COVID-19 on the rise Florida has the highest COVID-19 hospitalization rate in the nation. This comes as hospitalization rates rise across the country. Nonprofit’s lease to expire A nonprofit that provides services to migrant communities is losing its lease. The Florida Institute for Community Studies has leased a Hillsborough County park in Town n… Read more »
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MidPoint: Why Can’t We Have Nice Things v.2.0 Hillsborough Affordable Housing Trust in Danger
Hillsborough County awarded 4.6 million in federal funds to address youth homelessness
KidCare health insurance premiums are covered in Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Pasco, Hernando and other Idalia counties
The Scoop: Wed., September 20, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Florida will step up testing for deer disease
Lawmakers and ex-justices back suspended Central Florida prosecutor Monique Worrell
It's the HEAT and the Humidity!
Read MoreTampa Electric expects lower bills
Read MoreThe Florida DEP is fighting new federal rules to limit climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions
Read MoreThe Scoop: Mon., August 7, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Read MoreCongress member Kathy Castor talks climate change, Biden, Max Frost, aliens, and more
Read MoreThe Scoop: Thurs., August 3, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Read MoreThe Scoop: Wed., August 2, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
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Florida utility regulators object to a proposed federal rule aimed at reducing power plant emissions
Read MoreA Surprising Debut Novel. The Way Of Birds. Etherial Music
Read MoreThe Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Wednesday, July 12th, 2023
Read MoreTampa's first sustainability and resilience chief on the challenges of climate change
Read MoreThe Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Tuesday, July 11th, 2023
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Record heat in Florida and elsewhere: a chief meteorologist and a climate scientist link it to climate change
Impact of climate change on temperature records that are being broken around the world and the southern U.S. heat advisory.
Good Trouble, Bad Business and Emancipation
Hillsborough N.A.A.C.P. President, Yvette Lewis, announces the Florida N.A.A.C.P. 15-city Good Trouble, Stay Woke Bus Tour and voter push. Antoinnette Davis talks about climatic change and a visit to the glaciers of Alaska. Life Malcolm delivers a verbal treatise on colonialism in the modern world.
Tampa unveils “Climate Action and Equity Plan” to address climate change
The City of Tampa released a new plan they call the Climate Action and Equity Plan, with plans to reduce the city’s effect on climate change.
“FACING THE STORMS OF LIFE” ON MORNING ENERGY
The Atlantic Hurricane Season (June 1st through November 30th) always brings with it high levels of uncertainty – whether it’s due to the unpredictable geographic movements of these storms, their economic impact on society and/or their emotional impact on its victims. However, Hurricanes are not the only storms of life that people may have to contend with. The storms of… Read more »
Climate activist Susan Glickman says we must fix the source of the crisis not just build seawalls
Susan Glickman, who has been advocating for policies to address climate change for 20 years, told WMNF WaveMakers Tuesday that Florida is finally admitting it has a problem and trying to mitigate the effects of rising sea levels. But that’s like buying more towels to mop up the bathroom floor flooded by an overflowing sink. We have to also have to turn off the flow of carbon emissions, the source of climate change.
The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Friday, May 12th, 2023
The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Friday, May 12th, 2023
Florida’s Republicans starting to embrace realities of climate change, survey shows
An increasing number of Floridians agree that human actions are causing climate change, including a record number of Florida Republicans.
The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Friday, May 5th, 2023
The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Friday, May 5th, 2023
Diverse and Disenfranchised
The Forum discussed the various ways the people are underrepresented politically including talk of prison gerrymandering, redistricting, voter access and economic participation. Political diversity, voter apathy, a continued discussion about authoritarian Florida and global economics are explored. “This is what Democracy looks like.”
