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The Scoop: Tues. Feb. 11, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Roundup of WMNF news headlines including DOGE, immigration bills, and regional protests.

The Scoop: Thurs. Feb. 6, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Roundup of news headlines produced for WMNF Community Radio: anti-Trump protests, fluoride in water, and AI.

Tampa youth unite to oppose to Trump’s executive order

President Donald Trump started his second term with a deluge of controversial executive orders – sparking local outrage among some Tampa youth.  About 100 people gathered at Tampa City Hall Wednesday to protest mass deportations...
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A judge pauses a Florida lawsuit against the feds over an alleged Trump assassination attempt

Then-Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody alleged that the U.S. Department of Justice had improperly prevented the state from investigating.

The Scoop: Thurs. Jan. 30, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Roundup of news headlines produced for WMNF Community Radio. Topics included are new technology, funding cuts, and the elimination of FEMA.
migrants at the U.S. border, American flag, barbed wire

The Florida Legislature passes an immigration bill amid objections from Ron DeSantis

Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature passed a plan that includes boosting criminal penalties for undocumented immigrants.

The Scoop: Tues. Jan. 28, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Lawmakers rebuke DeSantis call for special session Governor Ron DeSantis is frustrated that legislative leaders rejected his call for a special session on immigration, instead scheduling their own session with their own proposal. Special elections...
migrants / immigration

Florida GOP leaders clash on immigration plans

Florida's “Tackling and Reforming Unlawful Migration Policy (TRUMP) Act,” would kill in-state tuition breaks for undocumented migrants.
Aerial photo of downtown Tallahassee, Florida and the State Capitol

Florida lawmakers rebuke Ron DeSantis, but will address immigration

Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature will revamp immigration laws but issued a sharp rebuke to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Once Upon a Time There Was Racism. The Same Question, Six Years Later.

Kimberly J. Lau – Specters Of The Marvelous: Race and the Development Of The European Fairy Tale “Picture yourself in a fairy-tale world. There you are, among the princes and princesses, peasants and paupers, among...
Florida Capitol

Florida Senate and House will convene Monday for Special Session

As of mid-Friday morning, no bills had been filed for the special session, according to the Florida Senate website.
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Floridians may see impacts of Trump’s slew of executive orders

Listen: President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders in his first day in his new administration Here’s a snapshot of two that could impact some Floridians.  Trump reversed former President Biden’s executive order...
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