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Buckhorn pushing for transportation vote and water reuse
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn is pushing for a county-wide transportation vote and for the city to use treated sewage water to augment drinking water supplies; those are two of the issues Buckhorn stressed during his...
After 13 deadlocks and accusations of gesture Tampa City Council picks Suarez new Chair
It took fourteen contentious rounds of voting – and even accusations of a menacing gesture – but Tampa City Council now has a new chair: Mike Suarez. The vote matters because if Mayor Bob Buckhorn...
Women’s Show on Women’s Health and Climate Change
Photo credit: Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center New York is the anti-fracking center of the U.S. With the primary coming up, fracking and fossil fuels are major issues. When Eva Resnick- Day recently asked Hillary...
by Rob Lorei Once known as a city for the retired, St.Petersburg has experience a rebirth over the last decade as one of the most livable cities in the countries, known for its walk-able streets...
Preservationists want to save St. Pete’s “cheese grater” buildings
Preservationists in St. Pete say they’re filing a landmark designation application Thursday to try to save two buildings in downtown; Peter Belmont, vice president of St. Petersburg Preservation, wants to stop the demolition of what are...
Rice says Rays exposure in Cuba helps St. Pete
The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cuba national team in Havana Tuesday with Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro in the front row; St. Petersburg City Council member Darden Rice says that kind of exposure...
St. Pete will work toward 100% clean energy
St. Petersburg is the first Florida city pledging to work toward 100% clean energy; Sharon Wright is the City of St. Petersburg’s sustainability coordinator and joined the Sierra Club Tuesday morning to officially launch the...
Florida This Week; Trump rally violence continues in Arizona
BY Rob Lorei Today we start of Radioactivity with the latest edition of Florida This Week, a political talk show on local PBS station WEDU that is hosted by Rob Lorei. An expert panel of...
Dozens from Tampa Bay going to Cuba for Obama, Rays
President Obama is heading to Cuba this weekend and he’s not alone; many Tampa Bay area residents, government officials and even the region’s Major League Baseball team are going as well. St. Petersburg Mayor Rick...
Code Pink – Saudi Arabia, BDS, Local Peace Economy…Women’s Show 3/17
Photo via Elaine Vigneault Feeling discouraged with all the negativity of the presidential campaign – and the state of our world today? Give yourself a treat and spend a few minutes at Code Pink to...
President Obama Makes Supreme Court Nomination
President Obama announced his Supreme Court nominee, political moderate Merrick Garland. Merrick’s nomination came as a surprise to some, who assumed that Sri Srinivasan, also a judge for the D.C. federal court, would be the...
Florida Passes Anti-Abortion Bill -tune in for a discussion on From a Woman’s PoV
During last weeks show we discussed Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the Texas omnibus bill the Supreme Court is currently debating. Florida has followed in Texas’ footsteps and passed Senate Bill 1722, an anti-abortion bill...
