flair that could only come from the brush of Salvador Dali. Others are from so early in his career that they…

Author Dennis Lehane says he has always loved the clothes, cars and movies of the Prohibition era — which might be why he has set his new novel there. Live By Night doesn't tell the usual Prohibition story about whiskey smugglers — instead it heads south to Florida for a gritty tale of rumrunning.

The Occupy Tampa movement began a year ago when hundreds gathered at Lykes Gaslight Park in downtown Tampa to protest in solidarity with Occupy Wall…

State Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton, is calling for the Florida Attorney General to investigate builder KB Home.Bennett believes the California-based…

For more than 60 years, scientific Nobel Prize winners, researchers and students have gathered in Germany for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting—an annual…

If a television or radio station determines that a political ad is false, should they refuse to run it?That’s exactly what the non-partisan group Free…