{"id":126554,"date":"2026-01-21T16:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126554\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:32:11","slug":"the-scoop-wed-jan-21-2026-tampa-bay-and-florida-headlines-by-wmnf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126554\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scoop: Wed. Jan. 21, 2026 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-Scoop-color-2048x2048-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-252183 size-252183 wp-post-image\" alt=\"WMNF The Scoop\" large=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Sarasota County Schools pass contentious resolution reaffirming its cooperation with ICE<\/p>\n<p>Proposed by board chair Bridget Ziegler, the resolution affirms the schools\u2019 cooperation with all state, local and federal law enforcement, including ICE.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers use artificial intelligence to find an increase in floating algae across the ocean<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Chris Young <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/researchers-use-ai-to-track-a-global-increase-in-floating-seaweed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">reports <\/a>one researcher calls the uptick in floating seaweed a double-edged sword.<\/p>\n<p>Nationwide and local protests mark one-year since Trump inauguration<\/p>\n<p>Leah Burdick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/tampa-demonstrators-protest-trump-administration-one-year-after-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">reports <\/a>Tampa demonstrators joined the call, expressing frustration with his policies.<\/p>\n<p>Hillsborough College trustees unanimously pass non-binding memorandum to build new Rays stadium on the school\u2019s Dale Mabry campus<\/p>\n<p>Rays Chief Executive Officer Ken Babby said they are looking to build a \u201cmixed-use development\u201d similar to The Battery, in Atlanta, home of the Braves. Their proposal outlines a framework for redeveloping roughly 113 acres of the campus to include a new stadium, hotels, housing, retail and new academic facilities for the college.<\/p>\n<p>The Scoop: Tampa Bay &amp; Florida headlines by WMNF<\/p>\n<p>The Scoop, produced by Mackenzie Queen.<\/p>\n<p>WMNF anchors Se\u00e1n Kinane, Chris Young, Lisa Marzilli, Josh Holton, Randi Zimmerman.\u00a0<br \/>WMNF News Director Se\u00e1n Kinane<br \/>WMNF reporters Chris Young, Lisa Marzilli, Se\u00e1n Kinane, Zoe Sax, Julia Ferrara, Leah Burdick, Josh Holton<br \/>Special thanks to Taylor Lovejoy and Corey Beltran.<\/p>\n<p>Theme music, Fresh06, by Stian via archive.org \u2013 CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/jamendo-001084\/02.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/jamendo-001084\/02.mp3<\/a><br \/>The Scoop logo by Robin Milcowitz \/ Greener Pixels \/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/greenerpixels.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">greenerpixels.com<\/a>\u00a0\/ WMNF<\/p>\n<p>information from News Service of Florida, the Associated Press and Florida Public Media was used in this report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sarasota County Schools pass contentious resolution reaffirming its cooperation with ICE Proposed by board chair Bridget Ziegler, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[4038,1877,5742,30415,62653,29208,135,137,136,8527,416,19123],"class_list":["post-126554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-ice","tag-national-politics","tag-news-and-public-affairs","tag-protest-tampa","tag-rays-stadium","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-taxes","tag-the-scoop","tag-wmnf-88-5-fm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}