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ACLU Marcia Cohen

Tampa groups tell Nelson to oppose Jeff Sessions for AG

Several groups in Florida are asking Senator Bill Nelson to push for a delay in the confirmation hearings for U.S. Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions; the groups say Senator Sessions has not provided enough information...
Mark Beloch and Dezeray Lyn homeless FNB

Police disrupt food sharing by Tampa Food Not Bombs

A couple times a week, the Tampa chapter of Food Not Bombs shares food with people in a park downtown; but Tuesday they were told to stop. WMNF News spoke with Mark Beloch, who is homeless...
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Florida consumer advocate tells how to avoid overdraft fees

Consumers who let their bank accounts temporarily fade into the negative are often hit with large overdraft fees; but it doesn’t have to be that way. A new report released this month by Florida PIRG...
Kathy Castor

“It’s obvious” Russia interfered in U.S. election: Castor

The Washington Post is reporting that the Obama administration will soon announce measures to punish Russia for its attempts to interfere in the recent U.S. election. The Post says there will be “economic sanctions and...

Renowned Mexican painter Frida Kahlo at the Dali Museum

Frida Kahlo, artist and icon, gets her first solo exhibit in Florida. The Dali Museum in Saint Petersburg is featuring 15 original paintings, drawings, sketches, photographs and more. Frida at the Dali is a unique...
Mosaic phosphate

Environmentalists will sue if Corps permits Florida phosphate mining

Four environmental groups have put the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on notice that they’ll sue if the Corps follows through with authorizing phosphate mining on more than 50,000 acres of land in Central Florida....
Obamacare Medicare Medicaid

Medicare, Medicaid and ACA supporters take message to Rubio

Supporters of Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act are speaking out to try to save the healthcare programs from a united Republican front in Congress and the new Trump administration; Tuesday morning about a dozen...
Donald Trump

MidPoint: Obama accuses Russia of tampering in US election

On Monday electors gathered in state capitols to cast their Electoral College votes for President; meanwhile, the current president is doubling-down on the claim that Russia – and Vladimir Putin himself – meddled in and may have...
Sabal Trail pipeline and DAPL protest

Update on Florida’s Sabal Trail gas pipeline arrests

Construction of the Sabal Trail oil pipeline continues in north Florida and central Florida; in the past week there have been two people arrested during north Florida protests of pipeline. Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson of the Sierra...
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Gandy Civic Association opposes Tampa elevated roadway

You’re cruising southwest along the Selmon Expressway after leaving work in downtown Tampa when, bam, the toll road ends and traffic crawls slowly onto Gandy Boulevard; the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority thinks an elevated highway...
Sylvia Burwell

Sylvia Burwell in Tampa pushing ACA enrollment

Update: the deadline has been extended to the end of the day on Monday, December 19. Thursday Dec. 15 is the deadline to enroll or re-enroll in health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
Stetson Law Judith Scully

Should juvenile age be raised in Florida criminal justice system?

Should an 18-year-old convicted of a serious crime have to serve a sentence like life in prison or should the juvenile age be increased in the Florida criminal justice system? We’ll talk about this topic...

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