After a year and a half as secretary of Florida’s Department of Children and Families Bob Butterworth is resigning. Lynn Hatter reports.

Opposition to the State Department of Transportation’s plan to lease Alligator Alley to private vendors is growing. Democratic State Senator, Dave Aronberg is calling on the D-O-T to allow an independent review of the proposed deal. WGCU’s John Davis reports…

Florida Republican Senator Mel Martinez is bringing Medicare fraud to the nation’s attention. He’s filing legislation that would try to curb fraud in the system. Lynn Hatter reports.

Underwater archeologists are exploring a cave deep below the surface of a fresh water spring in North Port for the first time in more than three decades. The work is funded by a grant from the National Geographic Society. They’re looking for clues about prehistoric life in Florida, and perhaps fundamentally change the archeological record. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry took a trip out to the spring and has this report…

You might want to knock on wood…but gas prices are falling. That’s welcome relief for southwest Floridians, many of whom commute long distances. WGCU’s Tyrone Martin reports.

Florida KidCare isn’t just for low-income families anymore. As Tom Flanigan reports, state officials have launched a campaign to enroll more uninsured children, regardless of their parents’ income….

The median value of existing homes sold last month in Lee County dropped nearly 20 percent. But how significant is that number? WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

The Rosewood incident was one of the worst race riots in American history. Hundreds of angry whites killed an undetermined number of blacks and burned down their Florida community. Descendants of victims and survivors of Rosewood recently gathered in Miami for a family reunion. Leah Fleming takes a closer look at how they are keeping the legacy alive.

Water managers have opened two canals that flow into Lake Okeechobee for the first time since the 2006 wet season…thanks to recent above-average rainfall. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.

A group of Barack Obama supporters met over the weekend in Tallahassee to discuss ideas to be forwarded to the presumptive Democratic nominee’s campaign. As James Call reports it was one of more than a thousand such meetings held around the country to generate ideas for the national platform committee to consider.