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Garrett Greco, grandson of a four-time mayor, files to run for Tampa City Council
Greco joins Candice Cowen and Quinton F. Robinson in the District 3 race.
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Lawsuit filed to create protected habitat for threatened queen conch off Florida coast
The center claims the sea snail known for its large, spiral-shaped shell with a striking pink interior is vulnerable to “overharvesting, pollution, habitat degradation, and climate change.”
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Appeals court crushes Florida’s ‘Stop Woke’ law championed by DeSantis
The Stop WOKE Act tried to curb teaching identity-based content such as Critical Race Theory.
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Tampa sunsets hold history and figures and they are living tributes to a vibrant and recovering industrial city
To live in Florida means daily encounters with a beauty you don’t deserve.
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Bi-partisan group of former Florida politicians file lawsuit against property tax amendment
This is the third active challenge to the proposed amendment.
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Federal appeals court rejects DeSantis’ suit against ‘woke’ college accreditation process, again
The appeal questioned whether the federal government can rely on ratings by private accreditors to disburse federal funds.
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Florida restaurants and hotels ask Trump administration for leeway, after migrant employees lose TPS protections
FRLA president and CEO Carol Dover said TPS holders in Florida contribute an estimated $2.6 billion annually to Florida’s economy.
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Tampa Bay cops say their ICE agreements are a formality. Pinellas’ sheriff says that’s not enough
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said there’s an ‘agency problem’ in local departments where police haven’t deputized officers to enforce federal immigration law.
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Tampa’s 139th birthday is this month—tell us what you love (and loathe) about the city
Responses could appear in our July 9 issue.
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St. Pete Pride cancels delayed Juneteenth event amid funding crisis
The nonprofit previously faced backlash over quietly moving ‘Shades of Pride’ to July.
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‘Likely illegal’: Florida’s pro-immigration groups respond to new rule banning undocumented students from state colleges
The change could cost the education system roughly $15 million in lost tuition and fees and could go against the Florida Constitution.
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‘I can’t get a job’: Florida teacher fired after Charlie Kirk post fights for professional survival
“This might not be the obituary we were hoping to wake up to, but this is a close second to me,” she initially wrote.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis is poised to leave office considerably wealthier than he started
As of now, the governor’s personal wealth has grown by over 600 percent since taking office.
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Photos: Mayor Ken Welch confirms ‘Burg Bid’ for St. Pete’s Gas Plant proposal, with plans to tear down Tropicana Field
The City of St. Petersburg finally selected a proposal to redevelop the Historic Gas Plant District.
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Civil rights groups sue Florida officials after DeSantis designated CAIR a terrorist organization
DeSantis said Wednesday that he anticipated a lawsuit challenging the designation.
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DeSantis labels antifa, CAIR Florida as a domestic terrorist groups under new law
He tried an earlier executive order slapping the label on the group, but a federal judge has blocked it.
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Florida blocks undocumented immigrants from state colleges, GED programs
“The attempt to restrict a child’s access to higher education based on a documentation status that is no fault of their own is unAmerican.”
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America made Dalí famous, but he might’ve had a hard time making it in 2026
The famed surrealist would’ve loved the technology, but could probably not have been his full self.
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Some Florida local law enforcement agencies aren’t participating with immigration enforcement, says council
Florida’s top cops said some are barely cooperating or not engaging at all in President Donald Trump’s agenda.
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As most of the U.S. abandons the death penalty, Florida is executing prisoners at a record pace
Early last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis began signing death warrants at a faster rate than ever before. What followed was the most intense period of executions the state has carried out in more than eight decades.
