Florida politics

Shelley and guest commenter Lakeland's civic journalist, Billy Townsend opened the phone lines and held a Talk Back Town Hall, letting our listeners guide our discussion on State Politics, DeSantis' cronyism and grifting, Richard Corcoran's...

Warren appeals DeSantis removal A Federal court has agreed to fast-track former Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren’s appeal to be reinstated to office following his removal by Governor Ron DeSantis. According to a new...

Abortion rights Pointing to “long-established fundamental rights,” attorneys for abortion clinics and a physician argued in a brief Monday that the Florida Supreme Court should block a law that prevents abortions after 15 weeks of...

Tampa elections The last day to vote in the City of Tampa elections is next Tuesday, March 7th. Early in-person voting started today. The two candidates running for City Council District 4 – Bill Carlson...

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....

Florida's House Bill 1197, decried by critics as anti-union, died in the Florida Senate this week, with the end of the legislative session.

Peter Schorsch, CEO of Extensive Enterprises and publisher of FloridaPolitics.com talks Tallahassee, mid-term elections and his journey from political operative to the go-to source for Florida political news.

Local labor leaders in Tampa Bay spoke out Monday against legislation that would weaken most of Florida's public-sector unions.

Florida voters overwhelmingly support increasing pay for Florida’s public school teachers. That’s according to new polling data collected by Clearview Research and commissioned by the Florida Education Association – the state’s largest teacher union. Today,...

Republican lawmakers have filed legislation that would weaken mandatory staffing requirements at Florida’s nearly 700 nursing homes, which care for tens of thousands of residents statewide. While supporters tout these changes as a way to...

Florida Republicans advanced a House bill that would restrict discussion on topics like racism and slavery in public school classrooms.

Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 06/05/19 in the drop down menu https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning- welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. The Trump administration is banning cruises to Cuba under new restrictions on...