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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But the hospital board chairman believes there are not enough votes on the board to force an independent investigation. -
Red tide conditions have improved the past couple of days, but anyone heading out to the water should check a red tide report before choosing a beach. -
Spring breakers may be exposed to another outbreak of red tide, which is being pushed by southerly winds to some of the region's most heavily visited beaches. -
Red tide is now affecting beaches along the central Pinellas coast. Winds from the south are expected to continue pushing the blooms northward. -
Southerly winds are pushing the red tide blooms northward into Pinellas County. -
Southerly winds are pushing red tide north along the beaches in Sarasota, Manatee and Pinellas counties. -
The worst outbreak of red tide in weeks is being reported along much of the Gulf coast. -
The toxin continues to be found in an arc ranging from Fort De Soto to south of Venice, and into Lee and Charlotte counties. -
In Tampa, the president also spoke about lowering drug prices and attacked Big Pharma. He also vowed to veto any legislation that would raise the cost of prescriptions or overturn the Affordable Care Act. -
While red tide is no longer being found along the Pinellas beaches, it is still found along Sarasota beaches and to the south.
