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The state-run Citizens Property Insurance covers property owners who cannot find coverage on the open market.
Florida Citizens customers: Check mail or face costly insurance switch
Problems with a vendor are leaving some policyholders with a shorter deadline than usual.
Rays confident of closing deal for $1.3B downtown St. Petersburg stadium
A rendering of the Rays' new stadium in the Historic Gas Plant District.
If approved, the team will pay $700 million, and the city and county will split $600 million. The plan is to break ground next fall, with the fixed-roof domed stadium to open in 2028.
Here’s what else is in the $6.5 billion Tropicana Field redevelopment
A rendering from a plan submitted by the Tampa Bay Rays and Hines shows a view looking north across Booker Creek at a new Rays stadium and proposed music hall.
In addition to a new stadium, the Rays’ revised plan calls for an increase in affordable and workforce housing.

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    Yesterday• Entertainment
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    Sept. 19• St. Petersburg
    This rendering released by the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday shows the interior of a proposed new ballpark on the site of Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg.
  10. Florida Citizens customers: Check mail or face costly insurance switch
    Sept. 19• Politics
    The state-run Citizens Property Insurance covers property owners who cannot find coverage on the open market.
  11. Rays stadium updates: 5 things to know about the St. Petersburg stadium deal
    Sept. 19• Rays
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    Sept. 19• St. Petersburg
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    Sept. 19• St. Petersburg
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    Sept. 19• Opinion
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