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In a Florida Matters show first aired Tuesday night on WUSF 89.7 FM, a panel of experts answers reader and listener questions about the Affordable Care...

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn staged his 2014 “State of the City” address inside the old Tampa Armature Works building on the east banks of the Hillsborough…

Wading into a hospital-industry battle, Florida senators began moving forward Tuesday with a plan that would ensure three disputed trauma centers can stay…

It may be under a new name, the Florida Standards, but new math and language standards being adopted by Florida are based on Common Core standards being…

Student veterans using their GI education benefits between 2002 and 2010 graduated from colleges and universities at the rate of 51.7 percent according to…

A new poll by Saint Leo University shows Charlie Crist with a slight lead in his quest to recapture the governor's mansion from Rick Scott.The poll shows…

Sitting in a circle with five current high school students and their parents, Gov. Rick Scott talked about the cost of college and the importance of…

Red-light cameras won't be turned off in Florida this year.Without enough votes lined up, Senate Transportation Chairman Jeff Brandes put the brakes on a…

The teenage daughter of an Illinois pilot who was killed when his small plane crashed in the Tampa Bay area has also died from her injuries.The Pinellas…

Two Florida metropolitan areas are among the nation's fastest growing.The Villages, home to one of the nation's largest retirement communities, topped the…

A spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year is coming into view as both chambers of the Legislature finalize their respective budget proposals....

Have you missed the Veterans’ Day parade or the ceremony at your local VA National Cemetery? Well, there’s still time to show your appreciation for the...

State university foundations could meet in secret under a bill passed by the Florida House.The bill (HB 115) barely passed since it takes a two-thirds…

Florida’s unemployment rate is no longer dropping like it once did.The state’s jobless rate in February was 6.2 percent, which is the same rate it was the…

House Democrats say they will kill a new gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe unless it includes more games for South Florida pari-mutuels.Without the…

The Veterans Administration has been fending off reports that military veterans have died needlessly because of long waits and delayed care at veterans’…

Both chambers of the Florida Legislature are trying to push through reforms to the way the state regulates the environment. Some call the proposals an...

In the spring of 1955, 67-year-old Emma Gatewood left her home in Ohio, telling her children she was going for a walk.What she didn't tell them was she…

“Seventy-nine. In the rain. With no headlights on.” With those words, Florida Highway Patrol Trooper John Schultz sped onto Interstate 10 and flipped on...

In a brutal GOP primary four years ago, now-Gov. Rick Scott blistered opponent Bill McCollum in a television ad highlighting McCollum's opposition to an…

With the stroke of a pen Monday, Gov. Rick Scott positioned Florida to attract more veterans - beyond the estimated 1.5 million already living here - to…

Al Lopez Park in Tampa is normally an oasis of serenity on a Monday. But on the last day of open enrollment for health insurance under the Affordable...

The Sarasota Film Festival has programming for the community all year long. But this Friday, its international film festival opens with nearly 200 films,…

Allowing illegal - or undocumented - immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates cleared what was expected to be a major hurdle in the Senate, with the…

Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed four sex offender bills into law Tuesday during a public ceremony at the Capitol. The event brought together a number of...