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Tampa Electric announced Tuesday the utility will build the largest solar project in the Tampa Bay area.It is planned to be 25 megawatts, with the…

Florida's citrus industry is hurting in a big way. The final report of the growing season by the U.S. Department of Agriculture put Florida orange…

Florida school districts will have a new way to track the financial and academic records of charter school operators. For the first time, a new database...

The state Legislature has released its base map for next week’s special session.Lawmakers return to Tallahassee next Monday to redraw the state’s…

Florida's top environmental official was directed Wednesday to rethink a proposal to make state parks more financially self-sustaining, as he and the…

Florida officials say three of the 16 Planned Parenthood facilities inspected last week were performing procedures beyond their licensing authority, and...

When multiple sclerosis patient Meesha Cook suffers a seizure, she doesn’t get to decide where she’ll go for treatment. If the Brevard County resident...

Florida's political landscape could undergo a dramatic shift under a proposed new map for Congress released Wednesday by the state Legislature. The new...

A new report by USA Today gives a 10-year overview of Mass Killings in the country. We talk with The Poynter Institute’s Kelly McBride about why the…

NASA is offering up wreckage from the Challenger and Columbia for public view after hiding it from the world for decades.A new exhibit at Kennedy Space…

The busier months of the Atlantic Hurricane Season are here, but Florida Public Radio Meteorologist Jeff Huffman says confidence continues to grow that...

When Tampa was announced as the site of the 2012 Republican National Convention, law enforcement expected thousands of protestors to arrive with it....

After a circus tent collapse that killed two spectators, questions have arisen about how the Sarasota-based circus operator could have prepared for and…

SeaWorld says its theme park attendance is still falling as animal activists protest the company's treatment of whales, but the company says some of its…

Take the single word – sacrifice – and turn it into a three dimensional sculpture that represents veterans, military service members and first responders…

Ten years ago, Chris Young was crushed by a car he was working under. “He was crushed accordion style,” says his wife Lesley. The accident left Young,...

Orthopedic surgeon Edward Homan, who served eight years in the Florida House of Representatives, is the latest high-profile physician to be publicly...

The Ybor City Chamber of Commerce is using renewed relations between the Obama Administration and government of Cuba to re-establish the link between the…

Another gun-related measure has been filed in the Florida Legislature.

Authorities say a man is back in a Florida jail for crashing his SUV into the building's entrance and causing a gas leak — two weeks after doing...

A group seeking to ask voters in 2016 to legalize medical marijuana raised more than $770,000 in July, buoyed by contributions from its leader, Orlando...

The Republican-controlled Florida Legislature, still angry at being forced into action by the state's highest court, launched yet another bid on Monday...

Sarasota is known around the world for its arts scene. Can Bradenton and Manatee County become a destination for the arts? This week on Florida Matters…

It wasn't happy hour, but the beer was flowing on southbound Interstate 75 when a Budweiser truck overturned.The Florida Highway Patrol says beer cans…

A toddler died Tuesday afternoon after he was found by his mother face down and unresponsive in a kiddie pool, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said....