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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…

A non-tropical disturbance is expected to approach Florida Thursday and Friday, producing summer-like downpours and thunderstorms across much of the...

St. Petersburg’s downtown city skyline is dotted with the booms and jibs of cranes stretching toward the sun. The sight is a telling sign of the city’s…

Several counties in Florida have very few dentists who accept Medicaid - and a few have none at all.But a bill passed by the Florida House and Senate…

Killing a law enforcement canine or horse in Florida will now come with a more severe penalty, up to triple the prison time. Governor Ron DeSantis...

The country's immigration enforcement agency has announced a new partnership in Florida to allow some sheriff's deputies to serve warrants on behalf of…

Mexico's Economy Department says U.S. consumers could pay 38% to 70% more for tomatoes after the U.S. Commerce Department announced it would re-impose…

You can hear Baljinder Sekhon’s "Stars" Thursday night at 7 on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9 as part of its Evening Masterwork series.

Florida has had a reported 1,037 cases of the liver disease hepatitis A this year, nearly double the amount reported for all of 2018, according to...

Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment that would expand Medicaid coverage have submitted more than 53,000 valid petition signatures to the...

About a dozen activists with two gun-control advocacy groups dropped off a stack of papers with 13,000 signatures at Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office Tuesday as…

Rainy season in South Florida means it's also mosquito season. And now there's a new weapon being added to the arsenal against the insects in the...

HB 7125, the big criminal justice reform bill passed by the Florida Legislature, makes a significant change to who can be sentenced as a “prison...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed legislation that expands the controversial school “guardian” program to allow armed classroom teachers.

In his quest to become the most “pro-Israel” governor in the nation, Gov. Ron DeSantis this month will lead a first-ever Florida Cabinet meeting in Israel…

The Pentagon is planning to hire a single private company to oversee the moving process for military families. The current system is plagued by delays,...