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Criminal Justice
Group sues DeSantis over migrant flight records
A group filed a lawsuit seeking to force FL Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to release records about migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard.
Tampa City Council to vote on continued funding for mental health co-responder program
The Tampa Police Department’s pilot mental health co-responder program expired on Sept. 30. Additional funding is set for a council vote Thursday.
MidPoint: Legal issues in the news
Former Chair of the Florida ACLU Legal Panel James Shaw Jr. joined Shelley for an open discussion to share some of the interesting legal issues in the news.
MidPoint: Sen. Jeff Brandes On Florida Politics & Policies
Libertarian Sen. Jeff Brandes, the most interesting Republican in Florida politics, is leaving the Florida Senate due to term limits. He joined us to discuss his passion for policy over politics, and his post-office plans...
MidPoint: Are Russian influence agents operating in local politics?
New federal criminal charges against Alexandr Ionov, a fugitive Russian national, allege a malign foreign influence operation in St. Petersburg, FL elections. Noted national security journalist Marcy Wheeler, aka @emptywheel, and Prof. Golfo Alexopoulos, Dir....
Tampa’s citizen-led police review board voted 6–3 on Tuesday night to recommend that city council put subpoena power for the board on the ballot for voters to decide. This vote is the latest development in...
A Conversation With Dr. Camilla Pang. Richard Gabriel On Infamous Verdicts
Camilla Pang An Outsider’s Guide To Humans – What Science Taught Me About What We Do And Who We are “Blessed with the solid combination of ASD, ADHD, and Ph.D. – I use the powers...
MidPoint: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys
Noted University of South Florida forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle discusses her investigations of undocumented deaths and missing persons and her new book, "We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for...
MidPoint: The Bones of The Dozier School
Florida's Dozier School for Boys was open for 111 years in Marianna, Florida, and had a long history of terror, abuse, and disappearances. The school closed in 2011, but the search for the bones and...
With the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade and Florida’s 15-week abortion ban set to take effect this week, Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren has joined dozens of prosecutors nationwide who say they...
Activists in St. Petersburg rallied at City Hall on the second anniversary of George Floyd's murder by Minneapolis police.
WaveMakers: Freddy Barton of Safe and Sound Hillsborough
Freddy Barton, executive director of Safe and Sound Hillsborough, a community-based intervention program intended to prevent violence in Hillsborough County joined WaveMakers on April 19.
