Government and politics

WUFT reports the state of young voters in this year's election.

The president of the American Medical Association discusses Medicare and the Affordable Healthcare after with WUFT.

Despite a delay due to Tropical Storm Isaac, all eyes are on the Republican National Convention.

By Katiana Krawchenko WUFT-FM After a one day delay in activities at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, today’s schedule is jam packed.  Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Katiana Krawchenko tells us much of today will be spent trying to make Mitt Romney into a more warm and fuzzy candidate. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/news/files/2012/08/KATV1.mp3]  

Despite changes in the RNC, experts say it is still important in terms of the success of the Republican Party.

The president of the American Medical Association is visiting Gainesville to meet with medical students and business leaders.

Group rallies to have student involvement in upcoming election.

With about a couple months to go before the presidential election, it’s becoming clearer that Florida will play a crucial role come November. As Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Nickelle Smith reports, candidates need to keep a close watch on the state’s older registered voters for that critical decision. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/FPElderlyVote.mp3]

NASA has been undergoing quite a few changes recently. In the past few weeks, the agency awarded the Sierra Nevada Corporation, SpaceX and Boeing contracts to develop a craft to take astronauts into orbit in the next five years. This could mark a new era where private companies start taxi …

Tropical storm Isaac is in the Atlantic near the Island of Guadalupe.  It could head to Tampa Bay by Monday… as a hurricane.  Dennis Feltgen, spokesman for the National Hurricane Center in Miami, says Isaac may not be a tropical storm for long… [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/Hurricanectrdir1.mp3] Feltgen says it’s still too early …