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Recovery work begins after Hurricane Michael; here’s how you can help
At least three people have died from Hurricane Michael and recovery efforts have begun, especially in North Florida; for a first-hand account WMNF News spoke with Pearson Bolt in Tallahassee. He’s associated with groups like Democratic...
Update: Lara Alqasem is appealing her Israeli deportation order
Update: Israel has ordered Florida resident Lara Alqasem to be deported, but on Friday her mother told WMNF that she is appealing that deportation and is still being detained at Ben Gurion airport. She expects...
Mother of Lara Alqasem, Floridian detained by Israel, wants answers
An American graduate student from South Florida has been detained in Israel and risks deportation; her mother is asking for answers. Lara Alqasem is in Israel to attend graduate School at Hebrew University in human...
St. Pete Downtown eLooper is region’s first electric bus
Pinellas County now has the Tampa Bay area’s first all-electric public bus; it will begin running this weekend as a free shuttle in St. Petersburg known as the Downtown eLooper. Local leaders rode the quiet,...
Rep. Kathy Castor: Kavanaugh “disqualified himself”
“He didn’t tell the truth. Kavanaugh also – his demeanor. He came out in a very partisan, outrageous screed. And I think people would agree that you don’t need someone that’s so very openly partisan...
Tampa Bay Regional Resiliency Coalition will help counties adapt to climate change
Next week the region will create a Tampa Bay Regional Resiliency Coalition to work together for solutions to problems caused by climate change; next Monday (October 8), local leaders will sign a memorandum of understanding...
St. Pete protest against Brett Kavanaugh
Across the country at mid-day Thursday were dozens of rallies to oppose the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh; in St. Petersburg, about 25 people stood on the four corners of 1st Avenue North and 6th...
USF art installation asks: What is freedom?
What is freedom? An interactive public art installation at the University of South Florida is giving people the chance to answer this question as part of the For Freedoms 50 State Initiative. They wrote their...
Sierra Club criticizes use of clay to stem red tide outbreak
On Monday, Governor Rick Scott’s office announced the state would spend nearly $2.2 million to expand research into ways to control the massive red tide outbreak along the Gulf Coast of Florida. One experimental treatment...
Tampa Bay activist Sydney Eastman dies
The Tampa Bay activist community lost a strong advocate for the rights of migrant families and sex workers; Sydney Eastman passed away over the weekend. She was a founding member of Tampa Bay DSA [Democratic Socialists...
Janet Cruz and Dana Young clash on gun laws, education
There were moments of agreement interspersed between tense verbal clashes when two candidates running for a hotly competitive Hillsborough County state Senate race met at Tampa Tiger Bay Club Friday afternoon; Democrat Janet Cruz and...
Activists will protest Jon Burge outside Florida funeral home
A former Chicago Police Department commander who went to prison after being convicted of obstruction of justice and one count of perjury relating to accusations of torturing dozens of suspects died recently in Hillsborough County;...
