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The Scoop: Fri. March 21, 2025, Florida and Tampa Bay headlines by WMNF

Round up of WMNF news headlines including the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, immigration policies, and U.S. Postal Service rally.

The Scoop: Fri. March 14, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

The Bike to Work Ride and Rally in Tampa highlighted new bike routes that the city announced in January.
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A judge narrows the block on a Florida immigration law

An injunction prohibits Florida from enforcing part of a 2023 law to crack down on immigration should be limited to the plaintiffs.

The Scoop: Wed. March 12, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Stringed instruments from the Holocaust era will be brought to life in an upcoming concert in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Florida university leaders defend government restrictions on DEI

The state university system’s Board of Governors and trustees of 3 universities dispute that the Florida law (SB 266) violates speech rights.

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.

The Scoop: Fri. March 7, 2025, Florida and Tampa Bay headlines by WMNF

Round up of WMNF news headlines including Florida vaccines mandate, DOGE cuts, exonerees compensation proposal, and public school fundings.

The Scoop: Wed. March 5, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Dozens of protesters gathered outside Republican U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s office at the Seminole campus of St. Petersburg College.

The Scoop: Wed. Feb. 26, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Florida is still experiencing a patchy red tide bloom but satellite imagery shows a large reduction in the intensity.

The Scoop: Tues. Feb. 25, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Round up of WMNF news headlines including ICE program, DOGE, and Apple shareholders in the attempt to save DEI initiatives.
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Ron DeSantis says he “100 percent” backs UWF trustee Scott Yenor who said women are “medicated, meddlesome and quarrelsome”

Scott Yenor drew criticism for calling working women “more medicated, meddlesome and quarrelsome than women need to be.”
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Florida agencies gear up for immigration enforcement

More Florida agencies have reached agreements for officers to be trained in immigration-enforcement efforts with the federal government.
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