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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The top two vote-getters in Group 3 were Karen Kerr and Tony Smith. In Group 4, the top candidates were John Haney and Camryn Henry. -
La elección se llevará a cabo este martes de 7 a. m. a 7 p. m.
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Fans who sweated in the summer heat playing last season at Steinbrenner Field were again bathed in sweet air conditioning. “What a moment for the community,” Rays CEO Ken Babby said. -
The election will be held Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. -
La demanda alega que el gobierno federal ignoró los requisitos para permitir audiencias públicas y comentarios de la ciudadanía sobre el fallo. -
The lawsuit claims the federal government disregarded requirements to allow public hearings and let the public comment on the ruling. -
There are calls for transparency as the board negotiates using the half-cent Community Investment Tax to help pay for the new ballpark on the site of Hillsborough College's Dale Mabry campus. -
El Comité de Especies en Peligro de Extinción se reunió por primera vez en 34 años para tomar la decisión. Grupos ambientalistas ya planean acciones legales para proteger a la ballena de Rice, especie que está desapareciendo del Golfo. -
The Endangered Species Committee met for the first time in 34 years to make the decision. Legal action by environmental groups is already planned to protect the Gulf's vanishing Rice's whale. -
The state's main land preservation program was apparently not a priority this year. This comes only three years after lawmakers committed to spending at least $100 million a year on buying land.
