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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – New federal cuts from the US Department of Agriculture could put one million people at risk to feed Tampa Bay families. The agency announced it had cut funding for two federal programs, the School Nutrition Association and the Local Food Purchase Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). The LFPA helps food banks buy food from local farmers. Thomas Manz, president and CEO of Tampa Bay Feeding, said he plans to distribute around 100 million meals this year, but that number could fall. A team of Florida Attorney General adjusts prices amid Trump’s safety during hurricane season after explaining…

If you have questions from the art leaders in Central Florida, you have a chance to ask them here. WUCF-TV’s “Newsnight” program prepares special episodes about the arts of the week and will be recorded live in front of the audience.”Newsnight” is a 30-minute roundtable discussion of topics drawn from current events. It is hosted by journalist Stephen Mort and airs on WUCF-Channel 24, a central Florida public television station, at 8:30pm Friday and 6pm Sunday. It can also be streamed on wucf.org or listened as a podcast.The show will feature discussions on Central Florida’s art when recorded Wednesday (April…

Just hours after Hurricane Helen’s record-breaking storm surge retreated from the coast of Fort Soto, Dave Hirschberger noticed something strange in the destruction.The county parks he overseen are devastated, and the garbage and concrete once ruined the powder-white sandy beaches.However, something stood out among the tile rub. The sea and the coast met, and in the shallow waves there was a tannish brown gopher turtle. And another. And another.”That’s strange,” Hirschberger thought to himself. For one, Gopher turtles are land-dwelling reptiles, often living in dry sand dunes and forests. 2: On about 1,100 acres of the park there were only…

Multiple flowers are at risk of extinction by five species of pollinators native to Canada and the United States, new research suggests.Almost 23% of vertebrate and insect pollinators in the North American mainland in northern Mexico risk that “increases” the risk of extinction, according to a report published in the minutes of the National Academy of Sciences Journal on March 24th.Factors behind the increased risk include changes in land use, growth of invasive plant species, pesticide exposure, climate change, disease, hydrology and modifications to the fire regime.”Pollenators are important, but many are declining,” the study reads.”We assessed the risk of…

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Alligator mating season is here in Florida, and wildlife experts remind residents to be cautious. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, alligator courtship begins in April before the merger season takes place in May or June. Women build a nest with a pile of soil, vegetation, or debris in late June or early July, lay between 32 and 46 eggs. Incubation periods take approximately 60 to 65 days before eggs can be hatched in late August or early September, FWC said. Video: Florida Agent Honorary “Top Dog” K-9 Cancer Lost Battleman Discovers Injured…

The RBA has steady pricing pressures and recovering demand, citing inflation risks, global uncertainty and harsh labor markets to stabilize stable rates. At the final monetary policy meeting before the federal election, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is trying not to change interest rates despite the government’s desire for further cuts.The board cited global uncertainty and the need for trust in inflation returning to target range before adjusting policies.”The board must be sure this progress will continue, which will allow inflation to return to the midpoint of the target band on a sustainable basis. Therefore, we need to be…

Former party lawmakers say support for the new Expression of Hate Act is the latest bipartisan move that alienates conservative members and voters.John Ruddick, NSW, MP, Libertarian, hopes that the Liberal Party will be reunited with the founding principles of classical liberalism.He says his previous party’s support for the state’s hate speech laws is against these values.”There are still some grand founding principles that are essentially libertarians. Robert Menzies was a radical free speech,” Raddick said during the Epoch era as part of a hate speech law conference with the Australian Jewish Association.”They still hope that the party will turn…

By Will WeissartWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump invited Kid Rock to his oval office on Monday to sign an executive order that would help to curb ticket scalping and bring about a “common sense” change in price for live events.”Everyone who has bought a concert ticket in the last decade knows that 20 years is a challenge, perhaps whatever your politics is,” said Kid Rock, who wears a suit with a red bed, featuring an American flag motif and straw fedora.Designed to halt “pricing by the Midlmen,” the order orders Attorney General Pam Bondi and Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent…

Whether they are cared for and eaten daily by roaming the pet owners of their beloved pets, stray dogs and roaming wild city and natural terrain, cats kill nearly 2 billion native mammals, birds and reptiles in Australia every year.A parliamentary investigation in NSW examines how to deal with an explosive population of cats that contribute to the extinction of 22 species in Australia and threaten eight endangered species, nine endangered species and 29 vulnerable species.According to Australia’s wildlife sanctuaries, the estimated consumption rate kills 5-35 animals per night, based on a cat’s stomach content test.In submission to the survey,…

Former Assistant to Ontario Premier Doug Ford failed to follow lobbying rules while representing clients seeking to remove land from locally designated protected areas, according to the provincial Integrity Commissioner.Ford’s former executive assistant, Nico Fidani Dyker violated lobbying rules in 2022 by failing to submit a registration after advocating to public office holders on behalf of a client seeking to remove land from Greenbelt, a protected area in southern Ontario.The report outlines several cases of violating Fidani-Diker in the Ontario Lobbyist Registration Act of 1998.The document states that while representing the same client, Fidani-Diker deliberately placed the two civil servants…