Cathy Carter
Cathy Carter is the education reporter for WUSF 89.7 and StateImpact Florida.
Before joining WUSF, Cathy was the local host of NPR’s Morning Edition for Delaware Public Media and reported on a variety of topics from education to the arts.
Cathy also reported for WAMU, the NPR news station in Washington D.C, was a host at XM Satellite Radio and wrote arts and culture stories for a variety of newspaper,s including the Virginian Pilot and the Baltimore Sun.
Her work has been honored by journalism organizations such as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Maryland Press Association and the Delaware Press Association.
As a Massachusetts native and a graduate of Boston’s Emerson College, Cathy - as are all citizens under state mandate - had no choice but to be born a Boston Red Sox fan.
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New College of Florida supporters have continued to push back against Gov. Ron DeSantis' conservative overhaul of the institution. -
According to PEN America, during the 2022–23 school year, Florida's public schools banned more than 1,400 books across 33 school districts.
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The fate of abortion rights in Florida is in the hands of the state Supreme Court. The decision hinges on whether abortion is protected under the Florida Constitution.
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The event on Saturday in Sarasota came as state lawmakers seek to limit what topics can be taught at Florida's public colleges and universities.
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The groups filing briefs include Floridians for Reproductive Freedom, LatinoJustice, the National Council of Jewish Women, current and former local and state elected officials, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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Richard Corcoran, a Republican former Florida House speaker and former education commissioner, was named as president after new conservative trustees were appointed.
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Climate scientists and decision makers from lawmakers to business leaders will discuss ways to speed up climate adaptation for threats posed by rising seas and extreme weather events.
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New conservative board members who are known for their activism on social media got mixed reactions during their campus visit Wednesday.
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Florida law requires patients to have an in-person visit with a physician at least 24 hours before an abortion procedure, including for medication abortion. The patient then needs to make another appointment to take the first dose in person.
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Sarasota's Roskamp Institute was the first to discover a protein that tends to form clumps in the brains of people with Alzheimer's. A new drug has been shown to reduce it.
