Local Government

Today on Radioactivity, Host Rob Lorei talks with Patrick Mantaiga, publisher of trilingual newspaper La Gaceta. In a column published last week, Mantaiga addressed five contentious issues affecting Hillsborough County and Tampa: the formula for...

Today we listen to latest Florida this Week, a political discussion show moderated Radioactivity host Rob Lorei. This episode’s panel ( Tampa Bay Times’ Ernest Hooper, La Gaceta Publisher Patrick Mantaiga, Political Consultant Marc Proctor,...

St. Petersburg is looking for citizen input on how to improve its parking situation. Wednesday night it held the  4th public meeting on downtown parking at the Museum of Fine Arts. The city offers free and metered...

Today on Radioactivity, we listen back on WEDU’s Florida this Week, a political discussion show moderated by Radioactivity host Rob Lorei. Today’s guests look at the race for the US senate as  Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos...

Critics of red-light cameras are pointing to a report in the Tampa Tribune about political contributions to Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn from a the company American Traffic Solutions as another reason to oppose the traffic...

Today on Radioactivity, we talk the facts and figures of Florida politics with Barry Edwards, a political strategist who has worked locally with both Democratic and Republican Parties. We talk about the upcoming congressional redistricting...

The confederate flag flying in the Hillsborough County Center will come down by Thursday. After a heated public discussion the Hillsborough County Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to send the flag to a museum. Les Miller,...

Hillsborough County Commission voted to have an attorney draft a wage theft ordinance.

Pinellas County Comissioners to hold conversation with citizens this week

Pier Selection Committee chooses Pier Park for new St. Pete icon

The fight for $15 movement, advocating a $15 an hour minimum wage, took their grievance to the steps of Saint Pete City Hall.

Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner to run for Clerk of the Circuit Court