Recent Florida Matters episodes
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn (June 5, 2012)
This week, Florida Matters brings you an exclusive interview with Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn. Host Carson Cooper traveled to Tampa City Hall to talk with the first-term mayor in March.
Buckhorn has been in office about a year. When he took...
American Graduate: Teachers Speak Out About the Dropout Crisis (May 29, 2012)
As part of the American Graduate: Let’s Make it Happen initiative, WUSF Public Media has produced this special Florida Matters on the dropout crisis in Florida.
We talk to a student who almost dropped out -- until his mother and a...
Florida Matters: The Military & Memorial Day (May 23, 2012)
Monday is Memorial Day – a time when civilians and military alike will take a moment to remember those killed while serving their country.
This week Florida Matters takes a look at the U.S. Military through the eyes of a base commander, a...
St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster on the Rays, the Pier, and More (May 15, 2012)
The decisions made by St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster and the city council over the next year years will shape the city for decades to come.
Specifically, Foster is trying to keep ahold of the Tampa Bay Rays, and rebuild the city's iconic...
Preparing for a Hurricane (May 7, 2012)
It's been so long since Florida's been hit...do you even feel like you need to be ready? Two emergency officials say that it's not a matter of if the big one will hit...but when.
Holley Wade from Hillsborough County Emergency Management...
Florida Matters: Newsmaker Gov. Rick Scott (May 1, 2012)
On Florida Matters this week, Bobbie O'Brien talked with the state’s 45th governor about Florida Polytechnic, the Republican National Convention, and whether Florida is the most veteran-friendly state.
Five things we learned from our...
