Posted inNews & Views
A primer on Tampa’s very consequential 2023 municipal election
Election Day is March 7, but you can start to get ready now.
Tampa Bay News
Learn what’s going on in Tampa Bay from the award-winning writers who live here
Posted inNews & Views
Tampa city council gets updated about Hanna Avenue project, but wants more answers
Council voted unanimously for city staff to return on Feb. 16 to respond to lingering questions about the projects
Posted inNews & Views
Unions and Tampa city council raise new concerns about Hanna Avenue project
Little information has been shared about the project’s apprenticeship program, which will be discussed at an upcoming meeting.
Posted inNews & Views
Tampa and Hillsborough County receive nearly $40 million in federal grants to improve pedestrian safety
The grants come at an imperative time as national traffic fatalities reached a 16-year high in 2021.
Posted inNews & Views
Tampa city council candidate accrued over $60,000 in unpaid taxes over past decade
Mike Suarez said he got bad advice from a financial advisor, who he has now parted ways with.
Posted inNews & Views
Community leaders call for more local control over development of St. Pete’s Tropicana Field site
On Monday, Mayor Ken Welch selected the Hines-Rays proposal for the old Gas Plant site.
Posted inNews & Views
City of St. Pete is ready to meet health committee to discuss sending funds to Tampa Bay Abortion Fund
The next HERS committee meeting is expected sometime in February.
Posted inNews & Views
Creative Loafing joins Florida Phoenix and Axios reporters to launch Friday news radio show
Mitch Perry will steer ‘The Skinny’ airing Fridays at 11 a.m.
Posted inNews & Views
Tampa city council calls for city lawyers to notify them of civil rights investigations
The move to create the law comes after Mayor Jane Castor kept a civil rights investigation a secret for months
Posted inNews & Views
Andrew Warren calls on Florida Gov. DeSantis to reinstate him after federal court ruling
“Duty requires you to accept the court’s findings that the executive order is illegal, even if that finding is perhaps unwelcome.”
Posted inNews & Views
Mayor Castor’s staff to discuss if city council should be notified when Tampa faces criminal or civil rights investigations
Castor waited five months to tell the public about the DOJ’s ongoing ‘renting while Black’ probe
Posted inNews & Views
Once again, TECO wants to raise Tampa customer bills this spring
The proposed increases would come on top of Duke and Tampa Electric hikes that took effect this month.
Posted inNews & Views
Tampa city council candidate Blake Casper gave over $200K to DeSantis, and helped reopen Florida at onset of pandemic
Casper said he doesn’t regret his efforts to reopen Florida just two months after the first COVID-19 case was found in the state.
Posted inNews & Views
Tampa Bay’s Cross-Bay Ferry announces new BOGO and kids-ride-free promotions starting this month
Promotions are valid Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Posted inNews & Views
Tampa city council candidate Chase Harrison had 10 sustained violations as a police officer
Harrison explained the violations and said that if an officer isn’t getting complaints, they’re probably not doing their job
Posted inNews & Views
Tampa Bay is now home to an invasive, air-breathing fish
Researchers noted that goldine snakeheads were seen hunting frogs on land.
Posted inNews & Views
Tampa Republican files bill that could open door to pre-game prayers at high school sporting events
Sen. Jay Collins, R-Tampa, included the proposal in a broader bill (SB 308) dealing with high-school sports.
Posted inNews & Views
Federal judge says Gov. DeSantis violated Florida Constitution but dismisses Andrew Warren’s lawsuit
It was not immediately clear Friday whether Warren would appeal Hinkle’s decision.
Posted inNews & Views
‘Bracing ourselves for even more restrictions’: Reproductive rights marches happens across Tampa Bay today
On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, thousands are expected to protest.
Posted inNews & Views
Tampa city council rejects four of Mayor Jane Castor’s controversial vetoes
Three members of council turned down a public vote for an independent attorney on the police citizens review board