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As industry attorneys waged a legal battle over new rules that require nursing homes and assisted living facilities to have generators that can power...

Doctors would be limited to prescribing seven days' worth of opioids for patients with acute pain and would have to check a statewide database before...

Substance abuse experts and law enforcement officers are calling on lawmakers to bolster access to treatment for people battling opioid addiction. The...

October is the Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This month, the Florida Department of Children and Families also received a grant to help support...

Pointing to “protectionism,” a major satellite-television company is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a constitutional challenge to a Florida law…

State officials this month levied a $110,000 fine against the Republican Party of Florida. The party turned in a campaign finance report dealing with a…

Citing past clashes and protests, Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday declared a state of emergency in advance of a speech white nationalist Richard Spencer…

The Republican congressman from Pennsylvania is withdrawing days after reports that legislation he sponsored hindered the Drug Enforcement Administration in its fight against the U.S. opioid crisis.

Broward County and a dozen other school districts filed a much-anticipated lawsuit targeting House Bill 7069 on Monday.

As a state entity, the University of Florida must allow the white nationalist to speak on campus. But its president urged students and staff to avoid the event and shun its speaker.

Vibhor Nayar spends most of his time at the University of Florida studying mechanical engineering.But as president of the UF Indian American Student…

With no explanation, the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request to stay the scheduled Nov. 8 execution of Patrick C. Hannon, who was...

Congressman John Rutherford, R-Florida, is spearheading an effort to bring more workforce training to returning veterans. The measure would create a...

A pair of physicians from the University of South Florida have returned to Tampa after a trip to Puerto Rico, but they're already looking forward to going…

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor held a different kind of coffee shop talk in Tampa on Wednesday, discussing the student debt crisis with the people it directly…

When patients come to The Outreach Clinic in Brandon, one of the first people they encounter is Jackie Perez.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday he's willing to bring bipartisan health care legislation to the floor if President Donald Trump makes...

Friends and family of Sgt. La David Johnson, one of the four U.S. Army soldiers killed in an ambush attack in Niger, gathered on Saturday at Christ the...

After waiting in long lines for food assistance cards after Hurricane Irma, some of the recipients in Miami-Dade are reporting the cards could not be...

Survey teams this week completed an assessment of the condition of the Keys reef tract, from Biscayne Bay to Key West. "It's very much like what's...

You haven’t done anything wrong, but you’re pulled over anyway. The law enforcement officer asks to search your car. Should that officer be required to...

After spiking last year, worker’s compensation rates in Florida are set to decline. But some labor organizations contend the decrease doesn’t go far...

A new statewide poll shows environmental issues to be one of the top five issues facing Floridians. But not all parts of the state have the same…

A music festival Sunday in Pasco County featured not only local bands, but local political candidates."VoteFest" featured five local bands taking the…

WUSF News is looking for student journalists ready for the opportunity to work in a professional newsroom. We're taking applications for the Spring 2018…