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The coronavirus pandemic is not only taking its toll of the nation’s healthcare system, but also its businesses. This week, Florida Matters takes a look…

In 2017, our series, "Telling Tampa Bay Stories," took us to Tampa's Progress Village. In 2018, the focus turned to Plant City -- a Hillsborough County…

Growth is no stranger to Florida. The state is a magnet for snowbirds, immigrants and sun-seekers. But will too much growth crowd out what people come…

Historian Canter Brown takes a look at the man who literally put Tampa on the map. He has written a new book, Henry Bradley Plant: Gilded Age Dreams for…

This week on Florida Matters we meet explorers with the Florida Wildlife Corridor and discuss their upcoming expedition which gets underway later this…

For nearly seven decades, generation after generation has operated Carlos Bonnet-Vargas’ bookstand on the colorful streets of Old San Juan.With painted…

This week on Florida Matters we'll hear the first episode in a special two-part series called Telling Tampa Bay Stories: Progress Village.We'll hear…

Florida Matters is revisiting its special two-part series "Telling Tampa Bay Stories: Plant City," in light of the upcoming Florida Strawberry…

Florida's state animal has never had it very good. The Florida Panther was shot at, run off its hunting grounds and hemmed in by roads and development. It…

Despite not being officially allowed to live in Florida until 1763, Jewish people escaping expulsion and exclusion were among the earliest settlers of the…

This week on Florida Matters we focus on the places and events that make Plant City special, like the Plant City Photo Archives and History Center.It is…

The coronavirus pandemic has turned our lives upside down. But how many of these changes will become permanent? On this week's Florida Matters, we talk with a futurist who says the changes that are coming in the 2020's will be more transforming than anything we've seen in decades.

A Sarasota native, Battie shares how Sarasota is rebounding from the pandemic's economic squeeze and how a building boom is changing the city.

We also talk with the mayor of Sarasota about the future of his growing city in 2023 and beyond.

The 60-day legislative session hits the halfway mark this week.

We also feature WUSF audio postcards highlighting Black history this month.

Colleges and universities are also facing big changes because of Gov. Ron DeSantis's administration.

We dive into the pages of some of the most popular books of the summer, from frothy beach reads to poetry.

With a diverse and growing population, that state's politics are more nuanced than election results might suggest.

Whether it’s the frustrating search for parking or the chaos around road expansions, more people means more cars on the road.

Florida Matters is starting a series exploring how the state's population boom and politics are affecting important issues in our lives.

Florida's wild places are transforming and sometimes disappearing.

How Floridians see ourselves and how the rest of the world sees us are often very different.

Babcock Ranch in Southwest Florida offers a vision for resilient, sustainable design, even in the face of climate change, a booming population and a precarious insurance market.

Florida’s economy is booming, and Hispanic-owned businesses are contributing to that growth.