Beyond the News WFLA Interviews

The Tampa Bay Partnership, a business backed organization seeking to improve quality of life in the Tampa Bay area, has named a new CEO. Bemetra Simmons was previously an executive with United Way Suncoast and before that in the banking sector.

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Most people have no idea how to get state funding for a nonprofit program or service. Two members of the Legislature are holding a Zoom meeting Saturday morning to explain the process. Hear more from State Representative Dianne Hart (D-Tampa).

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Disabled American Veterans assistant national director Todd Hunter, who served in Afghanistan, talks about how DAV members and veterans who served in Afghanistan are feeling after the Taliban sweep through the country.

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Tropical Storm or Depression Fred could bring several inches of rain to Florida's west coast and the Big Bend this weekend. Dixie County is already dealing with 38 inches of rain this summer and widespread flooding after more than a foot of rain fell in the past two weeks. Dozens of roads are already washed out. We speak with Lt Mindy Lemmerman of Dixie County Emergency Management.

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The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) convention is happening this weekend in Tampa. We speak with Todd Hunter, assistant national communications director

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St. Leo University near Tampa, the fourth largest Catholic university in the U.S and a college that works closely with military degree-seekers, announces that it is merging with Marymount California University. We speak with St Leo President Jeffrey Senese, PhD.

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Ben and Jerry's ice cream recently announced it would stop marketing its product in the West Bank - which it described as the "Occupied Territories," to show sympathy toward Palestinians. It could be interpreted as support for the Boycott, Divestiture and Sanctions movement. But does it actually violate a Florida law against BDS? We spoke with one of its authors, Rep. Randy Fine of the Melbourne area. Plus a bonus as he relates his experience being hospitalized for COVID and

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Two Florida cities make the top ten in the 2021-22 edition of US News and World Report's Best Places to Live. We speak with US News real estate editor Devon Thorsby.

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North Port and nearby areas received as much as a foot of rain during Hurricane Elsa, and that water is flowing back toward the city through rivers, creeks and canals, Flooding is expected in some low-lying areas this weekend., Gordon Byrd speaks with city public information officer Josh Taylor.

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Hillsborough County Emergency Management Director Timothy Dudley speaks about preparations before and after Tropical Storm/ Hurricane Elsa reaches the Tampa Bay area.

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