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The Florida Board of Governors has delayed a decision on whether to support the University of Central Florida’s plans for a new campus in downtown…

"Death metal really does come from the heart," says The Mountain Goats frontman and author of Wolf In White Van. In Durham, he plays "The Best Ever Death Metal Band Out of Denton."

Last week, the Tampa Bay Times published a scathing indictment of Governor Rick Scott and his handling of Florida Department of Law Enforcement commissioner Gerald Bailey's so-called resignation. It's no secret that the FDLE is not Scott's best friend in general, especially considering the long list of Scott scandals that the agency is assigned to investigate. Most recently, Scott has been accused – with evidence – of using private email accounts to conduct public business. That, of course, is something that the FDLE has been investigating.

NPR and ProPublica have been reporting about nonprofit hospitals that seize the wages of lower-income patients. Sen. Chuck Grassley says hospitals doing that could be breaking the law.

The flood of prescription pain pills created a lot of new addicts in Florida. And after a statewide crackdown, some are turning to heroin - and dying.

Steve Inskeep talks with NPR Ed's Anya Kamenetz about her book, 'The Test: Why are Schools are Obsessed with Standardized Testing — But You Don't Have to Be'.

Orange County Public Schools says it’s looking forward to resolving a dispute with the county so it can build a new relief high school west of Orlando.

Nina Bunjevac tackles two troublesome subjects in Fatherland: Her Serbian nationalist father, and the occasionally violent, extremist history of his country — all in a controlled, icy-cool style.

Critic Alan Cheuse says John Vaillant's intense tale of illegal immigrants trapped in a tanker truck in the Arizona desert expands a single terrible story into a history of human suffering.

Starting Saturday, the Central Florida Expressway Authority will raise the speed limit on the 417 and 429 from 65 miles per hour to 70. Transportation officials say it will help prevent crashes as drivers connect from other roads, as 90.7’s Renata Sago reports.