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The new workplace rules will be different, right down to how we're supposed to ride in an elevator.
Back to work, Tampa Bay? Get ready for the new pandemic office etiquette
Do we ride elevators with others or wait? How do you share a desk? Are fist bumps forbidden?
Scott, Rubio file bill to overturn CDC cruise rules, resume sailing soon
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, at podium, speaks April 9 alongside port workers and elected officials asking for the CDC and the federal government to allow the return of cruising, during a news conference in front of Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Horizon cruise ship docked at PortMiami in Miami. [Wilfredo Lee | Associated Press]
The bill seeks a new set of rules to clear a path cruises for a return to the seas.
St. Petersburg shopping center sold for $7.3 million
The Coquina Key Plaza in St. Petersburg as seen on Wednesday April 7, 2021 has been sold. Some of the businesses remaining include a night club, event rental space, and a Chinese restaurant.
It’s unclear if the sale means there will be changes to Coquina Key Plaza.
St. Petersburg residents weigh in on finalist Trop proposals
Bella Salla of St. Petersburg submits a comment card during the public comment session for city residents to weigh in on the four finalist proposals for the Tropicana Field redevelopment project at the Coliseum on Wednesday, April 7, 2021.
“How we do this, success or failure, is going to be in the textbook on 101 City Planning,” one resident said.

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    3 hours ago• Politics
    The downtown Tampa skyline seen from an area known as the Rome Yard on Friday, April 16, 2021.
  2. The high price of money shame
    Yesterday• Business
    FILE - This April 2017, file photo provided by NerdWallet shows Liz Weston, a columnist for personal finance website NerdWallet.com. (NerdWallet via AP, File)
  3. Tampa Bay’s on the right COVID-19 path, survey says, but vaccine doubts remain
    Yesterday• Business
    A vaccination card and stickers following a vaccination at Raymond James Stadium.
  5. A 1.2 million square-foot CITY Furniture facility is coming to Plant City
    Yesterday• Business
    Renderings of the CITY Furniture showroom and distribution center planned for complete in 2022
  6. Tampa moves ahead on slowing down apartment boom
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Tampa City Hall.
  7. Compass real estate opening up shop in Tampa Bay
    Yesterday• Real Estate
    Compass announced Thursday it's launching an official presence in Tampa Bay.
  8. You know those little packets of ketchup? The pandemic has made them scarce
    Yesterday• Business
    Heinz, the popular ketchup brand, has made big changes to help supply meet demand. [Associated Press]
  9. US jobless claims plunge to 576,000, lowest since pandemic
    Yesterday• Business
    In this May 7, 2020, photo, a person looks inside the closed doors of the Pasadena Community Job Center in Pasadena, Calif., during the coronavirus outbreak.
  10. Reboot Your Budget to Prepare for Reopening
    Yesterday• Business
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  11. ‘New’ Tampa International Airport opened 50 years ago. Here’s what it was like.
    Yesterday• History
    Left to right: A photograph of the 1971 Tampa International Airport terminal complex, Joyce Mandley's family visiting the airport when it opened (courtesy of Tampa International Airport), and executive director of the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority George Bean in the 1960s.
  12. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor says Related deal doesn’t contain personal conflicts.
    Apr. 14• Politics
    Ana Cruz, on left, and Seely Bevan, look on as Tampa Mayor Jane Castor holds up her "I Voted" sticker in front of the Stanley Cup, after she cast her ballot in person during early voting at Amalie Arena, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020 in Tampa. Cruz is Mayor Castor's partner and Bevan is Castor's son. The mayor told the Tampa Bay Times Wednesday that her partner’s lobbying firm and her nephew’s job with the developer won’t result in any family benefits, financial or otherwise.
  13. Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison at 82
    Apr. 14• Business
    In this March 10, 2009, photo, former financier Bernie Madoff leaves federal court in Manhattan, in New York.
  14. Back to work, Tampa Bay? Get ready for the new pandemic office etiquette
    Apr. 14• Business
    The new workplace rules will be different, right down to how we're supposed to ride in an elevator.
  15. Coinbase digital currency exchange goes public, may be valued at $100 billion
    Apr. 14• Business
    Coinbase, whose mobile phone app is shown here, goes public at a time when chatter about cryptocurrencies is everywhere, even at the Federal Reserve.
  16. Fed leaders agree: Economics has a racial-disparity problem
    Apr. 13• News
    In this Nov. 25, 2019 file photo Eric Rosengren speaks during a round table discussion at Silver Lane Elementary School, in East Hartford, Conn. Top Federal Reserve policymakers underscored Tuesday, April 13, 2021 their concern that Black and Hispanic people are sharply underrepresented in the economics field, which reduces the perspectives that economists can bring to major policy issues. “If we don’t have a diverse group of people in the field, we won’t have the right topics to focus on,” said Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
  17. Tampa’s Rome Yard development bid in dispute
    Apr. 13• Breaking News
    A rendering of the Rome Yard development submitted by the Related Group
  18. Florida orange production to dip below California
    Apr. 13• Business
    An elevated view of a Hamlin orange grove at the corner of SR 62 & Duette Road on Tuesday in Manatee County. California is expected to surpass Florida for the season in a new estimate of orange production, the latest sign of continuing struggles in Florida’s citrus industry. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly update released Friday, said Florida is forecast to produce enough oranges to fill 51.7 million 90-pound boxes by the time the 2020-2021 growing season ends in July. That is down 6.8 percent from a March forecast and would be 23 percent lower than production during the 2019-2020 season.
  19. Scott, Rubio file bill to overturn CDC cruise rules, resume sailing soon
    Apr. 13• Business
    Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, at podium, speaks April 9 alongside port workers and elected officials asking for the CDC and the federal government to allow the return of cruising, during a news conference in front of Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Horizon cruise ship docked at PortMiami in Miami. [Wilfredo Lee | Associated Press]
  20. DeSantis steering more money to Piney Point, wants to close site
    Apr. 13• Environment
    Gov. Ron DeSantis addresses the situation at Piney Point at a press conference in Manatee County on April 4.
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    Apr. 13• Opinion
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    Apr. 12• Environment
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    Apr. 12• St. Petersburg
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  24. St. Petersburg shopping center sold for $7.3 million
    Apr. 12• Real Estate
    The Coquina Key Plaza in St. Petersburg as seen on Wednesday April 7, 2021 has been sold. Some of the businesses remaining include a night club, event rental space, and a Chinese restaurant.
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