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MidPoint

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Your mid-week, mid-morning source for local and statewide news and public affairs from a local perspective.

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MidPoint for 07/24/2024

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2024/07/24

Your mid-week, mid-morning source for local and statewide news and public affairs from a local perspective.

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MidPoint for 07/17/2024

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2024/07/17

Your mid-week, mid-morning source for local and statewide news and public affairs from a local perspective.

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MidPoint for 07/10/2024

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2024/07/10

Your mid-week, mid-morning source for local and statewide news and public affairs from a local perspective.

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DeSantis Declares War On Arts & Culture

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2024/07/03

Gov. Ron DeSantis stripped $32M in statewide arts & culture funding from the budget over his hatred of popular Fringe Festivals in Tampa & Orlando that he accused of being "sexual."

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MidPoint for 06/26/2024

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2024/06/26

Your mid-week, mid-morning source for local and statewide news and public affairs from a local perspective.

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MidPoint for 06/19/2024

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2024/06/19

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Florida Farmworkers Need More Legal Protections

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2024/06/12

A tragic bus accident killed 8 legal migrant farmworkers and injured dozens more who are now caught in a legal, immigration and medical limbo because their visas have expired before their treatments are complete.

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Andrew Warren On Justice for the Wrongfully Convicted

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2024/06/05

Twice-elected Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren discusses justice for the wrongfully convicted, the exoneration of death row inmate Robert DuBois who served 37 years for a crime he did not commit, and the following investigation by Hillsborough County law enforcement that led to the conviction of the real serial killers.

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MidPoint for 05/29/2024

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2024/05/29

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Ignoring Climate Change is Not a Winning Strategy

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2024/05/22

Florida Republicans are so afraid of climate change that they've passed a law to never speak of it. As Florida is on fire, underwater, and unaffordable, our state government is rolling back climate change legislation and removing it from consideration in formulating state energy policy.

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Medicaid Expansion is in Our Hands Now

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2024/05/15

Florida is one of only 10 states that has not already expanded Medicaid coverage to low-income childless adults as allowed under the Affordable Care Act. Now, Florida healthcare advocates are mounting a petition drive to place a Constitutional Amendment to expand Medicaid on the 2026 ballot. Florida Voices for Health joins us to explain why expansion is so important to improve access to care in Florida.

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Not Your Grandma's Garden!

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2024/05/08

Marie Selby Gardens in Sarasota's CEO Jennifer Rominiecki, and their V.P. of Botany, Bruce Holst, joined MidPoint to talk all about the blooming of the Gardens into a powerhouse of sustainability and botanical conservation research, along with their exhibits highlighting nature's relationship to art & culture, and their Artist in Residence, singer, songwriter and poet, Patti Smith. If you haven't been to the facility lately, you will want to return soon because this is NOT your grandma's garden!

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Local Education News with Jessica Vaughn

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2024/05/01

Florida is now LAST in the nation in teacher pay, according to a recent survey reported by the National Education Association! We discussed that, the State's pre-emption of the allocation of state education funding, the Hillsborough County Community Investment Tax education allocation to capital improvements, the need for the November referendum on the ballot to raise teacher pay by increasing the millage property taxes, the drop in Florida Bright Futures scholarship awards, book bans, and much more

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Treating Tampa Bay's "Forever Chemicals" in Our...

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2024/04/24

The EPA has recently set limits on PFAS hazardous "forever chemicals" in our drinking water supply. Find out from our local water quality experts how our water utilities plan to remove PFAS from our drinking water, who will pay for it, and what you can do to avoid PFAS at home.

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DeSantis Wants to "Protect" the Cops.....from...

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2024/04/17

Gov. DeSantis signed into law a measure to limit the reach of Civilian Review Boards that seek greater transparency and accountability for police misconduct. Does the law really do that, or is it moot as to many FL CRB's that do not investigate, but merely audit police internal affairs investigations? And what does the new law requiring citizens to remain 25 feet away from a 1st responder mean? Can citizens still videotape police on the street without fear of arrest? Listen to my guests Attorney

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Sen. Jeff Brandes Has Some Thoughts

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2024/03/27

Rogue Republican former FL Sen. Jeff Brandes, founder of The Florida Policy Project, joined us on MidPoint for a wide-ranging discussion on the recent FL legislative session, laws passed and missed opportunities, along with his current project, the Florida Policy Project, which he founded to provide policy suggestions based on data and best practices to solve some of Florida's most difficult problems.

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What Are The Legal & Medical Status of Reproductive...

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2024/03/20

Experts review the legal and medical status of reproductive rights & technologies today. Surrogacy lawyer Roia Barrios and reproductive endocrinologist & obgyn fertility specialist Dr. Carolina Sueldo discuss the Alabama IVF law, "fetal personhood," the Florida Abortion Ballot measure, & the pending Florida 6-week abortion ban.

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MidPoint for 03/13/2024

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2024/03/13

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