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On MidPoint, Shelley brings you current Florida news and public affairs with a local perspective, and with a definite pro-democracy, anti-fascist bent that she hopes will leave you with righteous indignation and a hair-on-fire fever to fight tyranny and autocracy…before it’s too late.
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The Hillsborough County school board is suing the county commission over the commission's decision to delay a vote on the school board-approved referendum to increase the property tax millage to increase pay for teachers and staff from the November ballot to 2026.
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MidPoint takes on transportation. Why can't we have robust public transportation in Hillsborough Co.? Where is our transportation tax money? Are we getting it back? Streetcar extension? Is it happening? What are we doing on I275 & I4? Tune in and find out from our transpo advocates
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Today, our MidPoint talk-back Town Hall invited the listeners to chime in with their thoughts on the news and public affairs.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis stripped $32M in statewide arts & culture funding from the budget over his hatred of popular Fringe Festivals in Tampa & Orlando that he accused of being "sexual."
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MidPoint learns the history of The Fearless Four: four Black Tampa policemen who, in the face of heavy backlash, filed a racial discrimination complaint against the Tampa Police Dept. in the 1970's, which helped spark advancement for Black and women police officers and Black and women city employees in Tampa.
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A tragic bus accident killed 8 legal migrant farmworkers and injured dozens more who are now caught in a legal, immigration and medical limbo because their visas have expired before their treatments are complete.
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Twice-elected Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren discusses justice for the wrongfully convicted, the exoneration of death row inmate Robert DuBois who served 37 years for a crime he did not commit, and the following investigation by Hillsborough County law enforcement that led to the conviction of the real serial killers.
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Florida Republicans are so afraid of climate change that they've passed a law to never speak of it. As Florida is on fire, underwater, and unaffordable, our state government is rolling back climate change legislation and removing it from consideration in formulating state energy policy.
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