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United Way Suncoast CEO Jessica Muroff pictured in the conference room at the United Way Suncoast office, 5201 W Kennedy Blvd, on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021 in Tampa. Last December, the United Way Suncoast received a $20 million grant from MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist and former wife of Jeff Bezos. Nine months later, they're still deciding how to spend it -- as are four other Tampa Bay organizations that got Scott grants.
Tampa Bay groups got $38M in MacKenzie Scott grants. How will they spend it?
The gifts, among each organization’s largest ever, have stirred months of discussions about where the money should go.
Florida hasn’t used $30 million in cybersecurity protection funding. Why not?
Then-state Rep. Jamie Grant, R-Tampa, in Tallahassee in 2019.
Florida’s chief information officer said his office is so short-staffed that it hasn’t come up with a plan to spend the money.
Dear Penny: Was My Cousin Allowed to Buy Life Insurance on My Mom?
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Inflation forces homebuilders to take it slow, raise prices
In this June 24, 2021 photo, lumber is piled at a housing construction site in Middleton, Mass. Rising costs and shortages of building materials and labor are rippling across the homebuilding industry, which accounted for nearly 12% of all U.S. home sales in July. Construction delays are common, prompting many builders to pump the brakes on the number of new homes they put up for sale. As building a new home gets more expensive, some of those costs are passed along to buyers. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Prices having spiked this year amid shortages of manufactured goods and components, from cars and computer chips to paint and building materials.

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  1. Tampa Bay groups got $38M in MacKenzie Scott grants. How will they spend it?
    Yesterday• Business
    United Way Suncoast CEO Jessica Muroff pictured in the conference room at the United Way Suncoast office, 5201 W Kennedy Blvd, on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021 in Tampa. Last December, the United Way Suncoast received a $20 million grant from MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist and former wife of Jeff Bezos. Nine months later, they're still deciding how to spend it -- as are four other Tampa Bay organizations that got Scott grants.
  2. Dear Penny: Was My Cousin Allowed to Buy Life Insurance on My Mom?
    Yesterday• Business
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  3. Florida hasn’t used $30 million in cybersecurity protection funding. Why not?
    Yesterday• Politics
    Then-state Rep. Jamie Grant, R-Tampa, in Tallahassee in 2019.
  5. Have Black Florida marijuana farmers fallen too far behind?
    Yesterday• Politics
    Sen. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, called the director of Florida's medical marijuana program to testify at a hearing of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021.
  6. Inflation forces homebuilders to take it slow, raise prices
    Yesterday• Business
    In this June 24, 2021 photo, lumber is piled at a housing construction site in Middleton, Mass. Rising costs and shortages of building materials and labor are rippling across the homebuilding industry, which accounted for nearly 12% of all U.S. home sales in July. Construction delays are common, prompting many builders to pump the brakes on the number of new homes they put up for sale. As building a new home gets more expensive, some of those costs are passed along to buyers. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
  7. ‘Vaccine apartheid.’ Africans tells UN they need COVID vaccines
    Yesterday• Health
    President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa speaks via video link during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, on Thursday.
  8. Owner of St. Petersburg waffle truck Pop Goes the Waffle talks about expansion
    Yesterday• Food
    Sara Fludd, owner of Pop Goes the Waffle, will open a brick-and-mortar cafe in Gulfport next year.
  9. Democrats: We have framework to pay for $3.5 trillion, 10-year plan
    Yesterday• Politics
    Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined from left by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., updates reporters on Democratic efforts to pass President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
  10. EPA rule sharply limits HFCs, gases used as refrigerants
    Yesterday• Business
    This May 16, 2021, photo shows window air conditioners in New York. In the first Biden administration rule aimed at combating climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to phase down production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners.
  11. US jobless claims tick up from near a pandemic low
    Yesterday• Business
    An Amazon truck drives in in Philadelphia, Friday, April 30, 2021. Amazon wants to hire 125,000 delivery and warehouse workers and said Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 that it is paying new hires an average of $18 an hour in a tight job market as more people shop online. The company is also offering pay sign-on bonuses of $3,000 in some parts of the country.
  12. 3 charged in Florida with years-long forced migrant-labor conspiracy
    Yesterday• Crime
    A federal grand jury in Tampa charges three people with coercing migrant workers from Mexico to work using illegal means, including imposing debts, confiscating passports, verbal abuse and isolation, as well as threats of arrest, deportation and physical harm.
  13. 5 Ways to Rein In Impulse Spending
    Yesterday• Business
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  14. Room to spare for surgeons, robots at $300 million Tampa surgery center
    Yesterday• News
    Dr. Sharona Ross, a general surgeon, explains the new features of a robotic surgery operating room at the new Taneja Center for Surgery at AdventHealth. The new six-story, $256 million facility on E Fletcher Avenue will offer state-of-the-art facilities primed for robotic surgery.
  15. CDC panel tackles who needs booster shot of COVID vaccine
    Sep. 22• Health
    In this Sept. 14 photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. An influential panel of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met Wednesday to decide who should get COVID-19 booster shots and when.
  16. Don’t like COVID-19 rules for a Tampa Bay show? Refunds are unlikely.
    Sep. 22• Entertainment
    Eric Clapton will perform at Amalie Arena on Sept.25. The guitarist, though vaccinated himself, has been outspoken in his complaints about COVID-19 regulations, vaccinations and touring mandates.
  17. The looming debt-ceiling showdown: What you need to know
    Sep. 22• Nation & World
    The seal of the Department of the Treasury is seen at the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C.
  18. Fed foresees a potential rate hike as soon as next year
    Sep. 22• Business
    FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington. The strengthening U.S. economy is edging closer to achieving the Federal Reserve's goals for job growth and inflation, Chair Jerome Powell said in a speech in which he offered few clues to a key question overhanging the economy: When will the Fed begin to withdraw its extraordinary economic support?
  19. While many tech firms keep workers home, T-Mobile wants an office return by next month
    Sep. 22• Business
    A T-Mobile retail outlet in Prescott, Ariz., in September 2021. T-Mobile is pushing ahead with plans to bring workers back to its Washington headquarters at least part-time before the end of October.
  20. Are you ready for a 3D-printed house? They’re cheaper, stronger and long-lasting, developers say
    Sep. 22• Business
    A general view of 3 D-printed house is seen at Shanghai Zhangjiang High-Tech Zone Qingpu Park on August 24, 2014 in Shanghai, China.
  21. Billionaires rocketing into space draw UN chief’s red glare
    Sep. 22• Business
    United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, at United Nations headquarters in New York.
  22. U.S. sues to stop deal between American Airlines and JetBlue
    Sep. 22• Business
    An American Airlines plane pushes back from the gate at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Terminal C. The Justice Department and officials in six states have filed a lawsuit to block a partnership formed by American Airlines and JetBlue, claiming that it will reduce competition and lead to higher fares.
  23. Tampa Bay’s August home sales flat, prompting more predictions of normalcy
    Sep. 22• Real Estate
    A Charles Rutenberg Realty sign marks a home for sale, 541 Locklie Street, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in Dunedin.
  24. House okays debt and funding plan, inviting clash with GOP
    Sep. 22• Nation & World
    Members of the House Appropriations Committee field questions about the politics of debt Tuesday at the Capitol. At center is chair Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and at right is Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, the ranking member.
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