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15 new schools in Hillsborough qualify for the After-School Meals Program
In Hillsborough County, 15 new school sites will qualify for the Florida Department of Health After-School Meals Program starting April 1st.
Local leaders talk Tampa Pride, Dozier school payments, and more
While Tampa Pride’s roots go all the way back to the early-’80s when Pride was a 20-person picnic on a lawn at the University of South Florida, its parade—which runs down Seventh Avenue in Ybor...
A malpractice case against Manatee Memorial Hospital gets a go-ahead
A court revived a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a man who alleged he suffered hip fractures while unconscious after a drug overdose.
The Scoop: Fri., March 22, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF
Students were served a lunch completely sourced from Florida growers, producers, and manufacturers.
College dorms in Florida could be required to have naloxone or other opioid antagonists
The proposed rule would require Florida’s public colleges to have emergency opioid antagonists in residence halls and dormitories.
Several rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected to impact Florida on Friday and Saturday.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has until April 5 to act on the bills to keep kids off some social media sites and to loosen child work regulations.
The Florida Supreme Court turns down a challenge to the state’s sports betting deal
Gambling companies challenged a deal that allowed the Seminole Tribe to offer online sports betting statewide.
Hillsborough students served first ever fully Florida-sourced lunch
Listen: Lunch looked a little different for students in Hillsborough County Public Schools Thursday: students were served a lunch completely sourced from Florida growers, producers, and manufacturers. Students filled the cafeteria of Alafia Elementary School...
DeSantis signs major health care package
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a package of bills that supporters say will help improve access to health care, boost the number of doctors in Florida and address issues such as mental-health treatment.
In 2022 the groups asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reclassify manatees from a threatened species to an endangered species.
$1.1 million rides on a New College of Florida report
New College of Florida President Richard Corcoran is slated to present a "student success plan monitoring report" next week.
