Educational support raises School nurses, classroom aides, and other educational support professionals in Hillsborough County will likely receive raises. This comes after Wednesday night’s negotiation session between the school district and the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association. SunRunner fare to begin WMNF investigated comments made by Pinellas County Sherriff Bob Gualtieri about houseless people infiltrating… Read more »
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Key to winning Florida: new Puerto Rican voters
The presidential race in Florida is expected to be very close, as usual; one key difference this year could be the turnout of Latino voters – especially a large influx to Central Florida of new voters from Puerto Rico. WMNF News interviewed Jose Palacios, a community organizer in Tampa with the Florida Immigrant Coalition Listen:… Read more »
MidPoint for Thursday, October 27 – Cesar Hernandez
Cesar Hernandez is the Government Relations Director at Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART). He’s also a former student body president at the University of South Florida. A Brooklyn native, Cesar is also an extremely active millennial when it comes to public policy and trying to make the community better. He spoke on the program about… Read more »
MidPoint for Thursday, August 11 with Steve Schale
Steve Schale knows Florida politics as well as any strategist going. He was one of the architects for Barack Obama’s victory in the Sunshine State in 2008, and assisted in his 2012 reelection bid as well. Steve has also worked on getting Florida House Democrats elected (from 2005-2008), worked in Alex Sink’s 2010 gubernatorial campaign,… Read more »
Will new Latino voters in Florida impact the presidential election?
The presidential race in Florida is expected to be close again this year, but one growing demographic could tilt the scales: Latino voters. Victor DiMaio is treasurer of the Hillsborough County Democratic Hispanic Caucus of Florida and used to do Hispanic outreach work for the U.S. Census. He says Latino populations are growing in the… Read more »
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Women’s Show Discusses Recovery in Orlando and TPP
By Arlene Engelhardt How are the people in Orlando doing? With the funerals, the memorials and the press conferences, the broken threads of life need to be restored to the fabric of the living – all in all, a very difficult time. Ida Eskamani, Equality Florida’s North and Central Florida Development Officer,will talk about the… Read more »
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Trump pulls out all the stops at Tampa rally
Donald Trump’s Tampa visit was full of rhetoric and low on details. The Trump Train made a whistle stop at The Tampa Convention Center, last Saturday. The media savvy, GOP firebrand, berated his critics to the delight of his Florida supporters. Trump took to the podium after about 70 minutes of strategic and high profile… Read more »
New documentary looks at the legacy of murdered Chilean folk singer Victor Jara
http://sound.wmnf.org/sound/wmnf_160429_110618_radioactivityF1_337.MP3 BY Rob Lorei On Radioactivity Friday we look at the life and legacy of Chilean folk singer Victor Jara. Jara was a well known musician, theater director, teacher and advocate for social justice in his home country, considered by many to be the Bob Dylan of Chile. During the US-backed Chilean coup of 1973, Jara… Read more »
MidPoint for Thursday, March 31 with “Brown is the new White” author Steve Phillips
Out guest for the entire hour today was Steve Phillips, the author of the new book, Brown is the New White: How the demographic revolution has created a new American Majority. A civil rights attorney and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, Phillips draws won his extensive political experience to unveil exactly how… Read more »
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Women’s Show …Cuba and Immigration to the Forefront
Did you know how big of an economic contribution undocumented immigrants make to this country each year?- Let’s try $11.7 billion. In Florida alone its about $547 million. Their economic contributions are so great that we can no longer do without them. This week we will have Michelle Chen, writer for The Nation and editor… Read more »
