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State officials say they have almost completed tests on thousands of sexual assault kits dating back five years in an effort to eliminate the backlog and…

The Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City starts Feb. 28. With the festival just a couple of weeks away, Florida Matters is taking another listen to…

The City of St. Petersburg will declare Feb. 15 "Ray Charles Day" during a special event at the Studio @ 620 Friday evening.Some may connect the legendary…

A University of South Florida Board of Trustees committee received a report on the consolidation of the school's accreditation Tuesday, and much of it is…

Florida is seeing strong job growth in the solar sector.

Forty-three students and teachers who survived the Parkland massacre on Feb. 14, 2018 have published a compilation of writing, photography and art.

St Petersburg is known as a haven for creative arts, and there's no shortage of opportunities to refine and celebrate work. A writing conference this…

With Florida being an international travel destination, there could be a risk for infectious diseases from foreign countries. And the risk of bioterrorism…

These are exciting times for eating out in Tampa Bay. Our cuisine is getting better and more varied and starting to draw national attention.Florida…

A House Democrat filed on Monday a proposal that calls for apologizing to people who were targeted in the 1950s and 1960s by a legislative committee...

In the opening scene of Christopher Demos-Brown's play "American Son," a black woman sits alone in the waiting room of a Miami police station,...

Thousands of homeless residents across Florida have been arrested in recent years on charges of asking for money in public spaces without government...

Florida’s latest attempt to draw more film production to the Sunshine State started rolling Tuesday in the Senate.

A lawyer representing suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel asked a Senate special master Tuesday to ensure an upcoming hearing is focused on...

Eleven people have applied so far to become the next president of the University of South Florida, a spokesman said Wednesday.They include one current…

The women’s college basketball season will culminate in a weekend-long celebration in Tampa this April.NCAA Vice President Lynn Holzman announced the 2019…

UPDATED at 1:20 p.m. with cybersecurity information.Several racist, sexist and pornographic images have been deleted from Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s…

Lineman technicians from Duke Energy will get to show off their skills at the company’s Rodeo this weekend in Winter Garden.They held two practice…

Greyhound tracks in Florida have until December 31, 2020, to stop races. But some, like Melbourne Greyhound Park, are ending the practice early. The House…

WUSF Public Media asked all seven candidates for Tampa Mayor to answer a questionnaire outlining their stands on some of the major issues facing the…

WUSF Public Media asked all seven candidates for Tampa Mayor to answer a questionnaire outlining their stands on some of the major issues facing the…

WUSF Public Media asked all seven candidates for Tampa Mayor to answer a questionnaire outlining their stands on some of the major issues facing the…

Two bills in the Florida legislature would add workplace protections for LGBTQ individuals, but activists say one could be a step forward while the...

Florida was among the first states to pass mandatory minimum drug sentencing laws in 1979. The Legislature loosened those requirements in 1993, then...

A longtime proponent of medical marijuana filed a measure Friday that would eliminate Florida’s “vertical integration” system requiring state-licensed...