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A push to alter Florida’s contentious ‘stand your ground’ law may be dead for the coming year, despite the high-profile support of several Republican…

The next phase in a multi-year study to look at the effect oil has on fish will begin Wednesday at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota.WUSF's Steve Newborn…

A proposal (SB 308) that would allow people to break into locked vehicles to help senior citizens, disabled adults, children or pets was approved...

Measures that would legalize full-strength medical marijuana for terminally ill patients received preliminary approval from House and Senate committees...

You better shop around. For holiday gifts? No, for a 2016 health insurance plan on the federal marketplace, healthcare.gov.

The third year of open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act is now under way, and this week on Florida Matters (Sunday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.), WUSF...

A Hillsborough circuit judge is calling on the University of South Florida to live up to its recent ranking as a top "veteran friendly" university.Judge…

Florida senators continued moving forward Wednesday with a bill that would help the children of legal immigrants get low-cost health insurance coverage...

Florida hospitals paid for $1.5 billion in health costs for uninsured and underinsured patients last year.

As Marco Rubio campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination, he's pledging to bring generational change to Washington. Yet Rubio's policy toward…

A Democratic House member and a Republican Senator want voters to expand term limits for state lawmakers from eight to 12 years.House Democratic Leader…

Touting the possibility of more choices for patients, a House committee Thursday began a renewed effort to revamp regulations in the health-care industry.

A contentious proposal to let concealed weapons permit holders bring guns on state university and college campuses was among four firearm bills that made…

Gov. Rick Scott is proposing more money for land preservation next year, but environmentalists say the levels fall short of what voters wanted in passing…

Until recently, the University of South Florida St. Petersburg’s offerings for student veterans were limited to say the least.According to Milton White,…

Lawyers for Tampa Bay Buccaneers Quarterback Jameis Winston are threatening to sue CNN. The move stems from that network’s screening of a documentary...

Although the Department of Health has awarded licenses to grow cannabis, patients could still be waiting more than nine months for treatment. But one of...

The Atlantic hurricane season is coming to a close for the 10th consecutive year without Florida taking a direct hit.Going from June 1 to Nov. 30 without…

The easing of travel restrictions to Cuba could unleash a torrent of 'Yanqui' tourists, something that has the potential to transform a poor island that…

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump bragged about his high standing in the polls, slammed super PACs as “a scam” and dismissed nomination…

The Republican front-runner for the presidential nomination, Donald Trump, is not prepared to be the nation's commander in chief, because he's…

A new study by University of Florida researchers finds Florida strawberry growers would benefit by starting the growing season just a few weeks earlier...

U.S. Senator Bill Nelson said people should be fired if military commanders were given bad information. He’s responding to a New York Times story that…

Dozens of Florida cities and counties oppose a plan to give the state control over the oil and gas exploration process known as fracking.The Tallahassee…

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-FL 5th District, brought a campaign to put Florida Medicaid expansion on the ballot to Central Florida on Friday.