Search results for

Most local music venues have been shut down for six months and as long as they can't welcome back large crowds, many are staying closed. Owners are pleading for financial help from all levels of government in the hopes that they can ward off permanent closure.

As Gov. Ron DeSantis continues a piecemeal approach to stopping evictions, the questions are piling up about what happens if - and when - the relief ends.

With public K-12 schools and universities starting a new school year, some students are heading back to campus. But a Monday ruling challenging the state's face to face instruction requirement could change that.

It's easy to play armchair quarterback -- or, in the case of politics, armchair legislator.But as Florida's 2013 lawmaking session gets under way Tuesday,…

When you say "wine," most people immediately think of California or France, but very seldom do they think of Florida.And when you do say "Florida wine,"…

Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart is expected to recommend a test to (mostly) replace the FCAT later this month.A new test is needed because…

When a 15-year-old foster kid in St. Petersburg appeared before a church congregation last month, pleading for someone to adopt him, tens of thousands of…

A Palm Beach County philanthropist is making good on her promise to herself to share the story of the nation's disabled veterans with as many people...

With growing concerns about pesticides and where our food comes from, more people are growing their own produce right in their own yard.This "edible…

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Census Bureau is trying to count every individual living in the United States: a difficult task as millions of…

Fred Ley, 50, and his wife, Laura, 35, just recently adopted an infant. Ley himself was adopted as an infant by a 50-year-old woman.Ley is Mexican. His…

This week on Florida Matters, we sat down with local political reporters to look at the2020 Florida Legislature and discuss some of the most pressing…

“So this is what my childhood tastes like.”Reporter and Morning Edition host Jessica Meszaros tells Florida Matters host Robin Sussingham there’s…

On Friday’s Roundup we discussed school safety in Florida. Reporting by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel this week found that a disturbing number of...

It's been so long since Florida's been hit...do you even feel like you need to be ready?Two emergency officials say that its not a matter of if the big…

Thirty years ago, a HIV-positive diagnosis was a death sentence, and gay men and IV-drug users were most likely to get infected. Today, the demographics...

On a recent Tuesday, the weekly produce market co-op at the Woodbrook Estates mobile home community in Lakeland was bustling. Boxes of fresh tomatoes,…

Whenever asked about her secret to longevity, the answer is not one that’s generally expected.Olga Smith, the 96-year-old grandmother of WUSF reporter…

Ready or not, a tropical system could threaten Florida as early as Monday. Whether it has a name or not, heavy rain and flooding will be the biggest…

Florida's primary elections are coming up Aug. 18, and close to two million people have already cast ballots. Almost 90% of those have been cast by mail.…

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen. But how about the reindeer with pretzel antlers and a red M&M for its nose? This season, WUSF reporters…

On this week’s show, we’ll explore what a new president means for the Sunshine State and how the old one might wield his power.

After 40 years in the industry, Marty Baron is retiring from the Washington Post at the end of this month. Baron grew up in Tampa and went on to intern at the Tampa Tribune and work at the Miami Herald.

"Health freedom" advocates have still complained that the hospital limited experimental treatments such as ivermectin.

Bill Maxwell was a columnist for the Tampa Bay Times from 2000 to 2019 and wrote about poverty, farmworkers, racism and more.