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The Scoop: Mon. March 10, 2025, Florida and Tampa Bay headlines by WMNF
Round up of WMNF news headlines including Strawberry Festival, Property Insurance, Florida legislative session.
Migrant worker advocates rally outside Plant City’s 90th annual Strawberry Festival
This year marked the 90th anniversary for the Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City. Advocates for Migrant farmworkers gathered outside the event on Saturday to show support for workers who couldn’t be there. “The migrant...
The Florida Legislature passed a bill that could clear the way for farmworker housing
Florida’s agriculture industry hopes the bill to preempt local regulations on farmworker housing will help bring in more foreign workers.
Business owner sentenced in ‘forced labor’ case involving migrant farmworkers
A Florida federal judge has sentenced the owner of a farm-labor company to nearly 10 years in prison on racketeering and forced labor charges
Since Trump’s election, Tampa-area immigrants are on edge
The Southern Poverty Law Center has documented 23 incidents of hateful harassment and intimidation in Florida since the election of Donald Trump and they’ve counted more than 400 nationwide; in the Tampa Bay area advocates...
