Seán Kinane

On Monday June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in a major abortion case out of Louisiana. According to the Associated Press, “The Supreme Court has reasserted a commitment to abortion rights over...

Here is a link to many coronavirus resources The Graduate Assistant United labor union at USF  wants talks with the university administration over contract terms. They are regular negotiations that come up every few years....

Environmental activists, mostly from Southwest Florida’s Charlotte County, are challenging the phosphate company Mosaic’s water discharge permit for its plant in Bartow. The group called March Against Mosaic is concerned about pollution discharges from the...

Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Florida added another 10,000 new coronavirus cases in the 24 hours since Wednesday. That is six times higher than where the daily record stood less than a...

Tampa ranks 29th in the country among large cities for installed solar capacity per capita, according to a new study by Environment Florida Research & Policy Center. Environment Florida’s Climate and Clean Energy Advocate Ryann...

Democrats in the U.S. House have unveiled a climate plan with the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Tampa Democratic member of Congress Kathy Castor is chair of the House Select Committee on...

Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Florida has banned alcohol consumption at its bars after the number of new coronavirus cases skyrocketed to nearly 9,000 Friday. That’s almost double the previous record set...

Here is a link to many coronavirus resources The data scientist who created the State of Florida’s COVID-19 dashboard says she will testify Friday in front of a House committee about how the state is...

The Hillsborough Branch NAACP, local ACLU and several law enforcement agencies from across Hillsborough County are working together to repair trust between police and the community. In a press conference Wednesday morning, Hillsborough County Sheriff...

Every day this month there has been a Black Lives Matter march in St. Petersburg, Tampa or other parts of the Tampa Bay area – and on the weekends, quite a few. On Wednesday, lawyers...

Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Hillsborough County’s Emergency Policy Group has adopted a mask requirement for businesses. Monday’s vote was 5-to-3. The penalty for business owners would be a second-degree misdemeanor that...

The sixtieth anniversary of what’s called Axe Handle Saturday is in August. A White mob in Jacksonville, Florida, beat up Black civil rights activists in August 1960 in what was called Axe Handle Saturday. The...