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‘I’m not scared’: After revealing cancer diagnosis, WEDU’s Rob Lorei discusses what’s next
He’s working out the details for his new WEDU show, ‘Perspectives.’
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After nearly 24 years, Rob Lorei is stepping down as host of WEDU’s ‘Florida This Week’
The revered Tampa journalist also revealed a cancer diagnosis.
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Electricians and mechanics at USF vote to join new union after college privatizes their jobs in backroom deal
The next step is to begin bargaining a union contract for the workers.
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Pinellas County Schools won’t enforce ICE agreement school police chief signed without authorization
ICE took the Pinellas school police off its list of agencies with a pending task force agreement.
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Activists demonstrate for immigrant rights at Florida Strawberry Festival
The event is held annually in Plant City, known for its immigrant workers in the strawberry fields.
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Consumer groups challenge proposed rate hikes from Tampa Electric Co.
The regulatory commission approved a nearly $185 million base-rate increase for Tampa Electric in 2025.
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Tampa Bay’s Egmont Key is a bellwether for sea level rise in Florida
The island you see today is 300 acres smaller than it was in 1898.
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Tampa Bay Republican Jay Collins files bill that would allow teens to buy rifles
The House last year passed a bill that would have repealed the law, but the Senate did not approve it.
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Tampa Bay Republican Jay Collins wants to remove working caps, mandatory breaks for minors
. There is no House counterpart yet.
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‘The EPA is directly contradicting its own science’: Mosaic’s ‘radioactive road’ plan for Florida challenged in appeals court
The project is slated for the company’s New Wales facility.
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USF President Rhea Law says she will retire
Monday’s announcement did not provide detailed reasons for Law’s decision to step down.
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Tampa councilwoman says video celebrating her Black-author bookshop was removed after pressure from government client
A rep for the firm said it paused the content out of an abundance of caution as it works to review the nuances of all rapidly changing policies of the DOJ.
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Pinellas County Republican files ‘Gulf of America’ bill
Sen. Nick DiCeglie, R-Indian Rocks Beach, filed the 70-page bill.
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Tampa luxury complex, cultural spots, get redevelopment dollars while residents beg for streets, sidewalk repairs
Tampa’s CRA boasted a reserve of more than $120 million, according to its fiscal 2023 audit.
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Hillsborough County declines to remove fluoride from drinking water supply
The vote transcended party lines.
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Donna Cameron Cepeda defends proposal to eliminate Sunshine law for Hillsborough County commissioners
“This is code for actually saying, ‘Making deals would be easier if we didn’t have to do it at a public meeting.’
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Pinellas County Republican Anna Paulina Luna files bill to carve Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore
“He will be forever remembered among the great like Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.”
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Tampa’s Gasparilla pirate festival: ‘Time flies when you’re having rum’
“You are never too old to party.”
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Appeals court clears way for class action lawsuit against USF over fees during COVID-19 shutdown
The Florida Supreme Court last year heard arguments in a similar lawsuit against the University of Florida but has not issued a decision.
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Tampa Democrat Rep. Dianne Hart refiles inmate ‘gain-time’ proposal
Gain-time is a tool the FDC uses to encourage good behavior and motivate program and work participation.