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The Scoop: Mon. June 30, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

WMNF headlines including Turning Point USA summit, People's Pride Coalition, reform school victims, higher-education accrediting body.
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Nordstrom employee files discrimination complaint after being told to remove Palestine pendant

Listen: An employee at a Nordstrom store in Jacksonville says she was told she would be fired if she didn’t remove her necklace pendant representing Palestine. She has filed a discrimination complaint against the company. ...
University of South Florida

The Trump administration is investigating USF and other schools

USF is under investigation for “alleged impermissible race-based scholarships and race-based segregation.”
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An appeals court blocks a federal Title IX rule amid a lawsuit from Florida & other states

A divided appeals court has blocked a new federal rule about sex-based discrimination in education programs.
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Judge refuses to block federal Title IX rule opposed by Florida and other states

A federal judge refused to grant a preliminary injunction against a new federal rule about sex-based discrimination in education programs.
FAMU

Florida denies racial discrimination against FAMU

Attorneys for Florida A & M University students alleged the state has “maintained discriminatory practices traceable to segregation.”

Tampa’s Fearless Four Fought Discrimination in City Employment

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...
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Arguments are set for July 1 in Florida’s fight against new federal Title IX rules

A judge will hear from Florida and other states to block a new Biden administration rule about sex-based discrimination in education programs
FAMU

The FAMU discrimination ruling is challenged

Six Florida A&M University students have asked an appeals court to overturn a judge’s ruling that dismissed a potential class-action lawsuit.
FAMU

A federal judge tosses out a case alleging that Florida has discriminated against FAMU

A judge has rejected a potential class-action lawsuit that alleged Florida discriminated against historically Black Florida A&M University.
FAMU

Hearing set in a case alleging state discrimination against FAMU

On Nov. 8 a court will hear a request to dismiss a lawsuit alleging discrimination against historically Black Florida A&M University.
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A court won’t rehear the fight over an elections law, handing a victory to Ron DeSantis and the Florida legislature

A full federal appeals court declined to take up a challenge to a Florida elections law that opponents contend discriminated against Black voters.
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