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WUSF August New Stories – Q3 2020 Another Florida inmate has died from complications of COVID-19, increasing the total to 50, according to 8/3/2020 9:04 News Spot Public Safety 8-3 COVID Prisons RDR data released [Friday] last week by the state Department of Corrections. NSF Tropical Storm Warnings continue for the First Coast of Florida this morning after Tropical Storm Isaias 8/3/2020 continuity News Spot Public Safety 8-3 FPREN ME made a close pass to the state over the weekend. FPREN The Florida Citrus, Business & Industries Fund announced [Friday] recently that it will purchase another 8/3/2020 7:04 News Spot Under-Served Communities 8-3 Work Comp RDR firm as it looks to expand in the workers’ compensation insurance market. NSF Florida gas prices increased 10 cents last week. 8/3/20 5:31&7:31 News Spot Business 8-3 Gas Prices RDR Meszaros- AAA release A Tampa teenager being called the mastermind of a scheme to steal Twitter identities remains in the 8/3/2020 6:04&8:04 News Spot Public Safety 8-3 Twitter Hacker CC Hillsborough County jail this morning [Monday]. Mary Shedden The Sarasota County School Board will offer details on the district’s reopening plan on Tuesday. As 8/3/2020 6:04&8:04 News Spot Education 8-3 Sara Teachers WRAP WUSF's Cathy Carter reports, a group of teachers and parents plan to be there to voice their concerns Cathy Carter The Sarasota County School Board has approved a reopening schedule that delays the start of school to 8/3/2020 7:04 News Spot Education 8-3 Sara Teachers CC August 31st. It offers options for a full time return to school and an online option for students. Cathy Carter 8/3/2020 8:04 News Spot Politics 8-3 Early Voting CC Early voting for the August 18th primary gets underway today in Hillsborough and Polk Counties Mary Shedden The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission unanimously agreed last month [July] to ban the 8/3/2020 5:31&7:31 News Spot Environment 7-27 Apalach Oysters CC harvesting of wild oysters from Apalachicola Bay starting this past weekend [August 1]. WLRN A lawsuit filed last month [July] challenges one of Governor Ron DeSantis’ latest appointments to the 8/3/2020 9:04 News Spot Politics 7-29 DeSantis ChallengeCC Florida Supreme Court. WLRN Restaurant workers who have tested positive for COVID-19 could soon return to work without needing a 8/3/2020 6:31&8:31 News Spot Public Safety 7-29 Restaurant COVID CC negative test result. WFSU Some counties across Florida, including Hillsborough and Polk, start early voting for the primary election 8/3/2020 8:45 Feature Report Politics 8-3 Early Voting FEA today [Monday]. WFSU The Florida Department of Health reported Sunday that seventy-one hundred and four [7,104] people tested positive for the coronavirus since Saturday. It’s the lowest number of new cases reported in a 8/3/2020 6:31&8:31 News Spot Health 8-3 Sunday Numbers RDR single day since July 6th. Mark Schreiner 8/3/20 6:31&8:31 News Spot Health 8-3 COVID-PrisonChief VCR Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Mark Inch has tested positive for the coronavirus. WFSU Following a splashdown in the Atlantic yesterday [Sunday], two NASA astronauts are back on Earth after 8/3/2020 5:31&7:31 News Spot Business 8-3 Astro Splash WRAP spending two months on the International space station. WMFE 8/3/2020 7:04 News Spot Under-Served Communities 8-3 Scott Relief CC U.S. Senate lawmakers plan to continue talks today [MONDAY] over a new coronavirus relief bill. WLRN 8/3/2020 7:04 News Spot Environment 8-3 Safe Beaches CC Environment Florida recently put out its report on the health of Florida's beaches for 2019. Jessica Meszaros An advocacy organization recently released its 2019 report on pollution at Florida's beaches. 8/3/2020 6:04 News Spot Environment 8-3 Safe Beaches WR Jessica Meszaros 8/3/2020 noon News Spot Politics 8-3 Early Vote CC Early voting for the August 18th primary is now underway in Hillsborough and Polk Counties. Mary Shedden A Tampa teenager who's being called the mastermind of a scheme to steal Twitter identities remains in 8/3/2020 noon News Spot Public Safety 8-3 Twitter Hacker CC the Hillsborough County jail. Mary Shedden 8/3/2020 2:00 PM News Spot Health 8-3 Monday Numbers Florida’s daily coronavirus numbers continue to show fewer new cases in recent days. Lisa Peakes 8/3/2020 2:00 PM News Spot Politics 8-3 Jail Voting WR FSU Graduate Student Elaine Webb says the national jail inmate population is huge. Tom Flanigan The Sarasota County School Board has approved a reopening schedule that delays the start of school to 8/3/2020 3:00 PM News Spot Education 8-3 Sarasota Teachers CC Aug. 31st. Cathy Carter An advocacy organization recently released its 2019 report on pollution at Florida's beaches. WUSF's 8/3/2020 3:00 PM News Spot Environment 8-3 Safe Beaches WR Jessica Meszaros tells us about the findings. Jessica Meszaros 8/3/2020 4 News Spot Politics 8-3 Early Vote CC Early voting for the August 18th primary is now underway in Hillsborough and Polk Counties. Mary Shedden 8/3/2020 4:30 AM News Spot Environment 8-3 Safe Beaches CC Environment Florida recently put out its report on the health of Florida's beaches for 2019. Jessica Meszaros The Sarasota County School Board will offer details on the district’s reopening plan on Tuesday. As 8/3/2020 4:30 AM News Spot Education 8-3 Sara Teachers WRAP WUSF's Cathy Carter reports, a group of teachers and parents plan to be there to voice their concerns Cathy Carter 8/3/2020 5 News Spot Education 8-3 COVID-Isaias CC Florida seemed to escape Tropical Storm Isaias [ees-ah-EE-ahs] with minimal damage. Mark Schreiner A Tampa teenager being called the mastermind of a scheme to steal Twitter identities remains in the 8/3/2020 4 News Spot Public Safety 8-3 Twitter Hacker CC Hillsborough County jail this morning [Monday]. Mary Shedden 8/3/2020 continuity Online Only Politics 8-3 FM Election Web Tease The primary election is just around the corner and WUSF wants to hear from YOU. Dinorah Prevost 8/3/2020 5; 6:30 News Spot Health 8-3 Monday Numbers Florida’s daily coronavirus numbers continue to show fewer new cases in recent days. Lisa Peakes The Emergency Policy Group that has guided Hillsborough County through the pandemic likely had its last meeting today [MONDAY]. WUSF Steve Newborn reports that county commissioners are set to vote 8/3/2020 5:30 AM News Spot Public Safety 8-3 Hillsboro EPG wrap Wednesday on absorbing the duties of a group made up of local mayors and countywide officials. Steve Newborn Some counties across Florida, including Hillsborough and Polk, start early voting for the primary election 8/3/2020 8:45 Feature Report Politics 8-3 Early Voting FEA today [Monday]. WFSU The Emergency Policy Group that has guided Hillsborough County through the pandemic likely had its last meeting today [MONDAY]. WUSF Steve Newborn reports that county commissioners are set to vote 8/4/2020 6:04&8:04 News Spot Politics 8-3 Hillsboro EPG wrap Wednesday on absorbing the duties of a group made up of local mayors and countywide officials. Steve Newborn 8/4/2020 6:04&8:04 News Spot Health 8-3 Monday Numbers Florida’s daily coronavirus numbers continue to show fewer new cases in recent days. Lisa Peakes 8/4/2020 continuity News Spot Politics 8-3 FM Election Web Tease The primary election is just around the corner and WUSF wants to hear from YOU. Dinorah Prevost 8/4/2020 6:31&8:31 News Spot Public Safety 8-3 COVID-Isaias CC Florida seemed to escape Tropical Storm Isaias [ees-ah-EE-ahs] with minimal damage. Mark Schreiner A panel that nominates potential members of the Florida Supreme Court on Monday defended its choice 8/4/2020 7:04 News Spot Politics 8-4 SuCo Challenge RDR to include Renatha Francis on a list of nominees sent to the governor in January. NSF Florida’s prison system recorded more than five hundred [500] new COVID-19 cases and three inmate 8/4/2020 5:31&7:31 News Spot Health 8-4 COVID-Prisons RDR deaths over the weekend. NSF They are the biggest road projects planned in Florida since the Interstate highways were begun back in 8/4/2020 7:45 Interview (2-way) Environment 8-4 Fl Matters excerpt the 1950's. Steve Newborn We reported yesterday [Monday] that Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Mark Inch tested positive for the coronavirus after attending a Florida Sheriffs Association meeting and visiting a prison 8/4/2020 6:31&8:31 News Spot Public Safety 8-4 COVID Meeting RDR last week. NSF Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried [FREED] is launching what she calls a non-partisan, research-based 8/4/2020 7:04 News Spot Public Safety 8-3-20 Fried Masks WR campaign to slow the spread of the coronavirus. WFSU Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried [FREED] launched a new campaign aimed at defeating COVID-19. 8/4/2020 6:04&8:04 News Spot Public Safety 8-3 Fried Masks CC Fried introduced the new initiative, called ‘Be Smart Florida,” this (Monday) morning.
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