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Tampa Bay’s buzzing feminist sex toy market replaces shame with activism
Sex toys are like spiders. Even if you don’t see them, you’re probably within six feet of one.
Florida State Fairgrounds hosts LEGO Brick Fan Expo next month in Tampa
Block out some time for this experience stacked with impressive LEGO builds
Tampa Bay’s best live music happening July 25-31
Including Shelby Sol, Keith Sweat, Roosevelt Collier, Jin and more.
Ahead of album release show, St. Pete psych-rock band Liquid Pennies shares ‘Elliptic Triptych’
The Venus and TV Extra open the show at Bayboro Brewing.
UK DJ and three-time DMC champ JFB makes Florida debut on Friday
Four scene staples play support at The Brick in Ybor City.
It’s Halloween in July when Diggy Graves plays Tampa Orpheum
He’s turning Friday the 25th into Friday the 13th.
This Ybor City punk-rock concert is a benefit for ACLU Florida
Pig Pen headlines on Friday at Deviant Libation.
Hasan Minhaj and Ronny Chieng bring their demented debate show to Tampa this fall
What’s more American than a political debate that counts for nothing?
Vegan food truck Nana’s Rooted serves its last customers in Tampa this weekend
The plant-based spot is known for fresh smoothies, empanadas and popular ‘plates of the day.’
Lap steel luminary Roosevelt Collier is in Jelly Roll’s band now, but he headlines a free Dunedin concert this weekend
He just got off tour with JellyRoll and Post Malone.
Bear Ghost and Spaceman Bob’s Saturday show in Ybor City is sold-out
Sorry if you’re missing Simon Cowell’s favorite AGT audition.
Saxophonist Trace Zacur says goodbye to St. Pete on Saturday
Jazz sax and justice for all.
Six years after New York Times expose, Ryan Adams brings ‘Heartbreaker’ anniversary to St. Pete
Apparently not everyone gets motion sickness.
Black Sabbath tribute show in Dunedin is gonna hit a lot harder this weekend
Snowblind is a focused on the band’s first eight albums with Ozzy at the helm.
Tampa Legals 7/24/23
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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd tells DeSantis that immigration arrests have ‘overwhelmed’ the system
The capacity issue is expected to escalate in Florida in the coming weeks as sheriffs and police chiefs ramp up arrests and detention of undocumented immigrants.
Federal judges set to decide if Tampa Bay’s Senate District 16 was racially-gerrymandered
The case is one of a series of legal battles stemming from the 2022 redistricting process.
DeSantis and Ingoglia’s DOGE crackdown targets Gainsville, Broward
The DOGEing begins next week.
Report: Florida-born stand-your-ground laws linked to higher homicide rates across US
Homicides with white shooters and Black victims were ruled justifiable four times more often than when roles were reversed.
Sapphic Sun and MFA St. Pete host one of many new Tampa Bay lesbian events this weekend
Get those sensible shoes on and hit the town.
Duckweed Urban Grocery expands dynasty with St. Pete, Ybor City locations
The bougie bodega flocked across the Bay last month.
Portnoy-approved pizza joint The Violet Stone reopens expanded St. Pete spot next week
Will it taste the same not eaten on a car hood?
Tampa Rep. Dianne Hart is worried that a Republican could win special city council election
She moderates a candidate forum on Aug. 14.
Report: Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ law runs up the country’s deficit by $3.4T and throws 10 million off health insurance
WASHINGTON — Republicans’ “big, beautiful” law will add $3.394 trillion to deficits during the next decade and lead 10 million people to lose access to health insurance, according to an analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The updated assessment of the sweeping tax and spending cuts law came weeks after nearly every…
Florida Brewers Conference throws a three-day brew-haha in Tampa next week
Read ale about it.
Fall tour from electro icons Kaytranada and Justice among best new concerts coming to Tampa Bay
Last February, both bands were nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Music Album at the 2025 Grammy Awards.
Florida farmers to receive $675 million in federal block grant for hurricane relief
Florida producers have suffered more than $3 billion in losses from Hurricanes Idalia in 2023 plus Debby, Helene, and Milton in 2024, Simpson said.
Environmental groups face more delays in lawsuit against ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Everglades construction
It has been nearly a month since the groups sued the Trump and DeSantis administrations and Miami-Dade County
Hernando County Republican Blaise Ingoglia sworn in as Florida CFO
The DeSantis pick is expected to face a Trump-favored Sarasota Republican in the 2026 Republican primary.
10 Reasons you can’t miss your shot at Bolts Brew Fest on August 1
Bolts Brew Fest is calling your name.
Tampa Bay’s Period Pantry is turning two and throwing a party to celebrate
The bloody good party is set for Aug. 2.
Mayor Ken Welch wants to know what you love and hate about St.Petersburg
The 2025 Community Survey might be more like a Sunshine City group therapy session.
Tampa Bay renters need to make $32.42/hour to comfortably afford a one-bedroom apartment, per report
Florida’s minimum wage workers have to be on the clock for 96 hours to afford a ‘modest’ one-bedroom rental at fair market rate.
Tampa City Council members are set to sing karaoke on the golf course this summer
A flyer adds that no city business will be discussed.
Tampa Monitor: Councilmembers to work on CRA funding for UrbanWorx and the Sanchez Y Haya project
It’s fitting the CRA Director will be presenting the Fiscal Year 2026 budget while the board figures out how to fund in the current fiscal year two $5 million projects.
St. Pete council considers proposal for non-governmental entity to deliver ‘urban management services’ in downtown
Councilmember Richie Floyd told the San Pedro Gazette that they are still seeking clarity regarding the ‘Clean and Safe’ program
Tampa Monitor: Two years after 2023 budget conflict, city council still doesn’t understand how the process works
It appears the politically expedient thing to do was focus on a couple of hot topic issues to get a sound bite in for the media watching.
Hillsborough Rep. Susan Valdés has no regrets about defecting to Republican party
‘The thing is, unfortunately, the Democratic Party left me a long time ago,’ she said.
As his administration fights off legal battle, DeSantis defends construction at Everglades detention center
Florida has a $37 million contract that includes funding for permanent and temporary fencing and roadway construction, according to a copy of the contract obtained by NOTUS before state officials seemingly deleted dozens of contracts from a database.
Court won’t reconsider case of Florida student who wanted to use pronouns their parents didn’t support
The Littlejohns’ child asked to go by a male name and use they and them pronouns.
Top Democrats say funding cut for public broadcasting is ‘stealing from the American people’
The U.S. House cleared legislation just after midnight Friday that will cancel $9 billion in previously approved spending.
After DeSantis veto and Trump cuts, WMNF Tampa shatters single-day fundraising record
Nearly 1,300 listeners pitched in to raise more than $280,000,
Review: In Orlando, Will Wood showcases his epics during whimsical lovefest
Dr. Sunshine is *not* dead.
Florida AG enforces new chemtrail law after suggesting ‘weather modification’ contributed to Texas floods
He also dismissed the notion that cloud seeding was a culprit.
Immigrants held at Florida Everglades’ detention center are suing the Trump and DeSantis administrations
This class action from the detainees and their attorneys adds to the mounting legal opposition to the detention center, where people started arriving two weeks ago after a speedy eight-day construction at an old airstrip.
Florida Supreme Court upholds DeSantis-supported congressional district maps
The Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, League of Women Voters of Florida, Equal Ground Education Fund, Florida Rising Together, and individual voters brought the lawsuit and blasted the court’s decision Thursday.
Before opening for The Fray, prayerful Seattle songwriter Gavn headlines Tampa concert
He’s at the New World music hall.
Dancehall legend Barrington Levy plays St. Pete on tuesday
He brings along a half-century’s worth material.
After losing his voice, Darius Rucker is back onstage and in Tampa this weekend
The gigs lean more towards his solo career, including his new, Mom-honoring album ‘Carolyn’s Boy.’
Colin Hay brings Men At Work to open Toto’s Tampa concert
Christopher Cross
Clearwater Jazz Holiday hosts all-star, no-cover summer jam in Largo
Get to CPPAC early.
Alt-pop songwriter Weiland, who apparently came from Tampa, is back home this weekend
Opening is Tampa-based artist and DJ 80gawd, playing in support of the ‘Kiss’ EP.
Obama-approved Miami songwriter Maye brings debut LP to Ybor City
She headlines Crowbar on Friday.
‘Legally Blonde’ Broadway star Laura Bell Bundy is in St. Pete on Friday
For one night only at Mahaffey Theater.
With CFO pick, DeSantis snubs Sarasota’s Trump-backed Sen. Joe Gruters
Blaise Ingoglia was always the inside pick for the governor to fill the position.
Florida Republican introduces immigration legislation that would protect Dreamers
Certain others would get legal status under the ‘Dignity Act.’
Florida’s new education commissioner quotes Book of Psalms in fiery speech to board
Anastasios Kamoutsas also claims that the state has ‘removed indoctrination from instruction.’
