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The Scoop: Mon., February 26, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

  AAUP sanctions New College of Florida The American Association of University Professors has voted to sanction New College of Florida, citing substantial noncompliance with widely accepted standards of academic governance. DeSantis sends Floridians to...
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The Scoop: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

The Senate Education Appropriations Committee approved a bill requiring teaching about the history of communism in Florida's public schools.
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The Scoop: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

   Florida elections bill The Florida House recently introduced a significant elections bill that includes several key provisions. Teaching kids about communism A bill in the Florida legislature, which mandates the history of communism in...
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The Scoop: ,Mon., February 19, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Florida wetlands oversight A federal judge has invalidated Florida’s existing oversight of wetland permitting impacts on imperiled species Election registration deadline The deadline to register to vote or switch party affiliations ahead of Florida’s Presidential...
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The Scoop: Tues., February 13, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Florida Supreme Court denies expedited review The Florida Supreme Court rejected a request to expedite a challenge to the congressional redistricting plan implemented by Governor Ron DeSantis in 2022. HB 1 A State Senate committee...

Yard Waste – new program with the City of Tampa

City of Tampa adds yard waste composting program. Listen to the show to find how to participate. Thanks for your support of the Sustainable Living Show
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Air quality on the decline in Tampa despite nationwide improvements

 Overall air quality in the nation has improved. However,  it’s actually gotten worse in Tampa. WMNF's Chris Young reports.

Local Black-owned business awarded $3 million for Ybor housing development

Three Tampa Bay Tech alumni are planning to build a new affordable housing development in partnership with the City of Tampa. Their company was selected for a $3 million state grant to help fund a...
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The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Wednesday, June 28th, 2023

LISTEN HERE: Climate change and its effect on Florida’s temperature Many heat records are already being broken this summer. Human-caused climate change means a warmer North Atlantic Ocean. But meteorologists are unclear how a periodic...
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The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Thursday, June 22nd, 2023

LISTEN HERE: Trump trial Former President Trump’s criminal trial for keeping government secrets at his Florida estate now has a starting date — August 14th. This week on WMNF’s Tuesday Café, Stetson University College of...
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Miami & Tampa top nationwide housing price hikes

Miami and Tampa continued to top other metro areas nationally in home-price increases in March when compared to a year earlier.

MidPoint: The 2023 Tampa Municipal Election and New Proposed Vote Reform Legislation

The results of the Tampa municipal elections are in and there is more new, pending voting legislation coming from Tallahassee that may make it harder to register and vote.

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