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The University of South Florida has received more than $260 million dollars in federal funding from the National Institutes of Health. President Trump’s…

The phosphate industry contributes a great deal to Florida's economy, but at what cost?This week on Florida Matters, we’re exploring how the phosphate…

Ten WUSF News journalists were honored in eight categories in the 2016 Florida Associated Press Professional awards contest Saturday night in…

A controversial plan to build a reservoir that would help address damaging water discharges in the Everglades ecosystem is one step closer to being...

It’s spring break and for some kids that means going to the beach or visiting family, but for 40 children and teenagers from South Florida it means...

A bill building on Florida’s anti-human trafficking efforts is now heading to both the House and Senate floors.

Less than two weeks after the House proposal was unveiled , The Florida House is expected Wednesday to take up a controversial pension reform package.

Emergency room doctors are just beginning to study a new kind of casualty in the opioid epidemic — patients who survive an overdose, but walk away with brain damage, kidney failure or dead muscle.

Academic redshirting, the practice of holding kids back a year before enrolling them in kindergarten, has been debated for years. A new article attempts to clear up some of the confusion for parents.

Camping is usually a popular recreation over the Easter holiday. But the state’s wildfire emergency could mean a change of plans for some.All of the…

A controversial pension reform bill that just passed the House is now in the Florida Senate’s hands.

The infusion of 1.5 billion dollars in the state budget to help cover health care for low income Floridians could go a long way toward bridging the...

State lawmakers are trying to assert greater control over boards that step in when local governments or school boards become insolvent. Clearwater...

Florida Wildlife Officials are putting the possibility of a black bear hunt on hold—at least for the next few years. The decision came during a...

Nearly a year after a Florida Supreme Court ruling rocked the state's workers' compensation insurance system, the House on Wednesday overwhelmingly...

The Florida House on Wednesday easily passed a bill that would eliminate a controversial regulatory process for the approval of new hospitals.

No, election season is not over for Democrats. In fact, judging by the crowds and the speeches at the James L. Knight Center in Miami on Wednesday night...

A measure placing gambling warnings on Florida lottery tickets is heading for the House floor.

The medical marijuana provisions implementing amendment two are trudging ahead in the House and Senate. But the chambers’ proposals remain very different.

The woman charged with sending death threats to a man whose 6-year-old son was killed in the 2012 mass shooting at a school in Newtown, Connecticut, has…

Clearwater City Council voted unanimously Thursday to buy a prime piece of downtown real estate.The 1.4-acre vacant lot next to City Hall was once…

California Artist John Raymond Mireles is traveling the country photographing people for his “Neighbors” project. He recently stopped by Tampa's Ybor City…

The swirl of controversy after the decision by Orange County State Attorney Aramis Ayala not to apply the death penalty in cases assigned to her has…

A specialized institution of higher learning has opened a new, permanent home at Tampa's MacDill Air Force Base.The Joint Special Operations University,…

The House and Senate are set to take up proposals that would carry out a voter-approved expansion of a renewable-energy tax break, as bill language…