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infrastructure
MidPoint: All For Transportation is on the ballot … again
The All 4 Transportation ballot initiative team discussed the new referendum that will appear on the Nov. 2022 ballot seeking approval for a 1% sales tax for 30 years to fund transportation improvements in Hillsborough...
WaveMakers: Changing Climates with Rep. Kathy Castor
As the world continues to see climate change become a pressing (though controversial) issue, the U.S. has seen Tampa’s own House Representative Kathy Castor take charge in leading the fight. Castor chairs the House Select...
WaveMakers: United Way’s Jessica Muroff on the housing crisis
Jessica Muroff, CEO of United Way Suncoast, talks about the housing crisis.
WaveMakers: Sharing the road with Christine Acosta
Christine Acosta, bike advocate and founder of Pedal Power Promoters, talked to WaveMakers hosts about how to make the region's streets safer for bicyclists.
MidPoint: “The rent is too damn high!”
As the Florida legislature continues to pass and promote bills addressing non-issues such as 'woke education' and discussions of human sexuality, there is still a very real crisis that Florida is facing: housing. Inflation, increased...
WaveMakers: Nathan Hagen on the housing crisis
With the Tampa Bay region facing the highest rent increases in the nation at a rate of 24%, the housing crisis has grown dire. In response, six months ago Nathan Hagen launched YIMBY Tampa, a...
WaveMakers: Bemetra Simmons on keeping Tampa Bay competitive
As Tampa Bay grows as a community, the standards to be met grow along with it. In order to keep up with the competition, the Tampa Bay Partnership helps conduct community research, inform new policies...
Tampa partners with AARP to become an “age-friendly city”
There are already more than forty Florida communities that AARP considers “Age-Friendly” and Tampa wants to be next.
Tampa study aims to prepare city for 8 feet of sea-level rise in 80 years
On Tuesday, the City of Tampa gave an update to an ongoing study looking at the impact of sea-level rise in the region. The City expects up to 8 feet of sea-level rise by the...
King High School Students Discuss Fundraiser Due to Lack of Technology Funding in Classroom
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 09/23/19 from the drop down menu https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: My first topic today was about the effort by two King High School students in East Tampa/Temple Terrace to try...
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 07/17/19 from the drop down menu https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: The Miami New Times reports the Homestead detention facility for child immigrants — 3,200-bed facility — the nation’s only for-profit...
Environmental group names multi-billion dollar firm Cargill as the ‘Worst Company in the World’
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 07/16/19 from the drop down menu https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning- welcome to radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up- a new study looks at what might be the worst...
