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A House of Representatives meeting in the state Capitol on Feb. 5, 2020.

Here's what Florida's lawmakers didn't do: Notable failed bills

In the House and Senate, lawmakers proposed 3,685 pieces of legislation, but only about 285 passed in both chambers, slightly higher than the number since at least 2016, according to legislative records.

Laboratory Theater of Florida Poster for Tracy Letts' 'The Minutes'

Lab Theater audiences won't see the end coming during Tracy Letts' searing satire, 'The Minutes'

Playwright Tracy Letts won a Pulitzer Prize and multiple Tony Awards for “August, Osage County.” His searing 2017 satire, “The Minutes” is just as good, although its Broadway run was cut short by the pandemic. The action takes place in the Big Cherry City Council, where the minutes of its last meeting have mysteriously gone missing and new Council member, Mr. Peel, is doggedly trying to find out how and why. Ryan Adair plays Peel.

Meet the Sarasota teen whose bird project is headed to a national magazine

Sophia Haakman is something of a bird whisperer. The 16-year-old Pineview School student doesn’t just notice Sarasota’s birds. She wants to understand how they live, what they need to survive and whether efforts to protect them are actually working.

Jon Batiste, shown performing at Global Citizen Live: New York earlier this year, was nominated for 11 Grammy Awards.

Jon Batiste, Justin Bieber and Billie Eilish headline 2022 Grammy nominations

Pianist and composer Jon Batiste was nominated in 11 categories, including Album of the Year. Read the full list of 2022 nominees.

PolitiFact Florida Checks out Jeb Bush's Tax Cuts, Voter Purge

It's been just a couple of days since Jeb Bush announced his candidacy for president - and already his time in Tallahassee is getting a lot of scrutiny....

Sanders Supporters On The March Against Clinton

There's been a lot of talk about party unity at the Democratic National Convention, but many progressives who backed Bernie Sanders continue to have misgivings about Hillary Clinton.

In California's Central Valley, a long-disappeared lake has been resurrected. A power line dangles precariously over the edge of the water now filling the Tulare Lake Basin, and a building on the horizon is caught in the middle of the flood.

California's epic snowpack is melting. Here's what to expect

Warmer temperatures are melting the state's historic snowpack. Already flooded communities downstream are scrambling to prepare for the surge.

Judy and Larry Pichon on their wedding day in 1986. Judy had a rare autoimmune disease and was unable to get an ICU bed in July because they were full, and she died. If it weren't for the pandemic, Larry believes his wife would be alive.

Data Analysis: COVID-19 Is Filling Up Hospitals In Small Cities

An NPR data analysis finds that hospital systems in Louisiana, Idaho and Washington state have had to shuffle patients to try to get everyone the care they need.

Alice Paul, a leader of the National Woman's Party, unfurls the ratification banner with its new 36th star after Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment on Aug. 18, 1920. The amendment prohibits denying the right to vote based on sex.

The Nudge And Tie Breaker That Took Women's Suffrage From Nay To Yea

Tennessee was the final state needed to ratify the amendment that secured women the right to vote. At the last moment, a young state legislator switched his vote to yes after his mom asked him to.

Health investigator Mackenzie Bray of the Salt Lake County Health Department in Salt Lake City, Utah, contacts people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus so they can get tested and quarantine themselves. Thousands of health workers around the country are doing this work to help keep outbreaks from flaring up.

As States Reopen, Do They Have The Workforce They Need To Stop Coronavirus Outbreaks?

NPR surveyed all 50 states to find out how many people they have doing contact tracing — one of the essential tools for keeping outbreaks from flaring up. Look up your state to see how it's doing.

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