Twelve million people in the United States live with Hepatitis B. Among them is a Pensacola teenager named John Ellis, who left Monday on an 11-hundred mile “Believe in the Cure Cycling Tour.” Sandra Averhart reports.

A foundation created to give an option for mothers of unwanted newborns has hit a pivotal milestone. The 100th baby has now been dropped off with authorities. Herald reporter Michael Hibblen has more.

With foreclosures on the rise, the City of Fort Myers held a free workshop Tuesday to help residents better understand their financial situations and take steps to avoid losing their homes. WGCU’s John Davis has more…

Floridians want a say on how money is being spent in public schools. A recent poll measured attitudes on vouchers and budget issues. Bobbie O’Brien has more.

Farmworkers from Immokalee recently participated in two days of testimony before an investigation into racism by a United Nations Special Rapporteur in Miami. WGCU’s John Davis reports.

The weather over most of Florida was warm and pleasant on Monday. But, inside the state’s Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, a big storm was brewing. Tom Flanigan has more….

A state program called “Florida Housing” helped about 5000 families purchase homes last year, and it plans to help thousands more this year. Gina Jordan reports.

Alligator hunting permits go on sale across the state Tuesday. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission expects to sell about 45-hundred permits on a first come first serve basis. Trimmel Gomes has more.

In such a tight budget year, with funding cuts to go around, the watchdog group called Florida TaxWatch still managed to find what it calls “incidents of frivolous spending” - also known as turkeys. Gina Jordan reports.

Naples Bay has one of the highest levels of copper contamination in the
U-S…that’s according to a new report by the National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration. Recent water sampling has found Naples Bay regularly violates the state’s copper standards…but the fact that it’s the third highest in the nation came as a surprise to local biologists. Studies have found water in most parts of coastal Southwest Florida with copper levels of about 200 parts per million. According to this report, Naples Bay had about 14-hundred parts per million in 2005, the most current year available. Aswani Volety is a professor of marine science at FGCU and chair of the department of marine and ecological sciences. He told WGCU’s Mike Kiniry there are two primary ways this natural element winds up in the water at such unnaturally high levels…