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Homeless Helping Homeless to reduce services after raid

A grassroots homeless charity group in Tampa is in danger of reducing services because of a police raid and code citations last week. Homeless Helping Homeless provides several services including emergency shelter. But the group...
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Gulfport still vexed by pollution released by St. Pete

A month ago heavy rains led St. Petersburg to dump millions of gallons of untreated sewage mixed with stormwater into Clam Bayou. That’s an estuary shared by the city, state and the neighboring city of...

10 years after Katrina: Who is being left out of New Orleans’ Renaissance?

this Saturday marks the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina hit the northern gulf coast, devastating New Orleans as the storm overwhelmed its aged levee system and flooded 80 percent of the city, leaving over 1800...

Rep. David Jolly calls Trump a liar, takes hard line on Obamacare and Iran deal

Today on Radioactivity, Host Rob Lorei interviews  13th District Congressman David Jolly, who makes his case for his run for the senate seat vacated by Marco Rubio as he runs for president. Jolly outlines his...

Columnist Dan Tilson takes issue with job growth stats; Sierra Club clarifies stance on transit

Governor Rick Scott announced yesterday that in June Florida had the highest job growth among the 10 most populous states, according to a job growth report released by ADP research institute. The report found that Florida had...

Researchers find minimum wage increase does not hurt jobs

When discussing the minimum wage, a frequent question that is posed is whether an wage hike  would result in job losses. Today we talk with researchers Ben Wilcox and Alan Stonecipher of Integrity Florida, a non-partisan...
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Audit of Florida’s unemployment insurance system finds problems

Audit of Florida's unemployment insurance system finds problems

Disability rights activist voices concern over accessibility within ride-sharing services

Disability rights activist voices concern over accessibility within ride-sharing services
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The Last Call with Michael Saltsman of the Employment Policy Institute

Today on Last Call, Rob Lorei speaks with Michael Saltsman, who is an opponent of raising the minimum wage

Fast Food Strikers block intersection in Temple Terrace

Fast food workers are striking today across the nation and in Tampa demanding a minimum wage of fifteen dollars an hour

New Port Richey job fair draws 300 residents looking for work

More than 300 job seekers and dozens of employers converged on a job fair in New Port Richey, where many residents say they are finding it difficult to find work outside of the service industry....

Tampa MoveOn protesters to Sen. Rubio: “Jobs not cuts”

Jobs, not cuts, was the message of protesters today, outside Congressional offices across the country. About two dozen activists protested outside Senator Marco Rubio’s office near USF-Tampa. The progressive nonprofit advocacy group Moveon.org called on...

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