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Florida has reported its first vaping-related death, but Gov. Ron DeSantis is taking a wait-and-see approach about the possibility of banning vaping.

Scientists on Florida’s blue green algae task force began the daunting task this week of trying to craft recommendations for how to fix the state’s...

Central Florida has been taken off a short list to house a federal detention center for unaccompanied migrant children, U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla.,…

WUSF News is committed to covering the upcoming presidential election with a focus on the issues – and not the political horse race.We’re spending time in…

The impeachment inquiry Democrats opened is about to consume American politics. What did we learn and where's it headed?

Nine county school boards, including Polk County, are going to the Florida Supreme Court in a battle about the constitutionality of a controversial 2017…

As the CDC continues to investigate more than 800 cases of vaping-related lung disease, two states have found that many patients were using THC products sold under the label "Dank Vapes."

Could Florida teachers get a long awaited raise this year? Governor Ron DeSantis, Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, and Senate Budget Chief Rob...

Lawmakers are already seeking about $120 million for projects and programs in their local communities, while the latest state revenue estimates have…

An author of a new law that toughened the state’s texting-while-driving ban wants to require motorists to go fully “hands-free” if they are using wireless…

Journalists from more than 20 countries will talk about the ways they handle disinformation during an open discussion in St. Petersburg.Thursday’s panel…

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor is calling the whistleblower at the center of a growing scandal surrounding President Trump, as well as whoever gave them…

“This Veteran has no immediate family all are welcome to attend.”That line in the obituary of 80-year-old Naples resident Edward Pearson has prompted an…

There’s a reason it could be unusually noisy in South Tampa over the next three weeks.And we’re not talking just a few more jets in the air. We’re talking…

House Minority Leader Kionne McGhee wants college student-athletes in Florida to be able to cash in on their names and images, similar to a measure that…

A prominent medical journal has published a new recommendation from a group of scientists concluding that there's no need to cut back on red and processed meats. This contradicts current guidelines.

Nine county school boards are going to the Florida Supreme Court in a battle about the constitutionality of a controversial 2017 law that sought to...

Most four-legged patrons of pet-friendly restaurants would have to remain outside, under a bill proposed this week by state Rep. Bruce Antone,…

Amber Guyger, who is white, had testified that she entered Botham Jean's unit after a long day at work, thinking it was her own home and mistaking the 26-year-old black accountant for an intruder.

Florida drivers now must put down their cell phones anytime they are in a school or work zone or they could eventually get a $60 ticket.State Rep. Jackie…

For most of the last decade, Erin Kimmerle has led a team that has tried to find the bodies of students who were buried at Dozier School for Boys – some…

Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried has announced new rules for prescribed burns. She says some rules are being changed for the first time...

The line of students stretched for more than 100 yards and wound down a flight of stairs as University of South Florida students tried to beat three other…

If you thought September was hotter and dryer than average, you were right.The National Weather Service says the month was the hottest September in the…

A newly released report by Johns Hopkins University, Hospital Prices in the United States: An Analysis of U.S. Cities and States, shows that seven out of…