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Development
A proposed land swap could extend a highway through part of the Split Oak Forest Wildlife and Environmental Area in Osceola County.
Episode 20: Interview with Tarneisha Peters, Director of BBIF small business loan institution
Episode 20: Interview with Tarneisha Peters, Director of BBIF small business loan institution
Lake Wales charts a sustainable future with new, commission-approved city plan
Listen: A new plan for the city of Lake Wales seeks to control development and conserve the environment. Lake Wales city commissioners voted unanimously to approve the plan at an Oct. 17 meeting. For Commissioner...
Interview with Mr. Miles Alexander, 3rd, owner and operator of AlexanderGoshen - Entrepreneur in construction
Mr. Alexander, 3rd, CEO of AlexanderGoshen a construction business received an award for emerging excellence in the construction industry. AlexanderGoshen...
The Scoop: Wed., October 18, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Blast kills hundreds Doctors in Gaza City are in a desperate bid to save badly wounded victims of a massive blast that killed civilians in a nearby hospital. U.S. President Joe Biden told Israel’s Prime...
Preserving History and Community
The Jackson House gets a historical marker and $1 million dollars for renovation. The boarding house which housed Black travelers to Tampa, FL during segregation has been neglected to a dangerous point. Over the past...
Education, Civic Engagement in the Sunshine State
Kimbery Brown-Blunt visits the Forum to announce an important Legislative Education Forum to discuss empowering communities through education, justice and civic engagement. Panelist will include elected Democratic State Senator Darryl Rouson, Representative Fentrice Driskell, Hillsborough...
The Scoop: Thurs., September 7, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Lakewood Ranch legal battle A couple is fighting a plan for thousands of new homes to be built as part of an expansion of Lakewood Ranch near their rural neighborhood in Sarasota County. They have...
Sarasota couple fights to protect rural neighborhood from nearby development
A couple is fighting a plan for thousands of new homes near their rural northeastern Sarasota County neighborhood.
Tampa City Council member Bill Carlson on why he opposes Mayor Jane Castor’s tax hike
Just hours before the Tampa City Council was set to vote on Mayor Jane Castor’s proposed budget and property tax increase, one of its members explained on WMNF WaveMakers why he is adamantly opposed. Tampa...
By the numbers: July home prices by region in Florida
Florida Realtors released a report that said the statewide median sales price for single-family existing homes in July 2023 was $415,000.
Aldi will buy Winn-Dixie and Harveys
In a major deal in Florida’s grocery industry, Aldi announced Wednesday it is buying Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket.
