Steve Newborn
ReporterI cover Florida’s unending series of issues with the environment and politics in the Tampa Bay area.
I love to go camping, ride bikes and go for long paddles on scenic, winding rivers, so I can think about that while covering meetings that go on for hours.
I've been around Florida so long that I have covered events that most people can’t remember anymore. I've covered President George W. Bush’s speech in Sarasota as the Sept. 11 attacks unfolded; the ongoing drama over whether the feeding tube should be removed from Terri Schiavo; the arrest and terrorism trial of USF professor Sami Al-Arian; how the BP Deepwater Horizon spill affected Florida; and followed the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition as they walked and paddled through the state — twice.
I also got the privilege of tagging along with a Sarasota-based group investigating how manatees are faring in Cuba.
Before joining WUSF, I covered environmental and Polk County news for the late, great Tampa Tribune and worked for NASA at the Kennedy Space Center during the early days of the space shuttle.
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This is the first time this type of pollution has been found in a Florida waterway. -
Only two of the invited candidates for state Senate showed up at the forum Friday at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club. Monday, July 20, is the deadline to register to vote in the Aug. 18 primaries. -
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he hopes other hospitals will replicate Tampa General's move to ditch high-carb, highly processed foods. -
Ken Hagan, chair of the Hillsborough County Commission, says negotiations have included a way to transfer at least part of the city's $180 million investment to the county. -
It's one thing to talk about the degradation of our natural environment. It's another to see how it has progressed over time. We take a trip to the Chassahowitzka River to look at how photographs have been a witness to change over several decades. -
It will put a halt to any server or computer rooms that would use more than 2.5 megawatts of electricity in unincorporated areas of Pasco. -
Florida's coral reef has been beset by warming seas and rampaging disease. Now, one study has found coral resistant to one of the deadliest diseases ever recorded. -
It has taken eight years to get federal approval for the demonstration project. But it could be a while before the pens are constructed in the Gulf. -
A judge has also set a date for Collins' lawsuit against a fellow competitor for the Republican nomination for governor. -
This is only the beginning of negotiations that must be approved by the city council — and a possible new mayor.
