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UPS drivers set to get air conditioning in vans, and Florida drivers are relieved

Listen: UPS drivers are set to get air-conditioned trucks next year as Tuesday’s tentative agreement between the Teamsters Union and UPS would require air conditioning in most UPS delivery vans bought in 2024. And, in...
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State fires back against a lawsuit fighting the new Florida law that restricts unions

Florida is fighting an attempt to block key parts of a new law that places additional restrictions on public-employee unions.
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The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Wednesday, June 14th, 2023

Listen: Trump arraigned in Miami A crowd of mostly Republicans gathered outside the federal courthouse in downtown Miami, where former President Trump had his first appearance in court. But by no means were the Republicans...
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Legal battle brewing over the iconic Florida flower, the ghost orchid

Listen:  Conservation groups in Florida have pleaded for official protection of one iconic flower native to Florida. Now, the groups are preparing to take legal action to force the U.S. government to protect it. After...
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The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Tuesday, June 13th, 2023

Donald Trump will be in Miami Court Donald Trump is making his first court appearance in a historical criminal case charging the former president with hoarding top secret government documents, boastfully displaying them to visitors,...

Pinellas Classroom Teacher’s Association calls teachers as they adapt to new anti-union law

Last night the Pinellas Classroom Teacher’s Association held a phone bank to call teachers in an effort to help them retain their union memberships after Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill last month banning...
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Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill that lets professional baseball players get paid less than minimum wage in Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill that lets professional baseball players get paid less than minimum wage in Florida.

Exploring functional medicine, inflammation, toxins and cannabis with Dr. Fred Harvey

Dr. Harvey covers a variety of topics, from the importance of functional medicine to understanding inflammation and toxicity in our bodies. In the podcast, Dr. Harvey corrects a misunderstanding about undescended testicles and highlights the...
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Pros and cons of pot legalization considered in Tallahassee

Listen: The initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida could appear on next year’s ballot. A  conference was held Monday in Tallahassee to discuss the amendment’s potential financial impact on the state. Legalizing recreational marijuana...
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The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Monday, June 12th, 2023

LISTEN HERE: Trump supporters rally in Pinellas Several dozen supporters of former president Donald Trump rallied on land and sea near Madeira Beach, FL on Saturday to celebrate the former president’s upcoming 77th birthday, even...

Trump supporters rally in Pinellas despite the ex-president’s historic criminal indictments

Dozens of supporters of former president Donald Trump rallied on land and sea near Madeira Beach

A Unique History Of The West. A Love Letter To A Transgender Child.

Naoise Mac Sweeney –  The West: A New History In Fourteen Lives Prize-winning historian Naoíse Mac Sweeney delivers a captivating exploration of how Western Civilization the concept of a single cultural inheritance extending from ancient...

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