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Is there a connection between gun violence and mental illness?
After a mass shooting it’s common for analysts to examine the mental health of the suspect. But at a forum Friday hosted by the University of South Florida in Tampa, a behavioral sciences researcher downplayed...
Radioactivity listeners discuss last night’s GOP debate on CNBC
By Rob Lorei Today on Radioactivity, We look at some key moments from last night’s GOP debate on CNBC and then open up the phone lines for listener comments on the who they thought the...
Walk Bike Tampa unveils Vision Zero plan for pedestrian and bicycle safety
A new coalition is trying to make Tampa safer for pedestrians and cyclists; in a press conference Thursday afternoon, Tampa City Council member Lisa Montelione said there have been 43 deaths so far this year in...
By Rob Lorei Today’s topic on Radioactivity is recycling in Florida. The state has set a goal of a 75% recycle rate by 2020. So Far, 18 counties have a recycle rate of atleast 50%;...
Pinellas and Hillsborough to join South Florida counties in combating wage theft
By Rob Lorei Hillsborough and Pinellas counties will soon be joining several South Florida counties in passing local ordinances aimed at protecting workers from wage theft. Wage theft is when employees are withheld rightly owed wages or...
What happens to residents when Tampa redevelops West River?
Mayor Bob Buckhorn and the City of Tampa have major redevelopment plans for the area west of the Hillsborough River north of downtown. The West River redevelopment means two large public housing developments will be...
US Department of Education lambastes Pinellas County for educational disparities
Last Friday afternoon U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited Campbell Park Elementary, one of the South Saint Petersburg schools singled out in a Tampa Bay Times investigation noting severely underperforming schools. Outgoing US secretary...
A look back at Florida’s shortened black bear hunt
Over the weekend the controversial hunt of black bears in Florida was called off after almost two days because so many bears were killed; our guest on WMNF’s MidPoint was Tampa Bay Times staff writer Craig Pittman, who...
Columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. talks about new book, Black Lives Matter movement
By Rob Lorei Today on Radioactivity, we are joined by Leonard Pitts Jr., a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the Miami Herald and author of Grant Park, a historical fiction novel about an assassination plot...
Future of Sarasota’s red tide depends on winds
Sarasota and Manatee Counties are experiencing a red tide bloom, but it’s not certain yet whether it will become severe or spread to the north or south — a lot depends on weather. For an...
42 guns stolen from Tampa shop; suspects video released
Forty-two handguns have been stolen from a gun shop near Tampa; Hillsborough County Sherriff’s Major Chad Chronister says four burglars broke a three-foot hole in the concrete wall of Shooting Sports on North Dale Mabry...
Radioactivity airs Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi testimony live from DC
By Rob Lorei We listen to Hilary Clinton’s live testimony at the hearings on the Benghazi attacks, in which 4 Americans, two diplomats including ambassador Chris Stevens and two contractors, were killed during an attack...
