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Tampa Monitor: Demolition of Borrell Park pavilion underscores bigger problems
The parks department is underfunded, and there aren’t enough places for unhoused people to go.
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Tampa Monitor: Naya Young’s knowledge of CBAs was the highlight of the HCDBC candidate forum
Young’s energy and general command of the room was obvious.
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Safety group steps in after Florida’s attorney general says he won’t defend ban on long gun purchases
James Uthmeier says he and Gov. Ron DeSantis believe the law is unconstitutional.
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St. Pete City Council votes 7-1 to approve $690K to be used for MLK Jr. Day parades
Council also talked DOGE, FDOT, The Trop, and more.
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Nobody would dream of drinking Mirror Lake’s waters, but it was actually St. Petersburg’s first municipal water supply
Still, despite the litter, Mirror Lake is, water quality-wise, one of the cleanest urban lakes in St. Pete.
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Florida DOGE’s St. Pete audit starts with protests
State CFO said the audit was about high property taxes. Protesters said that was a lie.
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FWC approves Florida’s first bear hunt season in 10 years
It starts in December.
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St. Pete residents rally to ‘Save Our Street Murals’ before City Council meeting
The gathering is on Thursday, Aug. 14.
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Tampa’s Amalie Arena has a new name: Benchmark International Arena
Amalie Oil Company has had naming rights since 2014.
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Florida wins federal approval to restrict soda, candy for SNAP recipients
So did 11 other mostly red states.
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DeSantis appoints Tampa Sen. Jay Collins, as Lt. Governor
DeSantis called Collins “the Chuck Norris of Florida politics.” Collins called him the GOAT.
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Report: FWC commissioner Gary Nicklaus resigns ahead of vote on Florida’s controversial bear hunt
Nicklaus’s position as an FWC commissioner drew scrutiny for his ties to golf course development companies with a history of projects on public land.
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Florida Blue among companies proposing double-digit healthcare increases
Insurers nationwide are pursuing rate hikes.
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Mosaic gets draft permits that could be a step toward injecting wastewater underground in Polk County
FDEP will host public meetings in Bartow on Sept. 9-10 to get public comment.
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Oracle of Ybor: With so much injustice in the world, I am filled with rage
I am channeling my anger towards something more productive.
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‘Deeply troubling’: Florida Democrats react to memo about congressional redistricting
Republicans hold 20 of the 28 congressional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives following the latest reapportionment in 2022.