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News-Press storyteller Amy Bennett Williams is a well-known local history buff, so it should come as no surprise that her post-Hurricane Irma damage…

Florida lawmakers adjourned the state’s annual legislative session, Saturday, with an historic $91.1 billion budget for the coming fiscal year. Although…

In the wake of last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, we’ll explore what it could mean for abortion access in Florida going forward.

State lawmakers ended Florida’s 2021 annual legislative session, Friday, after passing a record $101.5 billion budget. Much of Governor Ron DeSantis’ priority measures did pass. We’ll get a closer analysis of what passed, what didn’t and what it all means for Floridians going forward are Florida Gulf Coast University Political Science professors Peter Bergerson, Ph.D., and Roger Green, Ph.D.

Florida’s annual legislative session wrapped up Monday with lawmakers approving a $112.1 billion budget. The session was largely dominated by contentious culture-war issues and legislators passed many of Governor Ron DeSantis’ priority bills. Other issues including Florida’s struggling property insurance market and the redrawing of the state’s Congressional district boundaries remain unresolved, and could signal a possible special session. We’ll get insight and analysis from a panel of Florida political science experts.

Kentucky Derby champion Barbaro was severely injured at this weekend's Preakness race in Maryland. But instead of euthanizing the horse, his owners decided on complex surgery in an attempt to repair damage to the horse's leg. Noah Adams speaks with a horse-surgery expert about Barbaro's condition.

Biologists are posting hundreds of signs on the seawalls of the Indian River Lagoon in an effort to save dolphins. The placards caution visitors not to...

The Pakistani parliament passes a bill allowing President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to remain as army chief despite his promises to step down from the post. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Philip Reeves.

The Pentagon posts an absentee ballot online for Defense Department personnel working overseas. The move comes after concerns were aired that some state absentee ballots might miss the Nov. 2 election. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and Doug Chapin of electionline.org.

The Washington Post won six Pulitzer prizes, including the public service medal for exposing shoddy treatment of America's war wounded at Walter Reed hospital, and the breaking-news award for coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre.