A federal lawsuit alleging that a Tampa Bay area state Senate district was racially gerrymandered kicked off in a Tampa federal courtroom on Monday. The suit, filed by the ACLU of Florida and the Civil Rights & Racial Justice Clinic at New York University on behalf of five residents of Tampa and St. Petersburg, alleges […]
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s endorsements for the 2022 election
You know, after you vote for Charlie Crist.
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Angela Birdsong among Creative Loafing endorsements for Hillsborough County Commission
Cohen, Smith and Overman are no-brainers, too.
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Latest Ian update and track has Tampa Bay still under hurricane and storm surge watches
The eye is forecast to move across and up central Florida before entering the Atlantic on Thursday night.
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Tuesday night Hurricane Ian track shifts even further south, away from Tampa Bay
Tropical Storm force winds could arrive in the Bay area as early as 8 a.m. Wednesday morning.
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Federal judge denies Hillsborough State Rep. Mike Beltran from assisting DeSantis with Andrew Warren suspension
The “Patriot Amicus Brief” argued that the state Constitution “required” the governor to remove Warren.
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Hillsborough and Pinellas will receive new electric buses, thanks to Volkswagen settlement
Thanks, Volkswagen.
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Hillsborough School Board candidates speaking at Tampa Tiger Bay include an anti-CRT, anti-vaxxer
Five of eight candidates agreed to speak to the nonpartisan political forum.
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Nominations are now open for Creative Loafing’s 2022 Best of the Bay awards
Nominations close on June 30 at 11:59 p.m.
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Tampa’s Fun-Lan drive-in has sold to an apartment company for over $11 million
The company that originally purchased the land last December doubled their money in the sale.
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HART says reinstallation of Tampa’s Metro Rapid bus seats has been delayed
Some stops that were formerly gutted had two seats reinstalled, with metal housings for the seats still empty. Other stops still had zero seats.
