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The air traffic control tower seen at Tampa International Airport on Sept. 10, 2021.
Tampa airport could get new air traffic control tower through funds in Biden’s budget
“It has been apparent for a number of years that we need a modern tower,” Rep. Castor said.
Which projects could compete with Rays stadium for Pinellas tax dollars?
BayCare Ballpark is the spring training facility for the Philadelphia Phillies. The organization has started pitching local officials on a revamped baseball complex — one of the projects that could compete for the same pot of tourist tax dollars likely to be sought for a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium.
A new stadium in St. Petersburg isn’t the only project that could vie for county tourist tax dollars.
Proposed amendment would lower annual property tax increases for Florida homeowners
A neighborhood near the planned South Dade Logistics and Technology District. Florida lawmakers are eyeing a proposed constitutional amendment that would change the Save Our Homes property tax cap to provide bigger savings to homeowners.
Lawmakers are considering putting forward a constitutional amendment for the 2024 ballot.
St. Peterburg Crislip Cafe to close due to staffing shortages, inflation
The interior at The Merchant, downtown on Central Avenue, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020 in St. Petersburg. The Merchant will expand into the space of the Crislip Cafe, which announced on March 20, 2023 that it was closing.
The Merchant gift shop will expand in its place.

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  1. Tampa airport could get new air traffic control tower through funds in Biden’s budget
    Earlier today• Politics
    The air traffic control tower seen at Tampa International Airport on Sept. 10, 2021.
  2. MOSI offers free admission for Tampa Bay Water Days
    Earlier today• Life & Culture
    Tampa’s Museum of Science and Industry will offer free admission Saturday when it hosts the second annual Tampa Bay Water Days.
  3. Proposed amendment would lower annual property tax increases for Florida homeowners
    Yesterday• Politics
    A neighborhood near the planned South Dade Logistics and Technology District. Florida lawmakers are eyeing a proposed constitutional amendment that would change the Save Our Homes property tax cap to provide bigger savings to homeowners.
  5. St. Peterburg Crislip Cafe to close due to staffing shortages, inflation
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    The interior at The Merchant, downtown on Central Avenue, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020 in St. Petersburg. The Merchant will expand into the space of the Crislip Cafe, which announced on March 20, 2023 that it was closing.
  6. Concert by Chicago to celebrate Hooters 40th anniversary in Clearwater
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    Chicago, shown here at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Barclays Center in New York in 2016, will perform in Clearwater on Oct. 7 in Coachman Park to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Hooters.
  7. Florida gas prices have topped the national average
    Yesterday• Business
    Florida gasoline prices topped the national average for the first time since early February, with pump prices increasing 14 cents in the state over the past week.
  8. Florida undercover agents reported no ‘lewd acts’ at drag show targeted by DeSantis
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during an event on his book tour on Saturday, March 11, 2023, in Las Vegas.
  9. Farmworkers march in Florida for better pay and working conditions
    Mar. 18• Florida
    In this photo taken with a drone, farmworkers and allies march through agricultural land on the first day of a five-day trek aimed at highlighting the Fair Food Program, which has enlisted food retailers to use their clout with growers to ensure better working conditions and wages for farmworkers. [REBECCA BLACKWELL | Associated Press]
  10. Why two Parkland parents spoke out against Florida lawmakers’ tort reform bill
    Mar. 17• Politics
    Court deputies exit vans that transported jurors to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Aug. 4, 2022, to view the crime scene where the 2018 shootings took place.
  11. Dear Penny: I’m back in debt just 3 months after paying off my credit cards
    Mar. 17• Business
    Worried woman in the night buying online at home
  12. What Tuesday Morning stores are closing in Tampa Bay?
    Mar. 16• Business
    Tuesday Morning store in Modesto, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. The national discount chain is closing multiple stores.
  13. Amid changing tastes, innovation in Florida is one way out of the rough for golf
    Mar. 15• Business
    There's plenty of evidence for the sport's vitality in Florida, which still has more courses than any other state and all but five countries. Photo courtesy of PopStroke.
  14. Florida goes after liquor license of Miami hotel over drag show
    Mar. 14• Politics
    The publicity image for the ‘Drag Queen Christmas’ show at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
  15. Silicon Valley Bank failure: Who’s to blame?
    Mar. 14• Business
    A pedestrian passes a Silicon Valley Bank branch in San Francisco on Monday.
  16. Understanding Medicare... It’s complicated.
    Mar. 14• Business
    Simplifying enrolling and understanding Medicare is what the Toni Says Medicare team specializes in. No one wants to make the wrong Medicare or medical decision, which can add stress to retiring.
  17. Silicon Valley Bank’s demise disrupts the disruptors in tech
    Mar. 14• Business
    Notices are posted at the entrance to a Silicon Valley Bank Private branch in San Francisco, Monday, March 13, 2023.
  18. Tampa mom Kat Stickler opened up on TikTok. 9.9 million people followed.
    Mar. 14• Life & Culture
    Kat Stickler is a 28-year-old Tampa resident and TikTok star who is approaching 10 million followers.
  19. Florida lawmakers want to help insurance companies by limiting lawsuits
    Mar. 14• Politics
    Gary Miracle of Rockledge told lawmakers he was treated at a hospital for flu-like symptoms. He fell into septic shock and into a coma and left the hospital a quadruple amputee. Miracle sued, reaching a settlement. If he’d been uninsured, the Medicaid rate wouldn’t have been able to pay for the prosthetic legs he uses today, he said.
  20. In Hillsborough, Wimauma tries to chart its future
    Mar. 13• Hillsborough
    Businesses and homes are pictured on State Road 674 in Wimauma. Redeveloping the downtown core is one of the goals of the Wimauma community plan.
  21. Yellen: U.S. won’t bail out failed Silicon Valley Bank
    Mar. 12• Business
    Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen listens as she testifies during a House Ways and Means committee hearing on President Joe Biden's fiscal year 2024 budget request on Friday in Washington, D.C.
  22. As gas prices soared, Saudi oil company posted record $161B in profits
    Mar. 12• Nation & World
    Storage tanks are seen at the North Jiddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, in March 2021. Oil giant Saudi Aramco said Sunday that it had earned a $161 billion profit last year, attributing its earnings to higher crude oil prices.
  23. Luxe options on huge Wonder of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship
    Mar. 12• Bay Magazine
    The Suite Sun Deck on Wonder of the Seas is exclusively for passengers staying in the Suite Neighborhood. The private neighborhood includes a plunge pool, bar and the Coastal Kitchen, an exclusive restaurant.
  24. A major bank failed. Here’s why it’s not 2008 again.
    Mar. 11• Business
    Silicon Valley Bank was shut down on Friday morning by California regulators and was put in control of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp..
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