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In this Florida Matters preview, Retired Army Colonel Derek Harvey, a senior fellow at USF's Global Initiative for Civil Society and Conflict, and Dave…

What are the pros and cons of the Tampa Bay Express project, which includes adding express toll lanes on interstates around the Tampa Bay area?This week…

Coming into the 2016 Hurricane Season, Florida has been on something of a lucky streak. It’s been 11 years since a hurricane has made landfall in the…

British tourists love to visit Florida! With about 1.7 million British visitors per year, they’ve had an oversized impact on tourism, real estate and…

Voters in Florida are casting early ballots and candidates are holding campaign events across the state ahead of the primary on Tuesday. This week on…

A state that has places like Little Havana, Key West, Disney World and the “Redneck Riviera" is just begging to be written about in fiction. We're talking…

Imagine a baseball park that is free and open to the public when no games are scheduled. Imagine real grass but with a roof to shield you from Florida’s…

Florida helped propel Donald Trump to his historic presidential win. Record voter turnout in South Florida -- and the Democratic votes that came with it…

WUSF’s Robin Sussingham recently hosted “Our Jewish Communion: Religious Identity and Growing Up Jewish in Polk County” at Florida Southern College in…

Join us on WUSF 89.7 for a special, live Florida Matters show on election night, Tuesday.We’ll have updates from our reporters in the field and commentary…

On an upcoming Florida Matters, we're discussing the sale of The Tampa Tribune to the Tampa Bay Times. What memories do you have of the Tribune, a daily…

After 146 years, Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus is taking down its big top. This week on Florida Matters, we're exploring the history and the…

On Florida Matters "Food as Muse," we're talking to people who communicate their passion about food in particularly interesting ways.In this preview of…

The holidays are a time to get together with the people you love. And good food and drink is always a part of that.WUSF's Florida Matters considers "food…

The Everglades, Florida’s vast fresh water system that starts near Orlando and meanders South, is in trouble.For years environmental advocates and sugar…

High school seniors are starting to get their final acceptance letters - hopefully - from the colleges of their choice. While they celebrate, parents are…

As 2016 winds down, Florida Matters is taking a look back at some of the best news stories we discussed throughout the year.This summer you couldn't turn…

The I-4 corridor is considered vital to the presidential election -- the swing region in the swing state. Teaming up with NPR member station WMFE in…

More than two months after Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico, thousands are still fleeing the island and many are coming to Florida.This week on…

It's that time of year to hit the beach and soak up some rays, but in some areas erosion means there's not a lot of places to build a sand castle.A bill…

The Tampa Bay area boasts some world class performing arts venues. But you don't have to pay big ticket prices to hear great music. As part of WUSF’s…

Our country asks a lot of its military members, most recently during the many years of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. The multiple deployments during…

Is it time for the Tampa Bay area to create express toll lanes to speed up urban traffic? Or is it a waste of taxpayer money and an affront to historic…

It took them three days longer than it was supposed to, but Florida lawmakers have finally passed a new state budget.This week on Florida Matters we’ll…

Subscribe!On this Florida Matters More podcast, we talk about whether ethnic newspapers' niche markets will help them survive the demise of traditional…