Carson Cooper
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Florida, United States
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Florida Matters: 2017 World Rowing Championships
For the first time in over 20 years, the World Rowing Championships will return to the U.S. next month in Sarasota-Bradenton. This week on Florida Matters → Read More
Florida Matters Preview: State Budget And Rising Drug Costs For Medicaid Patients
Florida's annual legislative session gets under way today. WUSF News will bring you live coverage of the governor's State of the State address starting → Read More
Florida Matters: Media Trends
How are people consuming news these days -- and how is that changing? We recently welcomed an audience from Leadership Tampa into our studio for a taping → Read More
Florida Matters: Food Traditions
During this Thanksgiving week, we're taking a second listen to our show on food, family and traditions. From passing on the recipe for French Canadian → Read More
Insurers ‘Recalibrate’ As Enrollment Increases
The third year of open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act is now under way, and this week on Florida Matters (Sunday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.), WUSF& → Read More
Florida Matters: Health Insurance Changes for 2016
Enrollment is under way for plans on HealthCare.gov for the third year, and consumers are seeing many changes in the plans companies are offering. It’s not → Read More
Florida Matters Town Hall: Disabled Veterans
"Debt of Honor: Disabled Veterans in American History" airs this month on PBS stations across the country, and on WUSF-TV on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. On → Read More
Florida Matters: Florida Department Of Children And Families Secretary
Florida is on pace to have nearly as many child deaths this year as it did before the overhaul of its child welfare system last year. In about a quarter of → Read More
MLB Says Rays Stadium, Not Braves Site, Is Top Priority
News that the Atlanta Braves may want to move its spring training facility to Pinellas County has caught the attention of Major League Baseball. → Read More
Florida Matters Newsmaker: U.S. Rep. David Jolly
Republican U.S. Rep. David Jolly was elected to represent Florida’s 13th Congressional district in a special election in 2014, and was re-elected in → Read More
By The Numbers: Heroin In Manatee County
Heroin overdoses are rising most everywhere, but perhaps nowhere more dramatically than in Manatee County. → Read More
Florida Matters Town Hall: The Rising Tide Of HIV
In 2013, Florida had more new cases of HIV than anywhere else in the nation. When it comes to the presence of HIV in Florida, the state’s six largest → Read More
Preparing For Tropical Storms & Hurricanes
We take a look at how you can prepare if any storms do come our way. → Read More
Join Us For A Special Florida Matters Town Hall On Sept. 1
You can join us and be a part of our audience for a special Florida Matters town hall on the rising tide of HIV infection in Florida. The taping on Tuesday → Read More
Florida Matters: Hunting Black Bears
Back in June, state officials decided to allow bear hunting in Florida for the first time in 20 years. The season will open on Oct. 24, and could last for → Read More
Florida Matters: Preparing For A Hurricane
The Atlantic hurricane outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says 2015 will be a below-normal season, with six to 11 named → Read More
Florida Matters: Cuba's Manatees
To most Floridians, manatees are cute, docile creatures that hang out in crowded springs, and often get too close to boats -- or rather, boats get too → Read More
Florida Matters: White House Conference On Aging
The next White House Conference on Aging - which is aimed at finding new ways to improve the lives of older Americans - will take place July 13 in → Read More
Florida Matters: Remembering D-Day
June 6, 2015 will mark the 71st anniversary of D-Day, the historic military landing at Normandy during World War II. This week on Florida Matters, we a → Read More
Florida Matters: Legislative Session Debrief, Look Ahead To Special Session
Lawmakers are heading back to Tallahassee on June 1 for a three-week special session. The Florida Legislature was unable to agree on a single balanced → Read More