Florida Gulf Coast University celebrated the groundbreaking Wednesday of an “Innovation Hub” to research and develop renewable energy technologies. WGCU’s John Davis reports.

Florida Gulf Coast University celebrated the groundbreaking Wednesday of an “Innovation Hub” to research and develop renewable energy technologies. WGCU’s John Davis reports.

Advocates for the River of Grass held a teleconference Tuesday to make their case for the state’s acquisition of land from U.S. Sugar for Everglades Restoration.  WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

Advocates for the River of Grass held a teleconference Tuesday to make their case for the state’s acquisition of land from U.S. Sugar for Everglades Restoration.  WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

Now that Congress has passed the new healthcare overhaul legislation economic analyst Hank Fishkind discusses its impact to Floridians with Tom Parkinson from WMFE in Orlando.  By some estimates there are as many as 30 million Americans without health insurance and Fishkind says many of them are Floridians.  He says right now that number is about 4 million, but it will continue to rise…

Now that Congress has passed the new healthcare overhaul legislation economic analyst Hank Fishkind discusses its impact to Floridians with Tom Parkinson from WMFE in Orlando.  By some estimates there are as many as 30 million Americans without health insurance and Fishkind says many of them are Floridians.  He says right now that number is about 4 million, but it will continue to rise…

The life and work of artist Guy LaBree is featured in a new book by Carol Mahler.  Mahler is a professional storyteller, poet, teacher, and musician as well as a writer.  She told WGCU’s Valerie Alker that she met Guy LaBree – the Barefoot Artist of the Florida Seminoles - at a musical gathering in Punta Gorda several years ago…and is now bringing his work to a larger audience.

The life and work of artist Guy LaBree is featured in a new book by Carol Mahler.  Mahler is a professional storyteller, poet, teacher, and musician as well as a writer.  She told WGCU’s Valerie Alker that she met Guy LaBree – the Barefoot Artist of the Florida Seminoles - at a musical gathering in Punta Gorda several years ago…and is now bringing his work to a larger audience.

Environmentalists are criticizing President Barack Obama’s announcement that the administration will consider expanding oil and natural gas exploration off the Atlantic Coast and in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.  WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

Environmentalists are criticizing President Barack Obama’s announcement that the administration will consider expanding oil and natural gas exploration off the Atlantic Coast and in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.  WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.