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Florida This Week; Trump rally violence continues in Arizona

BY Rob Lorei Today we start of Radioactivity with the latest edition of Florida This Week, a political talk show on local PBS station WEDU that is hosted by Rob Lorei. An expert panel of...

Florida This Week; Listeners discuss the CNN Democratic Debate in Flint, Mich.

By Rob Lorei On the first half of today’s show we listen back to the latest Florida This Week, a political talk show on local PBS station WEDU that is moderated by Rob Lorei. This...
Hands Across the Sand opposition to drilling and fracking

Fracking bill dies in Florida Legislature

A bill to study and regulate fracking appears to be dead in the Florida Legislature; dozens of environmentalists spoke out against it last week before it failed a vote in the Senate Appropriations Committee. On...
Everglades

Emergency change in Lake Okeechobee water flow toward Eastern Everglades

For the first time in almost a century, South Florida Water managers started shunting water bound for the Everglades. Monday’s emergency steps were undertaken to protect wildlife areas southwest of Lake Okeechobee by diverting the...
Ed Narain (left), Janet Cruz and Jamie Grant

Tampa state legislators question new Florida gambling deal

This month Governor Rick Scott announced an agreement with the Seminole Tribe of Florida to expand gambling in South Florida and bring in $3 billion to the state over seven years. To find out what...
Laila Abdelaziz

CAIR responds to threats to St. Pete mosques

Update: On Tuesday the man was arrested. Listen to the story here: http://staging.wmnf.org/cair1117/ Late Friday attacks in Paris killed at least 129 people, ISIS has claimed responsibility — and there have been threats to local mosques,...

Journalist Trevor Aaronson talks terrorism and investigative reporting

By Rob Lorei On Today’s Midpoint, we are joined by Trevor Aaronson, executive director and co-founder of the Florida Center for Investigative Journalism. Aaronson authored The Terror Factory : Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on...

Florida This Week looks at Pope Francis’s US visit, Hillsborough School District budget shortfall

By Rob Lorei Today on Radioactivity, we listen to the latest edition of Florida This Week, a public affairs talk show moderated by Rob Lorei and broadcast on PBS station WEDU on Friday nights. This episode’s...

Florida Planned Parenthood CEO responds to controversy on covert videos, state investigation

On today’s Radioactivity, Host Rob Lorei speaks with Barbara Zdravecky,CEO of Planned parenthood for Southwest and Central Florida, about the controversy surrounding a series of edited videos that purportedly showed PP staff discussing the sale of aborted fetal...

Environmentalists want Bondi to drop Clean Power lawsuit

Florida environmental advocates are asking state Attorney General Pam Bondi to drop her lawsuit against a federal plan to clean up greenhouse gasses; in a press conference at Tampa City Hall Tuesday morning the Florida...
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New Study Says Environmental Protection on Decline in Florida

Florida reduces it's enforcement of anti-pollution laws
WMNF 88.5

Head of Florida teachers union criticizes state education budget

Head of Florida teachers union criticizes state education budget

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