Cathy Carter
Cathy Carter is the education reporter for WUSF 89.7 and StateImpact Florida.
Before joining WUSF, Cathy was the local host of NPR’s Morning Edition for Delaware Public Media and reported on a variety of topics from education to the arts.
Cathy also reported for WAMU, the NPR news station in Washington D.C, was a host at XM Satellite Radio and wrote arts and culture stories for a variety of newspaper,s including the Virginian Pilot and the Baltimore Sun.
Her work has been honored by journalism organizations such as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Maryland Press Association and the Delaware Press Association.
As a Massachusetts native and a graduate of Boston’s Emerson College, Cathy - as are all citizens under state mandate - had no choice but to be born a Boston Red Sox fan.
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The area of low to no oxygen— also known as a hypoxic zone— that can kill fish and marine life, is about 3,275 square miles. -
Recently released federal guidelines would extend protections under the law to include schools’ “obligations not to discriminate based on sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation and gender identity.” -
The civil filing in Sarasota County also included five criminal allegations against the Sarasota County School Superintendent and members of the school board. -
The online campaign, which started two months ago, has so far garnered about 7,200 signatures. -
The abortion restriction law is scheduled to take effect on July 1. -
The federal lawsuit challenges allocations approved by NOAA as part of Amendment 53 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico. -
The clause can be found in Section 23 of the state constitution, It reads, in part: “Every natural person has the right to be let alone and free from governmental intrusion into the person’s private life." -
The 2021 fiscal year saw more than $31 million collected from hotels and short-term vacation rentals. -
Online real estate data company Stessa reviewed statistics from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. -
Based on recommendations from community non-profits, the Sarasota County Commission has agreed to contribute $25 million in federal pandemic relief funds to create almost 700 new units of affordable housing.
