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  1. Workers worry as mask rules eased in Texas, Mississippi, other states
    Yesterday• Health
    Leo Carney, kitchen manager at McElroy's Harbor House in Biloxi on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, said the removal of coronavirus restrictions will disproportionately impact Black residents — many of whom are essential workers.
  2. Juno Beach restaurant server gets $2,800 in tips from Ohio hoops fans
    Yesterday• Florida
    Server Kimberly Filion, a single mother of four, couldn't believe her eyes Thursday when she saw the tips added by customers at Kirby’s Sports Grille to two modest dinner checks.
  3. St. Pete Deuces neighborhood may be in for a ‘renaissance.’ How to avoid gentrifying it?
    Yesterday• Business
    Traffic has been noticeably busier on The Deuces shown here at 22nd St and 9th Ave. S. in St. Petersburg. This view is facing south.
  5. Senate Democrats strike jobless aid deal, relief bill approval in sight
    Mar. 6• Nation & World
    The Capitol is seen at dusk as work in the Senate continued Friday on the Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill in Washington. Senators plan to continue to vote on amendments through the night.
  6. Hillsborough plans utility rate hikes for next four years
    Mar. 5• Hillsborough
    Hillsborough County's water treatment plant in Lithia. The county's south-central utility system serves 465,000 people.
  7. Medical marijuana is booming in Florida, but the industry is nervous. Here’s why.
    Mar. 5• Politics
    A worker at a San Francisco medical cannabis clinic prepares packets of marijuana buds for sale. The industry is booming in Florida. [Associated Press File Photo]
  8. US adds a strong 379,000 jobs in hopeful sign for economy
    Mar. 5• Business
    In this Sept. 30 photo, a passerby walks past a hiring sign while entering a Target store in Westwood, Mass.
  9. Air ambulance service Jet ICU relocating to Tampa International Airport
    Mar. 5• Business
    A Jet ICU air ambulance moves under an awning at Tampa International Airport Jet Center on Aug. 28, 2015.
  10. Tampa Ritz-Carlton condos on Bayshore to launch sales of million-dollar units
    Mar. 5• Real Estate
    A new rendering shows the view from the balcony of one of the Ritz-Carlton Residences. The project is expected to break ground late in 2021.
  11. Look inside Tampa’s new REI store, Midtown’s first in a rush of retail openings
    Mar. 4• Business
    From left: Hillsborough County Commissioner Gwen Myers, Craig Richard from the Tampa Bay Economic Development Council and Tampa Mayor Jane Castor tour the new REI Co-op store on March 4 at Midtown Tampa. The store is an anchor tenant at the development, which offers retail, residential, hotel and office buildings on a campus of 11 buildings.
  12. New unemployment claims inch back up to 745,000
    Mar. 4• Business
    A sign announcing hiring is displayed in the parking lot of a Home Depot on Feb. 22 in Cockeysville, Md.
  13. Hillsborough wants a “large-scale” film studio to lure blockbusters
    Mar. 4• Movies
    Diamond View studios CEO Tim Moore poses with the screen at Vu, a virtual production studio at Rithm at Uptown, former University Mall. The studio is a "wonderful asset," Hillsborough film commissioner Tyler Martinolich said, but the area still needs a large studio for traditional physical sets.
  14. Tampa Bay’s first REI store opening Friday at Midtown Tampa
    Mar. 3• Business
    Outdoor retailer REI Co-op will open its first Tampa store on March 5, 2021 in the Midtown Tampa development. Shown here is a rendering of the project from 2019.
  15. Hillsborough to consider higher impact fees
    Mar. 3• Hillsborough
    Aerial photo of homes and new construction in the Southfork Lakes subdivision in Riverview in March 2020.
  16. Hillsborough commissioners: We’ll give back sales tax money
    Mar. 3• Hillsborough
    Mailers promoted a November 2018 penny-on-the dollar sales tax increase to fund transportation. Voters approved the tax by a 57-43 margin, but the Florida Supreme Court last week invalidated the referendum results. Wednesday Hillsborough Commissioner Gwen Myers asked her colleague to begin the process to schedule a new referendum in November 2022. (TIMES 2018)
  17. Pandemic puts 1 in 3 U.S. nonprofits in financial jeopardy
    Mar. 3• Health
    Staff Sgt. Mike Schuster loads two produce boxes into a car at a food bank distribution by the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, on Jan. 7 in Cleveland.
  18. Here are four bills that would change insurance in Florida
    Mar. 3• Business
    Several bills are attempting to address troubled portions of Florida’s insurance systems. Pictured is debris after Hurricane Irma in Big Pine Key. [Times (2017)]
  19. Are gas prices going up? And is it Joe Biden’s fault? PolitiFact explains
    Mar. 3• Nation & World
    A woman pumps gas at a gas pump at a convenience store in Pittsburgh.
  20. We’re suffering from Zoom Fatigue. Really, it’s a thing.
    Mar. 3• Business
    This Zoom meeting was a catastrophe.
  21. Florida company fined $280K for violating Mississippi’s no-call laws
    Mar. 2• Florida
    A company based in Kissimmee has been fined for violating Mississippi's phone call laws.
  22. Publix reports leap in earnings as coronavirus cases surged
    Mar. 2• Business
    Shoppers walk through a nearly empty produce aisle at the Publix at Northeast Shopping Center in St. Petersburg on March 15, shortly after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a national emergency.
  23. Senate Dems sort final details of $1.9 trillion virus relief bill
    Mar. 2• Nation & World
    The sun shines Tuesday on the U.S. Capitol dome.
  24. Merck to help produce rival Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine
    Mar. 2• Health
    Boxes of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine are shown at the McKesson Corporation in Shepherdsville, Ky., on Monday.
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