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An advancing bill would allow craft breweries to sell up to 5,000 beverages annually to vendors, without a distributor.

Listen: Tampa’s streetcar will stay fare-free through September after the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency voted to fund it earlier this month, but council members say this is only a temporary solution.  The TECO line streetcar...

By Jim Saunders ©2025 The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to a lack of tests about whether the substances were marijuana or legal hemp, a state appeals court Wednesday tossed out a drug-trafficking...

Round up of WMNF news headlines including private data request probe, term limit proposal, DEI policies, DOGE, and parks reopening.

As Senate Republicans have been engaged in private discussions about restructuring Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income individuals, to fund the extension of Trump’s $4.6 trillion tax cuts from 2017, along with other tax...

The No Name Storm caused 318 deaths, and about 40 percent of the country's population was impacted; impacts were worst in Florida.

The Household Hazardous Waste Collection event will be held at 6605 5th avenue N, from 9am to 2pm on Saturday.

In a strategic move to strengthen local journalism, WMNF 88.5FM and The Gabber Newspaper have announced a groundbreaking content sharing partnership that promises to enhance news coverage across the Tampa Bay area. This collaboration brings...

Florida lawmakers met on Tuesday morning in the House Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee to discuss a bill that would open career paths for students in civil construction. House Bill 567 would invest $5 million into Florida’s...

Listen: A bill advanced in the State House Tuesday that would allow Florida workers to waive their constitutional right to minimum wage.  The bill received mostly negative pushback during public comment, with some worried that...

Critics of the child labor bill say it would exploit children but proponents say it's a “parental rights” issue.

Panels in the Florida House and Senate approved proposals aimed at shielding environmentally sensitive areas from oil drilling.