Chris Young

Listen: Hillsborough and Pinellas counties have among the highest rates of reported and confirmed cases of child abuse and neglect in Florida, according to the nonprofit Champions for Children. Key Tampa landmarks will light up...

Listen: A bill advanced in the House today targeting beach access in one county on the panhandle.  It comes as some lawmakers say Walton County was unfairly affected by a 2018 law.   House Bill 6043,...

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...

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...

Listen: A controversial Florida bill to reduce the age to purchase a rifle or other long gun from 21 to 18 will be heard on the house Floor this week.  Democratic Minority House Leader Fentrice...

Listen: St. Petersburg announced almost 160 million dollars of federal funds are coming to the city for disaster recovery.  The money will be put towards aiding the impact of hurricanes. The initiative, called Sunrise St....

Listen: Florida’s House Speaker Daniel Perez announced this week that he was starting a committee to investigate the finances of property insurance companies amidst the state’s insurance crisis.  It was sparked by a Tampa Bay...

Listen:   On Wednesday, Governor Ron DeSantis joined Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo at a Tampa press conference.  Ladapo addressed the state’s first reported measles case at a South Florida high school. Taking a question...

Listen: Floridians affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton now have more time to apply for disaster assistance. The U.S. Small Business Administration extended the deadline for a loan to aid those affected by the disasters. ...

Listen: UPDATE: Republican Senator Joe Gruters dropped this proposal to rename Tamiami Trail.  A bill filed in the legislature would change the name of an iconic road with a nearly 100-year history. One historian says...

Listen: Before there was Tropicana Field and its surrounding acres of asphalt, there was the Gas Plant Neighborhood in St. Petersburg. Now, there’s a new documentary shining a light on the primarily Black neighborhood destroyed...

Listen: Sixty-five years ago, a group of high school students staged a peaceful sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in downtown Tampa. On Thursday, local leaders honored the civil rights activists on the anniversary of...