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Government watchdog group Integrity Florida says the fox is guarding the henhouse when it comes to Florida’s utilities and their regulators. The group...

The owner of Pulse says it’s “unimaginable” a mass shooting of greater scope has taken place in Las Vegas. Barbara Poma is calling for prayers for the...

A state senator is trying to put $100 million a year into the land conservation program Florida Forever. The Legislature didn’t appropriate anything for...

The mass shooting in Las Vegas is focusing public attention on the fact that in an emergency, a victim’s survival could depend on someone with no...

A team of researchers has prevented Zika virus infection in monkeys —and they hope the new approach can be developed for use in pregnant women. The...

ANALYSIS Ever since former President Barack Obama normalized relations with Cuba three years ago – heralding the possibility of a new era after half a...

Across the country, so-called DREAMers have been scrambling to renew their DACA benefits for the last time before the Trump Administration begins phasing out the program in March.

Hurricane Irma caused more than $2.5 billion in damage to Florida's agriculture industry, with citrus growers and nurseries suffering big losses,…

On Monday, October 9th, a free lecture event brings some major names from the sports industry to the USF Sun Dome.The annual event is hosted by the USF…

Hurricane Nate brought flooding and power outages as it sloshed ashore outside Biloxi early Sunday, the first hurricane to make landfall in Mississippi…

Less than 24 hours after the state executed Death Row inmate Cary Michael Lambrix, Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed a death warrant for a man convicted...

A House Republican on Friday proposed a measure that seeks to ensure power restoration for nursing homes and hospitals is a priority after hurricanes...

Saying Florida has the “infrastructure and capacity to serve the health care needs of our veteran community,” a Republican senator Friday proposed a...

As Florida continues to work to combat human trafficking, some experts say working to make sure everyone recognizes the signs is important. But, equally...

Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal is coming to St. Petersburg to tackle your toughest financial questions.The host and senior editor of Marketplace will be…

When it comes to the top online colleges in Florida, the University of South Florida came in fifth.OnlineColleges’annual list of the best online colleges…

The Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority held a virtual town hall meeting Monday night to show off designs for the Selmon Expressway extension project.…

One of the area's leading newspapers, The Weekly Challenger in St. Petersburg, just celebrated its 50th anniversary. This week on Florida Matters we're…

The water level in Lake Okeechobee has reached a level not seen in more than a decade — 17.16 feet — prompting concerns about the integrity of the...

Gov. Rick Scott's administration continues to target hospitals for potential Medicaid spending reductions in the coming year.

Little more than a week after a massacre in Las Vegas, a Florida state senator Monday proposed banning devices — known as “ bump stocks ” — that can be...

Two women who lived at a Florida nursing home that lost air conditioning during Hurricane Irma have died, bringing to 14 the number of fatalities linked...

Many are surprised to learn that the NRA of generations past worked with the federal government to limit the traffic in guns, for example where ex-convicts or mental patients were involved.

An additional 44,000 Bright Futures students would have their scholarships expanded under a bill approved Monday by the Senate Education Committee. The...

Former Congressmen David Jolly, a Republican, and Patrick Murphy, a Democrat, are currently on a speaking tour to address the lack of bi-partisanship in…