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Health care Wednesday, September 27th 2023

Florida Republican files a bill to make annual skin cancer screening free

The bill would require health insurance policies to cover annual skin cancer screenings performed by dermatologists.

Health care Wednesday, September 20th 2023

KidCare health insurance premiums are covered in Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Pasco, Hernando and other Idalia counties

Florida Healthy Kids will cover the costs of September premiums for KidCare health insurance in 16 counties affected by Hurricane Idalia.

Health care Tuesday, September 19th 2023

Medicaid enrollment continues declining in Florida

Enrollment in Florida’s Medicaid program dropped again in August -- this time by more than 105,000 people.

Development Sunday, September 17th 2023

Education, Civic Engagement in the Sunshine State

Kimbery Brown-Blunt visits the Forum to announce an important Legislative Education Forum to discuss empowering communities through education, justice and civic engagement. Panelist will include...

Health care Friday, September 15th 2023

‘We can’t sit and do nothing’: Despite challenges Floridians are are still fighting for access to health care

Allison Holmes says there are more than 22,000 on a waitlist for Florida’s home-and community-based Medicaid waiver program for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities....

Health care Wednesday, September 13th 2023

The Scoop: Wed., September 13, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF

Polk County man killed Polk County deputies shot and killed a man last night on Westside Ridge Blvd in the city of Auburndale. After 55-year-old...

Health care Saturday, November 21st 2020

Radioactivity Thursday: Questions about ACA Open Enrollment? Our guest has answers.

November 19, 2020 Open enrollment for Obamacare is now in full swing in Florida, even as the U.S. Supreme Court listened to oral arguments last week on whether the law is constitutional. Florida’s Republican attorney...

Climate Saturday, November 21st 2020

Radioactivity Wednesday: How Corporations Deny the Truth

November 18, 2020 Barbara Freese is an environmental attorney and a former Minnesota assistant attorney general, currently living in St. Paul. Freese is author of several books, including “Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending...

Literature Thursday, November 12th 2020

Radioactivity Thursday: Strongmen rulers – from Mussolini to Trump

November 12, 2020 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. President Trump and his allies—including most of the top elected Republican officials in Florida are refusing to concede that Democrat Joe Biden has won...

Elections Tuesday, November 03rd 2020

Radioactivity Election Day Tuesday: Photojournalist Zach D Roberts tracking far-right groups in Florida and across the US

November 3, 2020 Good Morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Zach D Roberts is an investigative photojournalist who covers far-right extremism, and voter suppression in America. He is famously known to go to the...

Elections Friday, October 30th 2020

Radioactivity Thursday: Disinformation, Conspiracy Theories, QAnon and Voter Manipulation with Melissa Ryan

October 29, 2020 In her latest article for Right Wing Watch, “Disinformation, Coronavirus, and the 2020 Presidential Election“, Melissa Ryan writes: In the 2016 presidential campaign, a robust disinformation effort fueled by Russia’s intelligence agencies...

Elections Thursday, October 29th 2020

Radioactivity Wednesday: A Deep Dive into the Latest Florida Poll numbers with Steve Schale

October 28, 2020 In 2008, Steve Schale directed the Obama/Biden campaign in Florida, leading the largest political operation in Florida history to a win for President Obama, and in 2012, served as a Senior Advisor to...

Literature Friday, October 16th 2020

Radioactivity Tuesday: How countries and special interests are able to quietly buy influence in the Trump administration

October 13, 2020 Donald Trump did not sell his business when he took office, nor did he give it away. By holding onto his businesses, he launched an unprecedented experiment: What happens to a multi-billion-dollar...

National Politics Saturday, October 10th 2020

Radioactivity Friday: “Catholics for Choice” urges Senators to reject Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett

October 9, 2020 Good Morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. The Associated Press is reporting; An old directory for the Christian organization People of Praise members shows Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served...

Civil Rights Wednesday, October 07th 2020

Radioactivity Wednesday: Leaked messages show far-right group’s plans for violence in Portland

October 7, 2020 Good Morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. The summer of 2020 has seen the city of Portland, Oregon, become a symbol and a venue for the further, dramatic polarization of the...

Labor Wednesday, October 07th 2020

Radioactivity Tuesday: “How Amazon hid its safety crisis” – new reporting on the high rate of serious injury at Amazon warehouses

October 6, 2020 A new investigative report from Reveal from the nonprofit Center for Investigative Journalism obtained internal documents from Amazon showing high rates of injury at its network of fulfillment centers. Amazon, which has...

Literature Tuesday, September 29th 2020

Radioactivity Tuesday: Jonathan Alter discusses his new biography of Jimmy Carter “HIS VERY BEST”

September 29, 2020 Good Morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Our guest today is Jonathan Alter, an award-winning historian, columnist and documentary filmmaker. An MSNBC political analyst and former senior editor at Newsweek, he is...

COVID19 Friday, September 18th 2020

Sweden tried “Herd Immunity” to deal with Coronavirus; it resulted in a death rate many times larger than its neighbors.

Here is a link to many coronavirus resources There has been discussion about the success of Sweden’s “herd immunity” approach to the Coronavirus pandemic on WMNF/Radioactivity this week. Some listeners have claimed that the Swedish...

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