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  • Gov. Ron DeSantis giving the State of the State address to the Florida legislature.
    Ten issues to watch as Florida legislative session nears
  • New Big Carlos Pass Bridge to open to traffic on Friday, Nov. 14
    Traffic will shift to the new Big Carlos Pass bridge overnight Thursday, Nov. 13.
  • Contact tracing programs around the country have been struggling to keep up with demand during the last several coronavirus surges. Here, contact tracer Cherie Hunter puts works from her home in Tinley Park, Ill., to reach people who have tested positive for COVID-19.
    If you tested positive and the contact tracer never called, here's why
    Swamped by thousands of calls a day, contact tracing programs have been forced to adapt. Even though they can't call everyone, experts say it's too early to give up on this pillar of disease control.
  • After Months Of Campaigning And Debating, Iowa Caucuses Are Here
    Morning Edition hosts David Greene and Rachel Martin, in Iowa for the caucuses, talk to NPR senior political editor Domenico Montanaro and Des Moines Register political editor Rachel Stassen-Berger.
  • In Rancho Cordova, Calif., Diana and Lorrin Burdick host an informal support group lunch at their house for parents of children struggling with severe mental health problems, including schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
    Need help for loved ones with severe mental health illness? California has a plan
    The state is planning "Care Court" pilot programs to help people with severe mental illness. A judge can order a treatment plan that counties must fund. Disability rights groups have sued to stop it.
  • Places across the U.S. are testing no-strings cash as part of the social safety net
    The idea got a boost from the pandemic, when an array of cash relief helped cut child poverty and keep people housed. Researchers are studying how much money, for how long, may have lasting impact.
  • An investigator on Thursday looks at the SUV that was involved in a police shootout with suspects in San Bernardino, Calif. At least 14 people were killed Wednesday mornin
    San Bernardino Shootings: What We Know, One Day After
    Police said they discovered a stockpile of ammunition and explosives inside a house connected to the suspects, husband and wife Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, who were killed in a shootout Wednesday.
  • "I was completely shocked and ashamed. That's not how I think of the Republicans — who we were, and who we are," said Lyle Darrah of the riot at the Capitol. Darrah recently changed his party registration from Republican to Democrat.
    Spurred By The Capitol Riot, Thousands Of Republicans Drop Out Of GOP
    About 4,600 Republicans changed their party status in Colorado in the immediate aftermath of the Capitol riot. Other states are reporting similar defections from the GOP.
  • Gov. Ron DeSantis in Cape Coral, July 30, announcing his executive order barring school districts from imposing mask mandates on students. A Leon County judge, Friday, issued a ruling, Friday, in favor of parents who filed a lawsuit challenging the executive order.
    COVID-19 Morning Report
    A Leon County judge ruled Friday in favor of parents who filed a lawsuit challenging Governor Ron DeSantis’ executive order barring school districts from imposing mask mandates on students. DeSantis has defended his order by citing a new state law called the Parents’ Bill of Rights, but in his ruling, the judge said the law doesn’t prevent school districts from imposing mask rules. The state will likely appeal the ruling, but for now, school districts can keep their mask policies.Although virus-related hospitalizations Florida have recently begun to level off, the number of daily reported deaths continues to climb. Federal data reports about 279 COVID deaths a day in Florida over the past week. A month ago, the average death rate stood at 52 fatalities a day. AdventHealth, Volusia County and Sarasota Memorial Hospital all reported leasing refrigerated trucks to expand morgue capacity amid the spike in deaths and backup at funeral homes.As Florida deals with another surge of COVID patients, supplies of oxygen for healthcare providers are running low and the shortage is affecting other industries outside of healthcare like aerospace.
  • Trump’s budget would hit Florida Environmental Monitoring Programs
    Among the environmental programs on the chopping block under President Donald Trump’s proposed budget is a little-known grant program administered through…
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