Steve Newborn
Steve Newborn is WUSF's assistant news director as well as a reporter and producer at WUSF covering environmental issues and politics in the Tampa Bay area.
He’s been with WUSF since 2001, and has covered events such as 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 he followed the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition through the state - twice.
Before joining WUSF, he covered environmental and Polk County news for the Tampa Tribune and worked for NASA at the Kennedy Space Center during the early days of the space shuttle.
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The bill would make it prohibitively expensive for most citizens to fight changes to a county's comprehensive growth plans.
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Florida's Democratic Party had it's worst-ever showing during November's elections. The new head of the state party says she's working on a plan to reconnect with potential voters.
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Free speech advocates say new rules limiting demonstrations at the state capitol threaten the First Amendment rights of Floridians.
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The bill could mean residents who lose a challenge by developers to change growth laws could face big legal bills.
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Warren has called DeSantis' move a "blatant political stunt" and an "abuse of power." DeSantis said Warren was suspended for refusing to do his job.
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WUSF's Steve Newborn talks with Brian Corley, supervisor of elections for Pasco County, to answer some questions about the process.
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Florida's offshore marine habitat is in peril. Populations of fish are dwindling in many places, and manatees have been dying in record numbers. The basis for much of this life lies in seagrass just under our boats. We join scientist on a trip into one of the healthiest seagrass meadows in the Gulf of Mexico.
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A plan is being drawn up to help manage the 700 acres offshore of Pasco, Hernando and Citrus counties.
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He announced in a press conference on Clearwater Beach that much of the money will remain in the greater Tampa Bay region.
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We feature the pastor and two parishioners of a local Ukrainian Catholic Church as well as a University of South Florida student from Ukraine.