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The number of cases of hepatitis A in Florida has continued to steadily increase, with the largest concentration of the outbreak in the Tampa Bay area,...

A push to give Floridians greater choice over energy providers is heating up. Proponents say it will increase competition and drive down costs. But not...

A bill aimed at making sure people with mental health and substance abuse disorders have access to early intervention and peer mentorship has...

Brewing has a long history in Tampa: cigar maker Vicente Ybor made Tampa the site of Florida's first commercial beer brewery, the Florida Brewing Company,…

These are exciting times for eating out in Tampa Bay. Our cuisine is getting better and more varied and starting to draw national attention. Florida…

A new study shows that ocean circulation was a major cause of the toxic red tide bloom, which plagued Florida's West Coast for over a year. It expanded up…

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed his first death warrant, with an execution scheduled May 23 for Tampa-area serial killer Robert Joseph Long, according…

Put your car in neutral and watch as you mysteriously cruise uphill at Lake Wales’ gravity-defying roadway, which was placed on the National Register of…

One of the first things Jane Castor did after winning the race for Tampa Mayor Tuesday night was thanking her partner - Ana Cruz. But the fact that Castor…

An NPR poll this week found that most parents want their children to learn about climate change at school, but that many teachers don't discuss it because…

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried ran on a platform of what she called 'the three W’s': weapons, water and weed. Within months of her...

Wind damage or a tornado is possible in the Florida Panhandle Thursday evening, then again on Friday across portions of the peninsula thanks to another...

Health officials in Pinellas County are investigating a measles case in a 72-year-old man. This comes amid a national uptick in measles…

Pinellas County bus passengers will get to keep all of their routes -- for now. Members of the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority's board decided last…

Hillsborough County kickstarted its third solar co-op Thursday. It uses the power of bulk purchasing to leverage the cost of installing solar panels and…

The Federal Aviation Administration wants to change the way planes fly into and out of Florida’s busiest airports. It’s part of the first major overhaul…

A proposal backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to ban “fracking” in Florida appears dead for this legislative session.

As negotiations for the state’s yearly budget get closer and closer to a resolution, one line item has environmentalists shaking their heads. The...

Sad songs. Why do we love them so much? And might they be bad for us? Especially for people with clinical depression?Psychology researchers at the…

With schools continuing to lean more on technology, students without access to the internet at home are left at a greater disadvantage. Sarasota County is…

Law enforcement officers could pull over motorists they see texting and driving on Florida roads, under a bill now headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The death of a baby dolphin over the weekend off Fort Myers Beach may have been caused by plastic that filled its stomach. The news comes at the same time…

With the passage of this Legislative session’s marquee school choice bill, a new private school voucher program is on the verge of being created. Senate...

Plastic pollution is a growing problem in the world's oceans. A new citizen science initiative, called the Nurdle Patrol, is tracking a danger to marine…

Spring is in the air--and so are graduation caps.The Spring 2019 graduates from the University of South Florida will make their mark as the largest…