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New Year Brings 10 New Laws

By Jim Turner ©2024 The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A smattering of new state laws will arrive with the new year, but the highest-profile change — restricting access to social media for children...
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Second House Democrat Jumps to GOP

By Jim Turner ©2024 The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — State Rep. Hillary Cassel on Friday became the second House Democrat to switch her party affiliation since the November elections, further adding to Republicans’...

Disposal of Christmas trees for St Petersburg residents

Between January 11th to February 10th, The City of St Petersburg will be collecting live Christmas trees for free. According to a press release from City of St Petersburg, residents must put their Christmas trees...

Reflection and projection

Walter Smith II recall the nine years as host of the Sunday Forum on WMNF Community Radio

The Life Elsewhere List 2024

In no particular order, here is the Life Elsewhere essential list of events, people, music, books and movies for 2024. Joe Biden A good man I would have loved to have interviewed. From what I...

Drought worsens in Florida; long-term outlook doesn’t look good

Florida Public Radio Emergency Network (FPREN) Storm Center | By Irene Sans For most of Florida, the dry season started in late October, and by Christmas, most of the state is dealing with at least abnormally...

Not all wrapping paper belongs in the recycling bin

After the rush of opening gifts with friends and family has ended, the only thing left is to clean up and discard all of the ripped wrapping paper. However, shifting through your wrapping paper scraps...

It’s Chrismukkah! The Story of Chanukah With Gifts from MidPoint.

Christmas Day is also the 1st night of Chanukah. It's Chrismukkah! We celebrate the Chanukah story, that victory over tyranny, and bring you some Chanukah gifts & music with Rande Friedman, former host of the...

Misinformation threatens everything

David R. Kotok is a co-founder of Sarasota-based Cumberland Advisors.

Herbs and wild foraging with Dr. Bob Linde (Acupuncture and Herbal Therapies)

Join Anni Ellis and guest expert Dr. Bob Linde while they discuss wild foraging and herbal medicine on this week's Sustainable Living show.
The Scoop: WMNF's daily digest of news headlines for the Tampa Bay area & Florida

The Scoop for Monday Monday, December 23th, 2024

Matt Gaetz report will be released today; CBS News says he violated state laws The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare is expected to be arraigned in a Manhattan court on state...

Open carry bill draws backlash

Listen: A controversial bill filed for the upcoming legislative session would allow Floridians to openly carry firearms in the state, and it’s received scrutiny from both sides of the aisle.  The new measure would allow...
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