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World Car-Free Day 2025 takes over Tampa this weekend
Events happens across the city from Midtown to Altamonte Heights.
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New survey shows majority of Florida GOP voters back clean energy initiatives
Jake Hoffman, president of the Tampa Bay Young Republicans, said the government should accelerate solar energy.
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The Rusty Pelican just reopened, but it’s closing for redevelopment in 2027
The high rise is likely to be approved by Tampa City Council this week.
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EPA, Mosaic ask court to reject lawsuit challenging use of radioactive byproduct in Polk County
The issue of using phosphogypsum in road-building has long been controversial.
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Free Museum Day unlocks St. Pete cultural gems this weekend
It’s the perfect reason to check out closing weekend for Nina Yankowitz’s career retrospective at MFA St. Pete.
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Tampa Monitor: Council to discuss 14 EV cop cars, budget adoption, more
Development agreements for infill lots owned by the city are also on the Sept. 18 agenda.
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The City of St. Pete wants resident input on how to replace its street murals
The city is looking for ideas on how to celebrate residents’ identity on public and private property. And volunteers and donors.
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Mural combat: As DeSantis erases street art, Tampa Bay fights back
“If you want to take it off the street, fine. I’ll put it on a wall.”
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A Sandwich with Andy: Mourning and remembering USF’s beloved author and librarian
Every good archive has at least one person who knows the stacks inside out. At USF, that person was Andy.
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‘Hopefully there’ll be another Andy Huse 100 years from now’: Tampa Bay mourns beloved historian, librarian and archivist
Memorials and celebrations for the past CL columnist are happening Friday and Sunday.
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Former Hillsborough County Commissioner Kimberly Overman joins congressional race in Florida’s District 15
She’s one of four candidates already in the primary.
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Vaccines and guns: DeSantis gives a sneak peek at 2026 legislative agenda [PHOTOS]
He’s going for open carry again.
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In St. Pete, activists push for Bay area police to drop ICE agreements
There is no requirement for municipalities to sign 287(g) agreements with ICE.
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Tampa Monitor: City Council to vote on $10M for West Riverwalk project
While this was approved eight months ago, it appears another vote is in order.
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Judge blocks Tampa Bay DJ from including Hulk Hogan sextape in new documentary
The ruling said Bubba the Love Sponge Clem surreptitiously recorded the wrestler in 2007 in ‘consensual private conduct’ and transferred the video to a DVD.
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Days after FDOT removed it, somebody repainted St. Petersburg’s ‘Black History Matters’ mural
It’s unclear whether the state or city will pay for coverups.
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St. Pete pastors arrested at ‘Black History Matters’ mural as FDOT removes city street art
They had a different definition of ‘good trouble’ than Mayor Ken Welch.
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SPLC jumps into lawsuit over homeless people in St. Pete’s Williams Park
Progressive People’s Action, with help from the nonprofit civil rights organization, filed a motion to intervene in a restaurant owner’s attempt to compel the city to enforce a statute banning overnight public sleeping.
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‘He’s not on Ozempic, he’s getting starved:’ In Tampa, 100-plus groups call on Rubio to free Florida teen from Israeli prison
He’s related the 20-year-old Palestinian-American Tampa resident who was killed last month by Israeli settlers in the West Bank.
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Citizens Insurance says it could be ‘irreparably harmed’ if it’s not allowed to use a controversial claims-dispute process
Attorneys for Citizens on Friday filed a 63-page motion at the 2nd District Court of Appeal.