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Seán Kinane

Hands Off Tampa

Hear Pacifica’s dispatches from Hands Off protests by reporters around the country

Pacifica compiled reports from community radio reporters across the country, including WMNF and WSLR, of Hands Off demonstrations

The Scoop: Wed. April 2, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

The Florida Immigrant Coalition and other immigrant advocates are voicing concerns about controversial 287(g) agreements in Florida.
electric vehicle Tesla EV charging station

Eyewitness account of what happened at the Tampa Tesla protest on Saturday

On WMNF's Tuesday Cafe, St. Pete City Council member Richie Floyd talks about what happens now that the Rays have killed a stadium deal.
Tropicana Field Tampa Bay Rays

St. Pete Council member: Rays killing the stadium deal means city can “provide so much more community benefits”

On WMNF's Tuesday Cafe, St. Pete City Council member Richie Floyd talks about what happens now that the Rays have killed a stadium deal.

The Scoop: Fri. March 14, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

The Bike to Work Ride and Rally in Tampa highlighted new bike routes that the city announced in January.

The Scoop: Wed. March 12, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Stringed instruments from the Holocaust era will be brought to life in an upcoming concert in St. Petersburg, Florida.
WMNF News: Beach dunes

Amid a name controvesy, the Gulf remains historically, economicaly and ecologically important

At one point the Gulf of Mexico was called the Gulf of New Spain, and Mexico was referred to by the Spanish as New Spain.

The Scoop: Wed. March 5, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Dozens of protesters gathered outside Republican U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s office at the Seminole campus of St. Petersburg College.

The Scoop: Wed. Feb. 26, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Florida is still experiencing a patchy red tide bloom but satellite imagery shows a large reduction in the intensity.
pillar coral

Update: NOAA delays listing pillar coral as “endangered”

NOAA has delayed changing the status of pillar coral from threatened to endangered under the ESA.
bird Florida Scrub jay

Environmental groups rally to keep protections for the Florida scrub jay

Several environmental groups have intervened in a lawsuit that is challenging local protections for the Florida scrub jay.
"No Uterus? No Opinion!!" sign

In St. Pete supporters of reproductive freedom rally despite the cold

Pinellas NOW and other groups organized the rally on the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
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