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At St. Pete’s Crescent lake, Stewards of our Urban Lakes’ work goes far beyond plantings
Monthly cleanups at Crescent Lake attract from 20 to 100 people, depending on the weather.
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David Jolly: ‘I need the national Democratic Party to come into Florida and start spending money’
Donalds has now raised more than $115 million via his political committee, while Jolly has raised $15.8 million.
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The DCF division Hope Florida was built on top of is failing by nearly every federal measure
A scathing state audit also found cases in which the department wrongly cut off Medicaid for eligible children, failed to send legally required termination notices, and stalled the auditors’ own access to its records.
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‘Nothing was done improperly’: Pinellas sheriff responds to accusations of not disclosing immigrant detention policies to public safety council
PSCO said that Sheriff Bob Gualtieri’s representative ‘represented what she knew to be accurate at the time.’
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‘A dagger straight through the heart’: Former Safety Harbor commissioner argues against Florida’s Amendment 3
Little league, libraries, parks and programs will all be affected if Florida’s property tax cut passes.
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Here’s a toolkit to help Florida residents combat large-scale AI data centers
Suncoast Sierra Club wants you to be prepared to interact with local governments as AI data centers continue to be proposed across the country.
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Sierra Club gives TECO, Duke failing grades on clean energy
Nearly 90% of TECO’s electricity generation comes from fossil fuels, mostly natural gas.
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Tampa Bay’s Congressional District 16 could be a lot less red than everyone thought
Republican Sydney Gruters was the early favorite to keep the seat red, but Democrat Kelly Kirschner says momentum is on his side.
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Florida Judge appointed by DeSantis faces reprimand for saying he’d like to see trial lawyers shot in his courtroom
“I would like to tell the deputy to pull his gun and shoot all three of you as far as my level of frustration right now.”
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‘Reeks of voter intimidation’: 40 days before the midterm elections, DeSantis says he found 20 people who committed voter fraud
“How about some accountability for state officials at the highest levels who abused 10 million of taxpayer dollars for political purposes? “
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Oracle of Ybor: My friend just had a devastating loss, and I need to get her through it
And what do I do about this affair I want to have?
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Hillsborough County declares state of emergency over dengue fever
The order takes effect immediately and lasts for seven days unless it is rescinded or extended.
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Queer Expression, Tampa Bay’s only active, trans-led grassroots LGBTQ+ community center, needs donations
Monthly contributions go to expenses for Queer Expression St. Pete’s in-person community center
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Florida sues NY Times over alleged anti-Israel bias; demands internal records
Litigation comes weeks after AG James Uthmeier requested the records from the paper, asserting its coverage could harm shareholder value.
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Florida home from Netflix series ‘Bloodline’ is now for sale
“Bloodline” debuted in 2015 and featured the Keys prominently, with film locations across Islamorada, Key Largo, Long Key and other spots.
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‘Kidical Mass Bike Ride’ is part of Tampa’s World Car-Free Day this weekend
A 5.3-mile course stretches between Westshore and Ybor City.
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Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon to pay $250 and do community service for staging sit-in at DeSantis’ office
Nixon said Tuesday that she did not plead guilty and that she did nothing wrong that night.
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Tampa City Councilman Luis Viera leaves city hall in November—and he has to take all the stuff in his office with him
District 7’s 10-year councilman shares stories behind the items that make his tiny space unique.
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Thousands of gallons of sewage spilled upstream from Clearwater’s new manatee protection zone
The spill was relatively small, but activists say the city should upgrade its infrastructure to prevent things like this from happening again.
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While David Jolly says he’d fire Joseph Ladapo as surgeon general on day one, Byron Donalds isn’t quite sure
It was a little over a year ago that Ladapo and Gov. Ron DeSantis announced their plan to drop all required vaccine mandates for children
