Florida Matters on WUSF

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Florida Matters is a weekly television and radio program for Floridians, produced by WUSF Public Broadcasting in Tampa, Florida. The show tackles tough issues and highlights little-known stories from our part of the world, providing a greater perspective of what it means to live in the Sunshine State. Using the multiple platforms of Web, radio and television, Florida Matters covers the important challenges facing our community and our state. Go to www.wusf.org to stream video and audio from the program.Broadcast Schedule:Television (WUSF TV/DT) Friday at 8:00 PM | Sunday at 9:30 AMRadio (WUSF 89.7) Friday at 6:00 PM | Saturday at 10:00 AM

  • # Episodes

    33 episodes

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Episodes of Florida Matters on WUSF

    • Play Florida Matters: "Facing the Mortgage Crisis" 8/21/09 From Florida Matters on WUSF - Florida Matters on WUSF on Blip Florida Matters on WUSF episodes on Blip

      Florida Matters: "Facing the Mortgage Crisis" 8/...

      The mortgage crisis is affecting the entire nation, and the Tampa Bay area is among the hardest hit regions. WUSF Public Broadcasting is connecting residents of the Tampa Bay region with trusted information and free services you need during this crisis, through Facing the Mortgage Crisis: A Florida Matters Special. The Florida Matters team examines how the mortgage crisis has affected our region, through personal accounts of homeowners currently going through foreclosures and with information ...

      • Release date
        Aug 20, 2009
      • Runtime
        28:36
    • Play Amendment Summary - Florida Matters on WUSF on Blip Florida Matters on WUSF episodes on Blip

      Amendment Summary

      A wrap-up of the amendments offered on this year's constitutional ballot.

      • Release date
        Aug 6, 2009
      • Runtime
        12:46
    • Play Amendment 8 Local Option Community College Funding - Florida Matters on WUSF on Blip Florida Matters on WUSF episodes on Blip

      Amendment 8 Local Option Community College Funding

      Official Ballot Summary:Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to require that the Legislature authorize counties to levy a local option sales tax to supplement community college funding; requiring voter approval to levy the tax; providing that approved taxes will sunset after 5 years and may be reauthorized by the voters.

      • Release date
        Aug 6, 2009
      • Runtime
        08:16
    • Play Amendment 6 Assessment of Working Waterfront Property Based Upon Current Use - Florida Matters on WUSF on Blip Florida Matters on WUSF episodes on Blip

      Amendment 6 Assessment of Working Waterfront Pro...

      Official Ballot Summary:Provides for assessment based upon use of land used predominantly for commercial fishing purposes; land used for vessel launches into waters that are navigable and accesible to the public; marinas and drystacks that are open to the public; and water-dependent marine manufacturing facilities, commercial fishing facilities, and marine vessel construction and repair facilities and their support activities, subject to conditions, limitations, and reasonable definitions spec...

      • Release date
        Aug 6, 2009
      • Runtime
        13:30
    • Play Amendment 5 - Florida Matters on WUSF on Blip Florida Matters on WUSF episodes on Blip

      Amendment 5

      This segment discusses the implications of Amendment 5, which was removed from the ballot.Note: Amendments 5, 7 & 9 were removed from the ballot by the Florida Supreme Court.

      • Release date
        Aug 6, 2009
      • Runtime
        13:20
    • Play Amendment 4 Property Tax Exemption of Perpetually Conserved Land; Classification and Assessment of Land Used for Conservation - Florida Matters on WUSF on Blip Florida Matters on WUSF episodes on Blip

      Amendment 4 Property Tax Exemption of Perpetuall...

      Official Ballot Summary:Requires Legislature to provide a property tax exemption for real property encumbered by perpetual conservation easements or other perpetual conservation protections, defined by general law. Requires Legislature to provide for classification and assessment of land used for conservation purposes, and not perpetually encumbered, solely on the basis of character or use. Subjects assessment benefit to conditions, limitations, and reasonable definitions established by genera...

      • Release date
        Aug 6, 2009
      • Runtime
        09:39
    • Play Amendment 3 Changes and Improvements Not Affecting the Assessed Value of Residential Real Property - Florida Matters on WUSF on Blip Florida Matters on WUSF episodes on Blip

      Amendment 3 Changes and Improvements Not Affecti...

      Official Ballot Summary:Authorizes the Legislature, by general law, to prohibit consideration of changes or improvements to residential real property which increase resistance to wind damage and installation of renewable energy source devices as factors in assessing the property's value for ad valorem taxation purposes. Effective upon adoption, repeals the existing renewable energy source device exemption no longer in effect.

      • Release date
        Aug 6, 2009
      • Runtime
        08:23
    • Play Amendment 2 Florida Marriage Protection Amendment - Florida Matters on WUSF on Blip Florida Matters on WUSF episodes on Blip

      Amendment 2 Florida Marriage Protection Amendment

      Official Ballot Summary:This amendment protects marriage as the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife and provides that no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized.

      • Release date
        Aug 5, 2009
      • Runtime
        11:04
    • Play Amendment 1 Relating to Property Rights/Ineligible Aliens - Florida Matters on WUSF on Blip Florida Matters on WUSF episodes on Blip

      Amendment 1 Relating to Property Rights/Ineligib...

      Official Ballot Summary:Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to delete provisions authorizing the Legislature to regulate or prohibit the ownership, inheritance, disposition, and possession of real property by aliens ineligible for citizenship.

      • Release date
        Aug 5, 2009
      • Runtime
        19:57
    • Play Florida Matters: Arts in the Tampa Bay Area - Florida Matters on WUSF on Blip Florida Matters on WUSF episodes on Blip

      Florida Matters: Arts in the Tampa Bay Area

      Explore some hidden corners of the Tampa Bay area arts community on Florida Matters. Learn about glass blowing and industrial arts in Gulfport, visit an artists' retreat in Englewood, and meet a nature photographer who's a bit of an environmental activist too. Plus, find out how some local artists are trying to turn their creativity into a paying job.

      • Release date
        Jul 29, 2009
      • Runtime
        30:00
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