WMNF’s Chris Young reports that the teacher says she will no longer return for the upcoming school year.

WMNF’s Zoe Sax reports that the discovery of the disease in Florida, which affects starfish, was shocking.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has appealed a federal judge’s ruling that found him in civil contempt because of a letter he sent in April.

Strong thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are possible across the Florida peninsula, including our area, today.

The Scoop producer Zoe Sax

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WMNF’s Josh Holton reports that friends, family and coworkers are demanding justice for Sayfollah Musallet.                

WMNF’s Chris Young reports, Republican Representative Susan Valdes faced heat for her decision to switch parties last year after losing a bid to chair the Hillsborough County Democratic Party. 

A man who abducted a woman from a Bay County, Florida insurance office and killed her is scheduled for execution in Florida under a death warrant signed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis. 

On Saturday, WMNF held a one-day fund drive to help make up for about $230,000 in cuts. According to WMNF’s development director, the station raised $280,000 through nearly 1,300 donations that day.

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WMNF’s Leah Burdick shares how one Florida location participated in Good Trouble Lives on.

WMNF’s Chris Young reports that Tampa is one of 3 Florida cities which has one of the highest percentages of students in urban heat zones nationwide.

WMNF’s Sarah Goebel reports a team of students and mechanical engineers from Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland have come up with a creative solution.

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On July 16, 2025, MidPoint’s guest host Gary Gibbons welcomed St. Petersburg’s Democratic Florida Rep. Lindsay Cross, former Hillsborough County Commissioner Mariella Smith, and Anders Croy of the Florida Watch Accountability Project to discuss how the State was able to use Florida tax payers’ money to create”Alligator Alcatraz,” and how State budget cuts will impact our Tampa Bay area community, and more.  Listen to the entire show here, on the WMNF app, or as a WMNF MidPoint podcast on Spotify or Apple Music.

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The cuts include programs that assist foreign countries stricken by disease, war and natural disasters, but they also eliminate over $1 billion for Public Broadcasting.

WMNF’s Zoe Sax reports, these gay pride symbols are at risk because the Florida Department of Transportation has banned pavement art.

WMNF’s Chris Young reports Senator Rick Scott filed a bill Tuesday to instill protections for the part of the river in Sarasota County.

Organized by groups behind previous anti-Trump demonstrations, the protests coincide with the fifth anniversary of Rep. John Lewis’s death.

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A portion of the Myakka River may become the third in the state to receive federal protections under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 

Senator Rick Scott filed a bill Tuesday to instill protections for the part of the river in Sarasota County. 

The protections would ensure the river is not dammed, protect riverfront public lands from oil, gas, and mineral development, and provide other restrictions.

Environmental advocate and Democratic State Representative Lindsay Cross hopes the bill can get across the finish line in Washington. 

“This would really be a show of recognition that the wildness of that river is more important than our insatiable desire to develop every square mile of our state in Florida,” Cross told WMNF.

Representatives for Senator Rick Scott told WMNF he was unavailable for an interview, but said in a statement that the bill “honors local, state, and community support for protecting the river’s pristine waters.”

The Myakka River would join the Loxahatchee and Wekiva Rivers as the only other two rivers in the state with those protections.

 The House version of the bill, sponsored by Florida Republican Congress member Greg Steube, was introduced in January but has not moved forward since. 

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WMNF’s Chris Young reports on the eye-opening statistics from the University of South Florida report.

The Senate vote was 50-50, with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie. Proponents described the bill as a first step in putting the nation’s fiscal house in order.

Congresswoman Salazar is getting back behind her plan to shield undocumented immigrants from deportation by re-proposing a bill that would have migrants pay restitution to legally remain in the U.S.

Citing “significant concerns about environmental degradation” and threats to “traditional and religious ceremonies,” members of the Miccosukee Tribe are trying to join a lawsuit challenging an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades.

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Special thanks to Taylor Lovejoy and Corey Beltran

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WMNF’s Chris Young reports the victim ran an ice cream shop in New Tampa.

WMNF’s Zoe Sax reports the vote was unanimous on Friday.

WMNF’s Leah Burdick reports on details about the demonstration against the Trump administration planned for Pinellas County.

Lawyers for the Secretary of State appealed a ruling by a federal judge that blocked part of a new law that imposed restrictions on the state’s ballot-initiative process. 

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Special thanks to Taylor Lovejoy and Corey Beltran

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Florida’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization is calling for accountability after Musallet was beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.

On Saturday, federal and state lawmakers visited the newly established migrant detention center, Alligator Alcatraz. WLRN’s Carlton Gillespie reports on what they saw.

WMNF’s Leah Burdick reports, emotions were high during the Students for a Democratic Society’s protest against TPUSA.

WMNF’s Chris Young reports, the demolition process for the bridge built in the 60s began last week.

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WMNF reporters Chris Young, Lisa Marzilli, Seán Kinane, Maddie Overmier, Sarah Goebel, Julia Ferrara, Zoe Sax.
Special thanks to Taylor Lovejoy and Corey Beltran

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WMNF’s Zoe Sax reports that these changes would weaken protections for workers and lessen the responsibilities of employers.

WMNF’s Chris Young reports that one legal expert says this is lawful, but concerning. 

A group of Democratic state lawmakers asked the Florida Supreme Court yesterday to force Gov. Ron DeSantis “to provide immediate, unannounced access” to the controversial detention center, “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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WMNF reporters Chris Young, Lisa Marzilli, Seán Kinane, Maddie Overmier, Sarah Goebel, Julia Ferrara, Zoe Sax.
Special thanks to Taylor Lovejoy and Corey Beltran

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