Like many hopeful law students, Ashley Hart imagined one day arguing a case before the Florida Supreme Court – many a litigators dream. She did not, however, imagine that the first time she’d address the court would be on her own behalf, pleading for the future of hers and thousands of other prospective lawyers’ careers…. Read more »
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Here’s how Hillsborough residents can get a free test for coronavirus antibodies
Hillsborough Schools set to reopen online, add in-person learning Aug. 31 despite COVID-19 concerns
Tampa Police injure protest leader during arrest for battery
Report says coronavirus is killing more young people in Florida and race is a factor
Here's how Hillsborough residents can get a free test for coronavirus antibodies
Read MoreHillsborough Schools set to reopen online, add in-person learning Aug. 31 despite COVID-19 concerns
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Report says coronavirus is killing more young people in Florida and race is a factor
Read MoreRadioactivity Wednesday: Controversial mural evokes more police violence against activists in Tampa
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Read MoreUPDATE: Corals transplanted by Mote in Florida Keys have spawned
Read MoreTampa Police say they arrested four teens for spray painting on Back the Blue mural
Read MorePinellas Schools move forward with virtual and in-person reopening
Read MoreUPDATE: Water management district puts off its decision on Nestlé springs water permit
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Radioactivity Thursday: Dark money and local elections; Militarization and police violence
August 6, 2020 Good Morning, welcome to radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll get a look at the effect dark money has on local elections and later on we’ll look at whether or not the huge amount of military gear that police and sheriff departments are getting around the country has had an… Read more »
Water management district nears decision on Nestlé springs water permit
Update, 10:01 a.m. Tuesday 11 August 2020: This morning the board of the Suwanee River Water Management District voted to put off a decision on whether to grant Nestle and its partner a permit to take a million gallons of water a day from a North Florida spring system. In a 5-1 vote, the water… Read more »
Does it seem like there are more mosquitoes in Florida this summer?
Does it seem like there are more mosquitoes this summer than normal? To find out why it seems so, WMNF interviewed Pinellas County Mosquito Control education outreach specialist Alissa Berro. SK: What can you tell us about the mosquito season this year? Are there more mosquitos in Pinellas County and in the region than a… Read more »
A Conversation On Life In Isolation With Five Creatives. Plant Love. Healthy Skin.
Perhaps you have become acclimatized to living through a pandemic? Maybe you have rearranged your everyday life to accommodate social distancing? Or, are you going stir crazy? These are some of the questions we asked five of our favorite creative guests at Life Elsewhere – author, educator, Anna Dorn; musician, educator, Harry Stafford; author, educator,… Read more »
Florida’s Desmond Meade talks about the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act
Thursday is the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. For an update on Florida’s legal battle on restoring voting rights to many ex-prisoners, WMNF spoke with the main proponent of Amendment 4, Desmond Meade. He is the executive director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition. SK: Well let’s begin with just talking about today… Read more »
Corals transplanted by Mote in Florida Keys are forming eggs and sperm
Here’s an update (12 Aug. 2020) to this story. The original story is below. Mote is now saying some of their transplanted corals have spawned in the field. Here’s video they posted to Twitter: MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT❕ Documented for the 1st time on Florida’s Coral Reef OR in the Caribbean, multiple colonies of mountainous star coral,… Read more »
Sarasota school district still plans for August 31 in-person reopening, despite coronavirus
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources For now, Sarasota County Schools still plan to open to in-person classroom instruction at the end of the month. The school district and county health department are closely tracking the percent of people testing positive for coronavirus. Since the pandemic began, the overall positivity rate has been… Read more »
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Protesters react to Trump’s Florida trip: “Get out of Tampa”
President Trump flew to Tampa, Florida for a fundraising event last Friday afternoon with hundreds of supporters greeting him along his motorcade route to The Pelican Club in the Belleair neighborhood of Pinellas County. Attendees paid up to $100,000 for a photo op with the President. While the president is working to meet his campaign’s… Read more »
Hillsborough County Commission primary election candidates
Local primary elections are two weeks from Tuesday. In-person early voting began Monday in parts of the state, including Hillsborough and Polk Counties (check with your local supervisor of elections). Vote-by-mail has already started. All votes must be cast by Primary Election Day, which is August 18th. On WMNF’s MidPoint, we looked at two county… Read more »
Baseless & Unidentified
Nicholson Baker – Baseless: My Search For Secrets In The Ruins Of The Freedom Of Information Act With great pleasure, we welcome back to Life Elsewhere, acclaimed author, Nicholson Baker. His latest work of non-fiction is a remarkable hybrid of history, journalism, and a memoir. Eight years ago, while investigating the possibility that the United… Read more »
Where to get sandbags in the Tampa Bay area for Tropical Storm Isaías
Here’s where you can get sandbags in the Tampa Bay area for Tropical Storm Isaías; we’ll update this as we get info: Polk County: Sandbags will be provided to Polk County residents at all Roads and Drainage maintenance units from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; July 31 and Aug. 1. A… Read more »
Wall of Moms Tampa will protest President Trump this week
President Trump is scheduled to be in Tampa for parts of Friday and Saturday for a fundraiser. But there’s a chance that part or all of his Florida schedule will be canceled because of the approaching tropical storm. Regardless, some anti-racism demonstrators plan on protesting the president. Lilia Orengo-Belizaire is an organizer with Black Lives… Read more »
