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He has been cited as helping save lives during some of the worst weather in Southwest Florida history. One of the area's top weather forecasters, Matt Devitt, has been let go from his position at WINK News.

Miami's iconic Spanish-language radio station WAQI — Radio Mambí — will take its news and talk programming off the air, in a further sign that an effort to create more moderate Latino broadcasting in South Florida hasn't panned out.

The preliminary study is a trial run for a 25-year study that will track around 8,000 participants nationwide.

The proposal would allow journalists to get sued if they publish false information from a single anonymous source.

A plan to make it easier for journalists and others to be sued is back for a second year.

A new study from the Pew Research Center shows that Black news consumers think local reporters do a better job of covering Black communities than the national media. Black publishers in South Florida have reasons why.

A Florida House committee has advanced a bill that would make it easier for journalists and their media outlets to be sued.

Florida lawmakers will consider a proposal to re-write rules around who is considered a public figure, and what circumstances would constitute a defamation claim against media outlets. The proposals are raising concerns about their constitutionality and whether they violate free speech rights.

Free speech could be at risk if a new bill in Tallahassee becomes law, says the executive director of the First Amendment Foundation.

The Florida legislature will formally convene for the start of its annual 60-day regular legislative session. Here's a look at what lawmakers have left on their "To Do" list.

On Tuesday, Gov. DeSantis called upon the legislature to adopt a measure that would make it easier to sue the press.

It comes after documents leaked to two newspapers accused the company of hiring a political consulting firm that ran sham candidates to siphon votes.