The Florida House passed two bills this week following the Trump Administration’s directive renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. Tristan Wood reports the measure requires updates to maps, textbooks and other documents.
A group of high school and college students came to Tallahassee to advocate for their favorite bird and came away with a win. Members of the Wildlife Conservation Club at Seminole High School urged a Senate committee recently to make the Florida Scrub-Jay the state bird. And as Margie Menzel reports, the committee’s vote was unanimous.
On the most recent episode of the Deeper Dive with Dara Kam podcast from the News Service of Florida, State University System Chancellor Ray Rodrigues joins Dara for a discussion on higher education. The pair delves into a panoply of changes affecting the state's public universities, such as doing away with DEI programs and services.
Initial predictions for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season have been made – and they all look rather the same. W-G-C-U’s senior environmental reporter Tom Bayles has the story.
More than 10,000 people in the Tampa Bay area who were slammed by last year's hurricanes have received letters saying they have to either rebuild their homes or raise them above flood stage. But many of them didn't even have anyone inspect the inside of their homes. WUSF's Steve Newborn talks with the Tampa Bay Times reporters who broke the story, Colbi Edmonds and Teghan Simonton.
A major chapter in Florida’s efforts to protect an underwater cave system that connects to Wakulla Springs may be coming to a close. Adrian Andrews reports a new trade agreement between a statewide land trust and a Georgia oil company could save the cave from potential pollutants.