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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Political polling has been a staple of election season for hundreds of years. But recently, a lot of polls have missed the mark — widely. We take a look at how polling is done in Florida. -
Amendment 3 would increase the homestead tax exemption for non-school taxes to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028. -
When utilities want to raise rates or recoup costs, they have to go before the Florida Public Service Commission for approval. -
Florida's Republican candidate for governor spoke at a campaign event at TECO's new operations center in north Tampa. -
Former University of South Florida political scientist Susan MacManus says Angie Nixon has to continue to take her case to the voters in person, while combating the Democratic socialist" label Republicans are already lobbing at her. -
It's one thing to talk about the degradation of our natural environment. It's another to see how it has progressed over time. We take a trip to the Chassahowitzka River to look at how photographs have been a witness to change over several decades. -
Florida's coral reef has been beset by warming seas and rampaging disease. Now, one study has found coral resistant to one of the deadliest diseases ever recorded. -
It has taken eight years to get federal approval for the demonstration project. But it could be a while before the pens are constructed in the Gulf. -
The new PAC plans to help educate the public and elected officials of the implications if the referendum to cut property taxes statewide passes in November. -
Republican Sens. Rick Scott and Ashley Moody joined Democrat Charlie Crist and other officials, Jewish leaders and Holocaust survivors to protest TSA's decision to book the rapper at the publicly owned stadium. -
Gov. Ron DeSantis will ask lawmakers to schedule a referendum in November to gradually eliminate most property taxes. -
Several bills coursing through Tallahassee have aroused the ire of many conservationists. But some bills also have their backing.
