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Florida, Alabama and Iowa have already enacted restrictions. Backers say they want to protect farmers and consumers. But those within the industry say their products must meet rigorous government safety tests.

The city council must vote on its half of the financing, which would be done by moving $600 million from a capital improvement plan and an existing, half-penny sales tax. No new taxes would be implemented.

A New York-based visual artist’s newly released images of a 1970s LGBTQ+ getaway are now on display at a St. Petersburg art gallery, with the goal of spreading queer joy.

Although reducing student loan debt has been a focus for President Joe Biden, the poll found that Americans are more likely to say medical debt relief should be a government priority.

Beryl is expected to make landfall in the Windward Islands on Monday morning. The National Hurricane Center in Miami warns that the storm is “forecast to bring life-threatening winds and storm surge."

When Frances Moore Lappe wrote the best-selling Diet For A Small Planet back in 1971, she helped start a conversation about the social and environmental impacts of the foods we choose.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with House Impeachment Manager Stacey Plaskett, congresswoman from the U.S. Virgin Islands, about Saturday's last-second maneuvers and the former president's acquittal.

David Greene talks to Tom Nichols, an author and professor at the Naval War College, who says the public and the media need to take a step back and a long breath when thinking about President Trump.

America's worsening homelessness crisis can feel like an intractable problem. But Spokane, Wash., may be having some early success trying some new tactics to help its most vulnerable.

Regional Federal Reserve leader Raphael Bostic is prepared to cast his vote to lower interest rates late this year if he is convinced inflation has been beaten — and he’s not yet.

Arizona is a pivotal state in 2024 and Trump is teaming up with Turning Point USA to get out the vote in a state he hadn't visited in two years until Thursday, and hasn't spent any ad money this year.

The Notary Kiosk offers a range of services and is run by Sara Roman, who wants to help people regardless of their immigration status.

In Maryland, more juveniles are tried as adults than in almost any other state. State Sen. William Smith is on a mission to change that.

Attorney General James Uthmeier threatened office removal if Mayor Jerry Demings and the county commission didn't permit corrections officers to transport detainees to ICE detention centers.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases in the fall that test state laws banning transgender women and girls from participating in sports at publicly funded institutions.

It is the first time that Jewish-led organizations in Israel have made such accusations against the country during nearly 22 months of war.

Palestinians were shot dead during a food distribution on Saturday at a center run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group in southern Gaza, hospital officials said.

Collier County, uses one of the most advanced 911 systems in the U.S., allowing callers to send texts and videos. So-called NG911 systems use modern technology like geotracking, reducing response times and enhancing safety.

GOP lawmakers are trying again to exclude millions of non-U.S. citizens living in the states from census counts that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."

An all-terrain EcoRover wheelchair can be the difference between someone actually having access to nature and only dreaming of it.

Climate-related storms are becoming more frequent and severe. NPR and PBS FRONTLINE investigate the forces keeping communities from building back in a way that protects them from the next storm.

For the first time, a federal study calculated the risk from rising groundwater on a warming planet. South Florida represents the vast majority of that risk, with about 7.5 million people and $750 billion dollars in property under threat.

Most Black women voters supported Kamala Harris in her presidential run against Donald Trump. Now some say they are pulling back, to rest and mourn.

It has been an unusually active final month for the hurricane season, when forecasters typically see a single named storm every year or two. And the 2024 season still has two weeks to go.