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Florida has an underappreciated secret weapon to help heal its ailing reefs: prickly sea urchins.

A lack of affordable housing will soon be a problem in more parts of Florida. According to a Florida Housing Coalition report , 921,928 very low-income...

Plans for a statewide office focused on rising sea levels and more electric vehicle charging stations along Florida highways are moving forward in the...

Calling a Tampa company’s effort to get a medical marijuana license a “stunt,” Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is asking the Florida Supreme Court to...

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ budget proposal, released last month, provides Floridians with some insight into his health care priorities for 2020.From hospital…

Republican lawmakers who pushed to allow teachers to carry guns in schools say they do not need to know how many Florida teachers are armed and…

The Florida Department of Health says a second person in Florida has died due to complications from vaping. In its most recent report on the issue, the...

This week on Florida Matters, we share some of our favorite discussions about plants, animals and environmental challenges facing our state.We look back…

Nearly 700,000 uninsured Floridians are eligible for free health insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, according to a report from the…

More than 5,000 students will receive their degrees during the University of South Florida’s 119th commencement convocation.The seven ceremonies, which…

The Army has embraced esports as a recruiting tool to reach young adults, who are drawn to the fast-paced action of military-themed games.

Florida senators are pushing forward with a change to family law. The proposal focuses on situations where relatives spend years caring for children...

After a flawless launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., the crew capsule, loaded with 600 pounds of cargo for the station, was unable to reach its intended orbit, Boeing says.

A series of polls from the St. Leo University Polling Institute shows Floridians deeply divided on some of the major issues that the state will face in…

Patrick Carter spent most of his childhood in Newtown, one of the first African American communities in Sarasota. He left to play college football at…

A series of polls from the St. Leo University Polling Institute shows Floridians deeply divided on some of the major issues that the state will face in…

In 1963, Thomas Clyburn was summoned to the principal's office at Sarasota's Booker High School. He thought he was in trouble - instead, he was being…

With the exception of the time he served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War, Willie Charles Shaw has lived his entire life in Sarasota, much of…

A Florida lawmaker filed a bill that would allow counties to ban smoking on their public beaches and parks.Sen. Joe Gruters (R-Sarasota) introduced a bill…

What trophy can be said to await the speaker or her party at game's end? Their case has not penetrated the popular membrane enough to supply the two-thirds vote required for conviction in the Senate.

About 200,000 children in Florida could lose their access to free lunches under changes to the federal government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

Florida’s unemployment rate approached the end of 2019 at a historic low.The rate fell to 3.1 percent in November, down from 3.2 percent in October and…

A soaking rain is likely across the Sunshine State Sunday, and it could be heavy enough to cause river or street flooding in some areas. Thunderstorms...

Part of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' resiliency this campaign cycle is thanks to his popularity with Latinos. Multiple polls show Sanders leads the field with Latino support.

La'Tiara Love recently moved to the Newtown as she was looking for a predominantly African American community to live in.As part of our Telling Tampa Bay…