Ashley Lopez
Ashley Lopez is a reporter forWGCUNews. A native of Miami, she graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a journalism degree.
Previously, Lopez was a reporter for Miami's NPR member station, WLRN-MiamiHerald News. Before that, she was a reporter at The Florida Independent. She also interned for Talking Points Memo in New York City andWUNCin Durham, North Carolina. She also freelances as a reporter/blogger for the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting.
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Most electronic voting machines don't create a paper trail but voting officials in Austin are trying to marry the convenience of electronic machines with a paper trail that can be audited. -
Florida is still one of worst states for long term care for the elderly. A new survey ranked the state 43rd in the country for long term support for... -
Gov. Rick Scott made a stop in Fort Myers Monday to talk about his efforts to make college cheaper. He also kicked off his ‘College Affordability Tour’... -
A researcher in Sarasota is helping federal officials figure out whether dolphins were affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. -
Lawmakers recently settled on a $77 billion budget this year, but with very little money set aside for the state’s land conservation program.... -
Bee research should be Florida’s next big investment. At least, that’s what a state watchdog says. -
Florida's citrus industry is having more problems. Growers are already plagued by crop diseases like canker and greening. Now, an effort to control greening has led to the deaths of millions of bees.
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More than 200 manatees have died in Florida's waterways this year from an algae bloom called red tide. The deaths come as wildlife officials try to remove the marine mammal — whose biggest killer is usually boat propellers — from the endangered species list.
