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Patricia “Pat” Kemp is a mother of two twenty-somethings, a family law attorney and former chief aide to a county commissioner, among other jobs, and now…

With the addition of five more cases Monday, Florida's total number of diagnoses of the mosquito-borne Zika virus topped 1,100, according to information...

It’s that time of year again. Perhaps you recently went into a pharmacy or grocery store, spotted the sign reminding you to get your flu shot and said...

Before he moved to Miami, Waltter Teruel sold antiques and life insurance in New York. Working as a recruiter at ITT Technical Institute in Hialeah was...

Rachel Goode had no idea who Chris Latvala was. She had been busy struggling for two years to find a diagnosis for her young daughter, who had suddenly…

Republican Colleen Burton wants to keep her job representing District 40 in the Florida House of Representatives.Burton, who as a freshman representative…

On Saturday, just a few days before the election, the Florida Cannabis Coalition will hold “Canna-Day Tampa Bay” to educate people about medical…

Shandale Terrell started at the bottom, growing up in low-income housing in Lakeland’s Eaton Park.Terrell says his time in low-income housing shaped his…

Army veteran James T. Golden says he is a man who wants to serve his community.He has long been active in the community and politics in the Manatee and…

House District 73 will have a new face in Tallahassee after incumbent Greg Steube’s decision to run in District 23 for state Senate. Native Floridian Joe…

In a legal debate that focuses heavily on privacy rights, the Florida Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday about whether it should block a 2015 law...

South Floridians have one more reason to avoid the Zika virus—and this one’s especially for the men out there: New research using mouse models shows...

She has high kicked with the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall, shared a stage with Jimmy Durante, managed a city department in Las Vegas and taught in…

Civil rights icon, U.S. Rep. (D-GA) John Lewis joined former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist for several "get out the vote" events in St. Petersburg…

Carol Cook never thought it would come to this.She planned on having a seat on the Pinellas County School Board wrapped up by now. Instead what she has,…

If Matt Stewart wins election to the Pinellas County School Board, he would be its youngest member, at 36, and the only one with a doctorate.But another…

A delinquent and troublemaker – violent and unteachable.Those are the words that Eliseo Santana uses to describe himself as a teenager in the early…

Pinellas County Commissioner Charlie Justice rode into office four years ago with a promise to reverse the commission’s controversial 2011 decision to…

Dozens of state House and Senate seats in the Tampa Bay Area are are up for grabs on Election Day. But only a handful are truly competitive. WUSF's Steve…

Vice President Joe Biden describes himself as a "Middle Class Joe.” And during a campaign swing through Tampa on Wednesday, he called on other "middle…

In politics, you can’t start much smaller than Kathleen Peters did – on the Planning and Zoning Board in tiny South Pasadena (population 4,964) in…

Dozens of state House and Senate seats are are up for grabs on Election Day. But only a handful are truly competitive. WUSF's Steve Newborn gets the…

Larry Ahern’s introduction to politics came on a trip to the state Capitol in 2009.He was in Tallahassee for the annual Catholic Days at the Capitol…

In 2009, Bernard “Bernie” Fensterwald retired to Florida. But he is no ordinary retiree.As a lawyer in northern Virginia, he worked alongside his father,…

National polls show that it's a tight race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. A west Tampa bakery has a presidential poll of its own. Alessi…