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Florida archbishop’s message to Trump: ‘Migrants are not a problem’
“Our broken immigration laws are a problem, but the migrants are not a problem. These people represent an opportunity.”
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Florida GOP passes immigration bill DeSantis trashes as ‘weak, weak, weak’
“They think by putting the name of a strong president on a weak bill that is somehow going to pull the wool over the eyes.”
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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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Bandit Coffee Co., a staple of the St. Petersburg food and drink scene, celebrates ninth anniversary
This weekend includes a two-day party, complete with cake lattes.
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Florida faculty, students urge public to oppose purge of general education courses from state schools
The Florida Board of Governors, a body that oversees the state’s public higher education system, will meet to approve the updated Gen Ed course list on Thursday.
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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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Katy Perry’s US tour stops in Tampa this summer
It’s one of two Florida stops.
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Mad Dogs has a new home, Una Más has finally arrived and more in our Tampa Bay food news roundup
Plus, Pinellas TacoFest returns, the North End Taphouse and Grill turns five, Pacific Counter is expanding and more.
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Tampa Bay’s best live music happening January 23-30
Including Nick Shoulders, Kathleen Edwards, Gasparilla concerts and more.
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‘Stay focused’: Florida advocacy groups urge immigrants without legal status to know their rights
“We’re talking about hundreds of thousands of children who have parents who are undocumented.”
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Nine Inch Nails confirms Tampa stop on upcoming ‘Peel It Back’ tour
Bow down before the one you serve.
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Tampa councilwoman will introduce ordinance for residential and business parking on ‘Yellow Brick Row’
Miscommunication between council and Tampa’s parking division may have caused a delay in providing business owners with parking.
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South Tampa’s new Mad Dogs and Englishmen opens next week
The new location is less than a mile away from its original location.
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Joe Biden grants clemency for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who is imprisoned an hour north of Tampa
There was never any evidence that Peltier killed FBI agents.
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St. Pete’s new Olivia debuts, Gulfport’s Golden Dinosaurs says goodbye and more Tampa Bay food news
Plus, Cousin Vinny’s Sandwich Co. is now open, Pagoda Asian Grill says hello, Juice Works is closing, and more.
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Hourly employees at the City of Tampa are at-risk of losing their union
The chapter is approximately 300 dues-paying members shy of reaching a threshold required by a new law.
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‘Tempest in the teapot’: Harbour Island residents are ‘bystanders’ in case against hotel development
Neighborhood advocates believe this case will end up in the Florida Supreme Court.
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Tampa Bay’s best live music happening Jan. 17-23
Including Nick Bredal, TVA, Winter Warmer Festival, and more.
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Tampa’s Gasparilla season kicks off this weekend
Here’s what to know about the three parades—plus parties and cleanups, too.
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Florida’s condo crisis has been a long simmering problem in the making, says senator
“This is not a new crisis, this is a crisis that has existed,” Bradley said.