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The Scoop: Mon., October 16, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Floridians fly, not refugees Last Thursday Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed an Executive Order to fly Floridians stranded in Israel back to the US. However, the Governor says the United States...
Arguments set in State Supreme Court fight over Florida’s law targeting protesters
The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments in a challenge to the constitutionality of a 2021 state law.
The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Friday, April 7th, 2023
The Scoop is WMNF's daily digest of news headlines for Wednesday, April 7th, 2023.
Teachers March in St. Pete to call for union support
The Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association joined with the Pinellas educational support professionals to march from St. Petersburg City Hall to the former Tomlinson Adult Learning Center. The nearly 100 year old historic school will be...
Dozens gathered to challenge a proposed rule to restrict the way protests can be conducted in Florida’s Capitol Complex.
USF students protest U.S. intervention in Ukraine
Members of USF's Students for a Democratic Society protested the U.S.'s intervention in Ukraine as well as sanctions on Russia.
Students, Deaf and Hard of Hearing community lead USF protest
Over 100 students and members of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community rallied at the University of South Florida last week for support for the school’s Interpreter Training Program. Listen to the story here...
Ten years ago: Occupy Tampa holds first protest in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street
The first Occupy Tampa demonstration occurred on Saturday, September 24, 2011. WMNF republishes the story ten years later.
DeSantis espouses debunked rumors, misinformation while signing HB1 into law
On Monday morning, Governor Ron DeSantis used debunked rumors and misinformation to justify his HB1 bill. DeSantis signed the bill into law while flanked by a group of law enforcement officials and Republican legislators at...
Gov. Ron DeSantis is lambasting the growing number of major corporations pushing back on Republican-backed legislation. But civic groups want those corporations and more to ramp up the pressure and fight bills targeting voting rights...
Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren joined a former Florida Supreme Court Justice and a former Sheriff Thursday in blasting the HB1 protest bill. The group called the bill an unconstitutional affront on democracy. No...
A group of mostly Black civic and faith leaders gathered in Tallahassee’s Captiol Courtyard Wednesday to denounce the controversial HB1 bill. Many fear the Republican-backed bill being fast-tracked through the legislative process would silence minority...
