The Scoop: Wed., November 22, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF

Share
The Scoop: WMNF Daily News Digest

Ceasefire approved

Overnight, the Israeli Cabinet approved a cease-fire agreement with Hamas.

 

Calls to defund U.N.

After the United Nations called for a ceasefire in Gaza, Governor Ron DeSantis called for the nation to defund the U.N.

 

Lawsuits against Florida

Florida is facing a second lawsuit over its effort to disband pro-Palestinian student groups, claiming the state is either ignoring or does not understand First Amendment rights to free speech. The ACLU filed a similar lawsuit last week.

 

Local institutions under investigation

Hillsborough County Public Schools and The University of Tampa are under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education. Title VI ensures universities and K-12 schools must provide students with a safe environment free from discrimination.

 

Pronouns in the classroom

Educators in Orange County decided that the state’s new law allows public schools to honor parental requests to have students referred to by pronouns that match their gender identity.

 

Information from Florida Public Media, News Service of Florida, and Associated Press was used in this report.

 

The Scoop: Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF

The Scoop producer Corey Beltran
WMNF anchors Chris Young, Lisa Marzilli, Josh Holton, Seán Kinane
WMNF News Director Seán Kinane
WMNF reporters Chris Young, Lisa Marzilli, Josh Holton, Seán Kinane, Colleen Cole, Corey Beltran
Special thanks to Taylor Lovejoy.

Theme music, Fresh06, by Stian via archive.org – CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5
https://archive.org/details/jamendo-001084/02.mp3
The Scoop logo by Robin Milcowitz / Greener Pixels / greenerpixels.com / WMNF

Leave a Reply

  • (will not be published)

XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

You may also like

student meal
Next school year Hillsborough public schools are offering free meals

Hillsborough Public Schools are offering students free meals for the...

Correspondence Through Poetry. A Mind-Numbing Week.

Father Verses Sons: A Correspondence in Poems by Herbert Gold...

The sound of change: Music’s influence on anti-war and human rights movements

Throughout history, music has served as a powerful catalyst for...

a man in a tye dye shirt talking on a radio microphone
Recreational pot for Florida is on the ballot this fall—let’s talk about it

In four months, Florida voters have the opportunity to vote...

Ways to listen

WMNF is listener-supported. That means we don't advertise like a commercial station, and we're not part of a university.

Ways to support

WMNF volunteers have fun providing a variety of needed services to keep your community radio station alive and kickin'.

Follow us on Instagram

Emo Night Tampa Radio
Player position: