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Amy Hollyfield - Senior Deputy Editor
Amy Hollyfield

Senior Deputy Editor

My heart is in Florida politics, but my job as senior deputy editor for news covers all of Tampa Bay life. Traffic. Education. Health Care. The Good Samaritan story, the unexpected surprise. I also work with PolitiFact and was part of the team awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. My home state is Michigan, but I've lived in Tampa Bay for more than 20 years, raising two daughters and proudly watching two downtowns grow into remarkable destinations. Underneath it all is my commitment to the Tampa Bay Times, a company that cares deeply about this community. As do I.

  1. Dade City man killed in collision on U.S. 301
    Yesterday• Pasco
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    Two passengers were injured.
  2. Join us for an Election 2020 conversation with Florida’s top Republican, top Democrat
    Oct. 23• The Buzz
    From left to right: Terrie Rizzo, chair of the Florida Democratic Party; Tampa Bay Times Political Editor Steve Contorno; and State Sen. Joe Gruters of Sarasota, chair of the Republican Party of Florida.
    Republican Party of Florida chairman Joe Gruters and Florida Democratic Party chairwoman Terrie Rizzo will join Times Political Editor Steve Contorno for a Nov. 6 event.
  3. All the best moments from Tuesday’s Democratic debate
    Oct. 15• The Buzz
    Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN/New York Times at Otterbein University, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in Westerville, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
    Impeachment dominates. Bernie Sanders looks fine. Biden defends his son. And Elizabeth Warren is finally being treated like a frontrunner.
  4. Rays fans, what a shame that you aren’t supporting this team
    Sep. 24• Rays
    Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Blake Snell leaves the field after closing out the side with a strike out during the first inning against the Boston Red Sox on Monday, rows of open seats in the background.
    Attendance on Monday night was pathetic. And it’s the final week of a playoff push.
  5. We’re such losers compared to these two judges on this week’s Winner/Loser in Florida politics
    Sep. 15• The Buzz
    Florida Supreme Court Justices Barbara Lagoa, left, and Robert Luck, right, were appointed to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta by President Trump.
    Ok losers, who needs access to our state politicians, anyway?
  6. You can #BetheThunder with this new Tampa Bay Lightning specialty license plate
    Sep. 11• Lightning
    The state of Florida released a new design for the Tampa Bay Lightning specialty license plate. (Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles)
    The team’s signature blue color shines.
  7. Rick Scott’s Navy cap hangs around on this week’s Winner/Loser in Florida politics
    Sep. 8• The Buzz
    Rick Scott's Navy cap.
    But many Floridians showed their better angels in a hard week for the Bahamas.
  8. Dorian cancels this week’s Winner/Loser in Florida politics: Sept. 1 edition
    Sep. 1• The Buzz
    A shopper walks past a few cases of water that remain on the shelves at Walmart on 34th St S and 38th Ave S ahead of Hurricane Dorian in St. Petersburg.
    Godspeed, Florida.
  9. Florida developers win again in this week’s Winner/Loser in politics
    Aug. 25• The Buzz
    A dump truck emerges from behind a pile of dirt and sand Wednesday (3/27/13) at the Lago Verde sand mine in Spring Hill where cattle feed in open pastures surrounding the site. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]
    And should Rick Scott think more about his home state?
  10. Lake County leans into its racist past on Winner/Loser of the week in Florida politics: Aug. 4 edition
    Aug. 4• The Buzz
    Edmund Kirby Smith
    Meanwhile, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri’s profile keeps rising.