Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Florida’s governor has prohibited medical and dental facilities from providing any non-urgent procedures. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order Friday afternoon. In another order Friday, DeSantis closed all restaurants in Florida except to serve take-out or delivery orders. The order will keep all patrons out of restaurants… Read more »
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Florida now has 390 positive cases of COVID-19. The state’s Department of Health website says there have been eight deaths from the disease caused by coronavirus. All public beaches and beach parking areas in Pinellas County will be closed, beginning Friday night. An email from the county… Read more »
Here is a link with many coronavirus resources More and more people are losing their jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic and many of them need food and other services. Several local groups are organizing food sharing today and tomorrow and are taking social distancing precautions both for food donors and people who need food…. Read more »
Here is a link to a number of coronavirus resources Governor Ron DeSantis has ordered that all bars and nightclubs in Florida close Tuesday (St. Patrick’s Day) and stay closed for 30 days. He also ordered restaurants to reduce capacity to half. DeSantis also announced there have been many more positive coronavirus patients in Florida… Read more »
Coronavirus resources websites: Florida Department of Health CDC City of Tampa City of St. Petersburg WMNF coronavirus stories Answers To Your Coronavirus Questions Is your community ready to reopen? COVID-19 testing sites in Pinellas County Make COVID-19 reservations online in Hillsborough Global coronavirus numbers Pinellas County Schools info Hillsborough County Schools info Hillsborough County info… Read more »
Often in writing a promotional piece for an upcoming show, we attempt to come up with a clever alternative to the title of a book as a headline. James Shapiro’s new book is so incredibly good, so perfect we could not even try to better the title for our header, Shakespeare In A Divided America…. Read more »
“If the Corona Virus doesn’t change the way we behave – we are idiots!” The uncompromising words of Augustin Fuentes, professor of anthropology. Pandemics have been decisive markers in over ten thousand years of evolution and human behavior has changed in response explains professor Fuentes. Our future after the coronavirus pandemic will change, but Augustin… Read more »
Two people have died from coronavirus in Florida and 32 people in Florida have tested positive; as of Thursday afternoon, there have been 301 negative tests and 147 test results are pending. More than a thousand Floridians have been monitored for COVID-19 so far and 476 people are currently being monitored for the disease. The… Read more »
This week the Florida House voted to expand the state’s voucher program for students attending private schools. But an Orlando Sentinel investigation found that dozens of the schools that get money from the program discriminate against LGBTQ students or their families. And an anti-discrimination amendment to the bill failed last week. For reaction, WMNF spoke… Read more »
The Florida House and Senate are both poised to pass raises for classroom teachers. But with only a few days to go in the regular Legislative Session, the two chambers have not agreed on who will be eligible for more pay. For an update, WMNF spoke with Florida Education Association vice president Andrew Spar. The… Read more »
Radioactivity 3 10 20 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up- a live interview with a former Bush Administration official and a veteran local author who has ten New York Times Best sellers to his credit. They’ve co-authored a new book called American Nero- it’s about Donald Trump. We’ll meet them in… Read more »
After November 8, 2016, first came the sadness; then came the rage, the activism, and the protests; and, finally, for thousands of women, the next step was to run for office – many of them for the first time. More women campaigned for local or national office in the 2018 election cycle than at any… Read more »
A man on Florida’s death row was unsuccessful Thursday in getting another man to testify that he is innocent of the crime he was sentenced for. James Dailey is on death row, convicted of murder of a 14-year-old girl in Pinellas County in 1985. There was no physical evidence of Dailey’s guilt. He was convicted… Read more »
U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr spoke in Sun City Center Tuesday to warn seniors about elder fraud. More than 20 protesters held signs opposing Barr outside the community hall where he spoke to about 400 people. Barr was joined onstage by the Counselor to President Trump, Kellyanne Conway. In this clip, if you listen really… Read more »
Radioactivity March 3, 2020 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— The government watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington announced last Friday that after more than three years of monitoring President Donald Trump’s conduct, the president has hit a milestone, amassing more than 3,000 conflicts of interest between his businesses… Read more »
About a week ago, establishment politicians criticized Senator Bernie Sanders for his comments about Cuba on 60 minutes. The Democratic presidential frontrunner said that when Fidel Castro was president of Cuba there was repression, but Castro also instituted high-quality education. Republicans and many Democrats slammed Sanders for those remarks. But on WMNF’s MidPoint Monday, a… Read more »
Two Tampa Bay area residents are the first Floridians to test positive for coronavirus, according to an announcement Sunday night by Governor Ron DeSantis. The Hillsborough County Health Department said that one patient is an adult Manatee County resident without travel history to countries identified for restricted travel by the CDC. The other patient is… Read more »
“Would you listen to this again?” We asked the jurists after playing each new release. We didn’t want boring answers, so we selected three guests we knew would provide intelligent, and entertaining critiques of every song. The first edition of Life Elsewhere’s Juke Box Jury features three highly qualified guests: Mark Haskell Smith, author of… Read more »
Monday’s Sustainable Living Program (02/24/20): EV’s ‘More Sense’ than ever with guests Phil Compton, of Suncoast Sierra Club, and Dory Larsen, with Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. Listen below:
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is reassuring the state that health officials are prepared for any cases of a new strain of coronavirus that has already killed thousands of people abroad. At a press conference Thursday morning, the governor said there were no confirmed infections in Florida of the disease known as COVID-19. State health officials… Read more »
A bill that would make it more difficult for Florida voters to amend the state constitution advanced through a state Senate committee Wednesday. A coalition of labor unions is organizing a protest of the bill that would add complexity to the citizens’ initiative process. The protest is Wednesday afternoon outside the Tampa office of the… Read more »
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Follow this link and select 02/26/20 from the drop down menu: Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: One of the great mysteries of the Trump era is how a man who has two ex-wives, multiple accusations of sexual harassment and rape, multiple bankruptcies and dozens of lawsuits, openly boasted… Read more »
The mayors of the region’s two largest cities answered questions Friday from Tampa Tiger Bay Club members. St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and Tampa Mayor Jane Castor spoke about a range of topics like the Tampa Bay Rays, sustainability and climate change and the Florida Legislature infringing upon cities and counties. Kriseman and Castor were asked… Read more »
For months, Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society have been trying to get the University of South Florida to increase the number of Black students. On Tuesday, about fifteen members of SDS chanted in front of the library on the USF Tampa campus. Listen: WMNF News interviewed Eithne Silva, a junior physics major at… Read more »
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Follow this link and select 02/25/20 from the drop down menu: Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today: Bernie Sanders is being criticized across cable television news channels this morning for remarks he made about the late Cuban leader… Read more »
