Grouper is a big hit with many seafood lovers but some retailers and restaurants may be cooking up a poor substitute. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports on a new website that helps consumers find out the truth.

Nearly half the National Hurricane Center's employees urge the federal government to replace their boss. But Director Bill Proenza says he will not resign and his superiors have reassured him that he still has his job. WGCU’s Amy Tardif has more.

An event that combines canned meat with bed clothes in a wacky attempt to ward off hurricanes happens this weekend in Goodland, that’s a tiny fishing village in Collier County near Marco Island. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry takes a look at this annual tradition…

Forecasters say an early season tropical wave moving through the Atlantic is much of a threat. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez has more.

Southwest Florida has more cases of human trafficking than most states. Now there’s a push to create a national headquarters at Florida Gulf Coast University promote human trafficking awareness. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.

Governor Charlie Crist has signed into law a bill that will provide money to study racial disparities in infant mortality rates. Steve Newborn reports.

Floridians will soon have the chance to tell the Governor where the government can make improvements to its open records laws. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez has more.

Declaration of
Interdependence:
July 4th, 2007

On this day
of celebrating
independence,
I declare
interdependence
a new truth
to be held
self-evident,
humanity
created free,
interdependent
on each other;

I declare
what defeats
and hurts
any human,
anywhere,
also defeats
and hurts me;

I declare that
suppression
in any corner
of Earth
suffocates,
narrows
the air of the
whole planet
and the
uncontrolled
emissions
of anguish
from those yearning
to breathe free
one day
may vanquish
all of us
unless we free
ourselves
to declare
on this first Day
of Interdependence:

“No one is free
until all of us
are free!”

Joseph Pacheco