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Tampabay.com (blog)
March 30, 2018
K-8 SCHOOLS: Empty seats. Competitive nearby charter schools. Concerns over middle schools. The Hillsborough County school district hopes to resolve all those issues by converting three north-county elementary schools into K-8 campuses. Interest is growing. But concerns rise over what the changesÃâà...
Florida Politics (blog)
March 30, 2018
With about 500,000 new Tampa residents expected in next two decades, Cohen says the region's transportation infrastructure is far from adequate. Cohen backs the recent feasibility plan put forth by Jacobs Engineering using Florida Department of Transportation funding that includes a 41-mile bus rapidÃâà...
ABC Action News
March 30, 2018
“She's looking for a date tonight. That's about what I say about her,” said Robb Upthegrove, an alligator trapper. According to Florida Fish and Wildlife, alligator mating season in Florida typically takes place in May and June. But, courtship usually begins in April. "During mating season, they have lots ofÃâà...
Tampabay.com
March 30, 2018
SEMINOLE HEIGHTS— A restaurant serving only food that starts with one letter seems hard to come by, but Danna Haydar has found a way to succeed with all things beginning with the letter C, at the new C-House located at 6005 N. Florida Ave. in Seminole Heights. The restaurant, which took over aÃâà...
WFLA
March 30, 2018
NEW TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - April is the beginning of alligator mating season, but a family in New Tampa found out Friday morning that one gator may have tried to get things started a few days early. The gator showed up in the backyard of a home on Yellow Clover Drive in the early hours of the morning andÃâà...
Tampabay.com
March 29, 2018
Carvana's car vending tower for automated storing of vehicles is seen on Wednesday, in Tampa ahead of its Thursday opening. [ALESSANDRA DA PRA | Times]. Carvana's car vending tower for automated storing of vehicles is seen on Wednesday, in Tampa Ãâ÷ Ryan Keeton, Carvana's co-founder and chiefÃâà...
Patch.com
March 28, 2018
TAMPA, FL -- Mothers Against Drunk Driving dedicated its 11th annual Tampa Walk Like MADD event March 23 to a sheriff's deputy who dedicated his ... MADD named him Florida Law Enforcement Officer of the Year in 2016 and the award is now called the Deputy Larry Morrell Law Enforcement Officer ofÃâà...
Tampabay.com
March 22, 2018
TAMPA — A South Florida company that specializes in luxury high-rises has joined developer Larry Feldman's Riverwalk Place project in Tampa. Two Roads Development, which has been quietly working with Feldman for six months, will be a partner and co-owner of the 50-plus story tower in downtownÃâà...
Tampabay.com (blog)
March 21, 2018
SCHOOL SECURITY: Florida lawmakers' plan to have at least one armed officer at every public school in the state is running into reality. School and law enforcement officials in the Tampa Bay area say they need millions more dollars than the state is providing to make it happen. In Pinellas County alone,Ãâà...
Tampabay.com
March 21, 2018
Lucky's first Florida location opened in Naples in 2016. Since then the grocer has continued its expansion in the Sunshine State with store plans in Sarasota, Panama City, Fort Lauderdale, Port St. Lucie and Bonita Springs. Other retailers coming to the Tyrone development include Dick's Sporting Goods,Ãâà...
Tampabay.com
March 21, 2018
Koch brothers' group targets new Tampa Bay Rays stadium. According to Chris Hudson, director of American for Prosperity's Florida operations, the group aims to draw a line in the sand as discussions continue between local government officials and the Rays to ensure no taxpayer money is used.
Tampabay.com
March 21, 2018
Today, ACLU affiliates in California, Texas, Washington, Vermont, New York, New Hampshire, Michigan, Florida, Arizona, and Maine sent a letter to @GreyhoundBus urging ... The advocates say the "warrantless" checks have taken place in at least seven states including California, Florida and Vermont.
Tampabay.com
March 21, 2018
Ken Brandon Jr. walks around the confederate monument, relocated earlier this month from the old Hillsborough County Courthouse to the Brandon family cemetery. The cemetery, at Brandon Boulevard and Lithia Pinecrest Road, was picked to appease opponents of the statue. [JAMES BORCHUCKÃâà...
Tampabay.com
March 21, 2018
Plaintiffs and others relied on the ATF's determination when purchasing bump stocks and similar devices, such as binary triggers, the lawyers argued. The named plaintiffs in the case are identified as Florida residents Jonathan Hunt, Justin Brashear, Christopher Mays, Clayton Woolfe and Joseph Truex,Ãâà...
Tampabay.com
March 21, 2018
According to a study by the Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, financial incentives from state government to professional sports teams only bring back 30 cents for each dollar given to the team. Amy Baker, chief economist for the Legislature, said the return is likely higher for localÃâà...
TBO.com
March 20, 2018
Under a pilot program, about 60 officers with the Tampa Police Department wear body cameras like the one displayed here at police headquarters by master police officer Cliff Griffin. Because of costs, the city has decided against equipping all its officers with the devices. [ALESSANDRA DA PRA | Times].
TBO.com
March 17, 2018
Students walk across the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus., Thursday, 9/28/17. In the ... So did $885,000 for a special needs shelter for the New Tampa Cultural Arts Center. ... In other notable vetoes, the governor also vetoed $270,000 to buy the Florida Quilt Museum in Gilchrist County.
Tampabay.com
March 16, 2018
Almost a decade into Florida's latest real estate cycle, so much is happening in the Tampa Bay area that it's hard to keep track of it all. Here are two significant projects you probably haven't heard much about — a new hotel and an Ybor City apartment complex — with an update on a $600-millionÃâà...
Insurance Journal
March 16, 2018
... Fla., office in response to the growing demand for the firm's property insurance analytics. It has tapped consulting actuary John Rollins to lead the team. As domestic property insurers expand throughout the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, the new Tampa property and casualty presence demonstrates Milliman'sÃâà...
Tampabay.com
March 16, 2018
Then University of South Florida history professor J. Michael Francis went to Seville, Spain, and realized Florida beat them all by more than 100 years. There wasn't any green beer, or any beer at all most likely, but the celebration in St. Augustine did feature cannon fire. The far-flung Spanish colony wasÃâà...
Tampabay.com (blog)
March 16, 2018
SCHOOL BOARD TRAVEL: In a less notice measure, Florida lawmakers required school board members to submit more documentation and get more approvals before traveling outside their districts. SCHOOL SAFETY: Hernando County adds resource officers to schools that did not have one, sharing theÃâà...
Tampabay.com
March 16, 2018
"Time and tide wait for no man," not even for King Canute or the Florida Legislature, which has approved legislation that would require the state to observe daylight saving time year-round. Humans have lived on the Florida peninsula for thousands of years, and the notion of altering time or tide was asÃâà...
Tampabay.com
March 16, 2018
Rough Riders St. Patrick's Night Parade: Krewes from across Florida celebrate St. Patrick's Day with beads, floats and more. Avoid crowds and bad parking situations by taking the trolley to the parade. 8 p.m., Downtown Ybor City, E Seventh Avenue and N 14th Street, Tampa. Free. (813) 248-1898.
Tampabay.com
March 16, 2018
Until two years ago, the Calhoun County school district in northern Florida had no collective bargaining unit to support teachers. "We had no contract," said Baggett, president of the two-year-old Association of Calhoun Educators. "They would say, yes, there is money for a raise or, no, there isn't. WhateverÃâà...
TBO.com
March 16, 2018
Almost a decade into Florida's latest real estate cycle, so much is happening in the Tampa Bay area that it's hard to keep track of it all. Here are two significant projects you probably haven't heard much about — a new hotel and an Ybor City apartment complex — with an update on a $600-millionÃâà...
Tampabay.com
March 15, 2018
TAMPA — One by one, Florida's local school leaders called on their communities Thursday to deliver this message to Gov. Rick Scott: Don't shortchange schools to boost security in the aftermath of the Feb. 14 Parkland killings. "Let's do more for our students," said Hillsborough superintendent Jeff Eakins,Ãâà...
Tampabay.com
March 14, 2018
For almost four decades, he wrote the Real Florida column for the Tampa Bay Times, rich portraits of the people and places that make the state unique. Klinkenberg left the Times in 2014. This year, his work has garnered two awards: In early January, he was named one of three 2018 winners of the FloridaÃâà...
Tampabay.com
March 7, 2018
Fanatics, which has its East Coast headquarters in Jacksonville, employs about 2,500 people across Florida. It also has international headquarters in England and a West Coast HQ in California. While in Tampa, Dobbs and the other visiting players got to design their own products and get a close look atÃâà...
Digital Journal
March 5, 2018
Tampa, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 03/05/2018 -- Mynatt Insurance is a well-known independent agency headquartered in Tampa, Florida that represents a number of ... A person can avail a number of insurance policies from Mynatt Insurance such as liability, health, life and home insurance in Tampa and New Tampa, etc.
Tampabay.com
March 5, 2018
Officials are working on bringing a new 7-mile system to the University of South Florida area that would connect the campus to nearby medical centers and Busch Gardens. That would include places such as (clockwise from top left) Florida Hospital Tampa, USF, Busch Gardens and Moffitt Cancer Center.
Tampabay.com
February 24, 2018
Florida Orchestra conductor Michael Francis discusses scoring with composer Michael Ippolito, seated, of Tampa as they rehearse Ippolito's Triptych at the the Mahaffey Theatre, St. Petersburg, Florida, Feb. 1, 2018. The Florida Orchestra concerts on Feb. 23-25, 2018 will include the world premiere ofÃâà...
Patch.com
February 21, 2018
In a report released by WalletHub.com, Florida ranked No. 1 out of 50 states as the most sinful. By D'Ann Lawrence White, Patch Staff | Feb 21, 2018 6:17 pm ET | Updated Feb 21, 2018 7:34 pm ET. 0. Florida Tops List Of Most Sinful States. TAMPA, FL – It's not Nevada, home of Las Vegas, which happily heralds theÃâà...
Tampabay.com
December 31, 1999
27, 2018, in Plant City, Fla. The Florida Strawberry ... PLANT CITY — You can't buy a beer at the Florida Strawberry Festival. You can't bring a ... The Strawberry Festival's concealed-carry policy is in line with similar agriculture-based events across Florida, including the Florida State Fair. Such events areÃâà...
Tampabay.com
December 31, 1999
The Winn-Dixie located at 2100 W Swann Avenue, Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, September 8, 2017. ALESSANDRA DA PRA | Times. Officials are working on bringing a new 7-mile system to the University of South. Circulator system could be running in USF Tampa area by summer Ãâ÷ Officials are working onÃâà...
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