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  1. Who is Gio Fucarino? Or John Ring Jr.? A Tampa player with a hidden past
    8 minutes ago• Tampa
    John Robert Ring Jr., left, at Mayor Jane Castor's campaign kickoff at the Hotel Haya in December. Ring had used an alias Giovanni "Gio" Fucarino to become a fixture in city politics in recent months. He was arrested recently for violating his sexual offender status.
  2. Pinellas officials: If job centers merge, don’t leave us behind
    38 minutes ago• Pinellas
    Rene Flowers, the Pinellas County commissioner who serves on the board of CareerSource Pinellas, said she fears that a new jobs agency spanning Tampa Bay would prioritize larger, more populous Hillsborough County, and that job-seekers and employers in Pinellas could be left in the lurch.
  3. DeSantis’ State Guard vision: planes, boats, police powers
    1 hour ago• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis has proposed a nearly $100 million budget for the Florida State Guard.
  5. St. Petersburg approves allowing some single-family homes to become multi-family
    Earlier today• St. Petersburg
    Signs against the new zoning that would allow single family homes to be converted to duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes to increase density are visible on the corner of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street and 22nd Ave N on Monday in St. Petersburg.
  6. Sweeping legal reforms passed by Florida Legislature, dividing Republicans
    Yesterday• Politics
    “People believe they’ve won the jackpot with the litigation lottery,” said Sen. Travis Hutson, R-Elkton, the sponsor of the Senate version of the bill. “We have a problem in Florida. Help me fix it.”
  7. Florida families sue state for banning transgender care for youth
    Yesterday• Health
    Protesters held cardboard signs shaped like tombstones in front of the Marriott Fort Lauderdale Airport in early August 2022 as the Florida Board of Medicine met inside. A group of parents and transgender children filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the medical board, among others, for its ban on gender-affirming care for youth.
  8. Tampa Bay educators take notice as “parental rights” push moves to high schools
    Yesterday• Education
    The directive, proposed by Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, above, and backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, would strengthen the 2022 Parental Rights in Education Act.
  9. 44 states got millions of federal dollars for gun violence prevention. Not Florida.
    Yesterday• Politics
    A cache of weapons seized from one man as part of a risk protection order is stored in the evidence room at the Hillsborough County Courthouse in Tampa on Sept. 18, 2019.
  10. Chabad of Clearwater moves into a new home
    Yesterday• Photos
    Rabbi Levi Hodakov, with The Chabad of Clearwater, left, Shmaya Hanoch, of Largo, and Jim Stilwell, of Largo, right, move the Chabad's Torah Ark into the former Bank of America branch building on Belleair Road on Thursday, Mar 23, 2023, in Clearwater.
  11. Florida Senate OKs private school voucher expansion. Bill heads to DeSantis.
    Yesterday• Education
    Sen. Tracie Davis, D-Jacksonville, left, asks questions about a bill to expand private school vouchers, addressing bill sponsor Sen. Corey Simon, R-Tallahassee, right. The lawmakers were working on the Senate floor Wednesday.
  12. USF faculty condemns bills to alter Florida higher education: ‘Just baffling’
    Yesterday• Education
    Students walk near the Marshall Student Center on the University of South Florida's Tampa campus.
  13. Former Arturo Fuente Cigar Co. factory has a new owner — a Fuente
    Yesterday• History
    The former Arturo Fuente Cigar Co. factory is pictured. Liana Fuente, the great-granddaughter of the founder, has purchased the property.
  14. Comedian and musician Tim Heidecker is coming to the Tampa Theatre
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    Tim Heidecker attends a Premiere Party for "Killing It" on Wednesday, April. 6, 2022, Casita Hollywood in Los Angeles.
  15. Pasco sheriff discontinues controversial intelligence program, court documents say
    Yesterday• Pasco
    Tammy Heilman, Sheila Smith, Rio Wojtecki, Lorenzo Gary, and Dalanea Taylor were targeted by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office under its intelligence program.
  16. A pickup flipped on a Tampa highway. This Uber driver rushed to help.
    Yesterday• Transportation
    Almir Becirovic is seen in his 2018 Honda Odyssey at his home in Wesley Chapel.
  17. A huge seaweed belt is headed toward Florida. Here’s what to know.
    Yesterday• Florida
    Seaweed covers the Atlantic shore in Frigate Bay, St. Kitts and Nevis, Aug. 3, 2022. On shore, sargassum is a nuisance — carpeting beaches and releasing a pungent smell as it decays. For hotels and resorts, clearing the stuff off beaches can amount to a round-the-clock operation.
  18. Motorcyclist dies after Clearwater crash
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    A 22-year-old motorcyclist died after an SUV driver turned into his path on Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard in Clearwater on Wednesday, police said.
  19. Taylor Swift in Tampa: parking and traffic tips
    Yesterday• Music
    Taylor Swift, shown performing during the opener of her Eras tour on March 17 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, will be in Tampa for three sold-out shows April 13, 14 and 15. Fans are advised to plan ahead for parking and traffic.
  20. Dear Penny: Should I give money to my jailed nephew’s girlfriend again?
    Yesterday• Business
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  21. Board of Education might exceed Florida law in limiting gender identity lessons
    Yesterday• Education
    Hillsborough High School students protested the Parental Rights in Education bill in March 2022, saying it would chill discussions and conversations with teachers. The State Board of Education has proposed rules extending into high schools the limitations initially placed on early elementary grades.
  22. The hotel business in Florida is booming. Can that keep pace in 2023?
    Yesterday• Florida
    A boat navigates through Little McPherson Bayou near the Don Cesar hotel, background, off Pass-A-Grille on Nov 18, 2022, in Pinellas County.
  23. Florida again takes aim at tenured faculty. Who’s affected? Why does it matter?
    Yesterday• Education
    Students walk across the Tampa campus at the University of South Florida, one of 12 state schools affected by legislation that would make it harder for faculty members to keep their tenure status.
  24. DeSantis administration scrubs ‘equity’ from state health priorities
    Yesterday• News
    Joseph Ladapo speaks during a news conference at the Don Soffer Clinical Research Center at the University of Miami on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
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