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The Cross Bay Ferry, Provincetown III leaves the Vinoy Yacht Basin in January 2019. Hillsborough County commissioners agreed Wednesday to try to negotiate an extension to the seasonal service that is scheduled to end this year.
Hillsborough Commission tosses life jacket to ferry plan
Hillsborough County wants to extend the current Cross Bay Ferry and will study expanding it as a south county commuter route.
Pizza Hut sued over higher sales tax rate in Hillsborough
An attorney in Lutz is suing Pizza Hut of America, saying it illegally charged a higher sales tax in Hillsborough County after the Florida Supreme Court had voided the transportation sales tax. [PRNewswire]
A 12-cent overcharge for a pizza spurs litigation seeking the restaurant chain to make amends to customers
No remedy yet for Hillsborough sales tax refund
These are some of the mail pieces used by the, citizens group All for Transportation in the sales tax referendum campaign of 2018. Fifty-seven percent of the voters supported the tax that later was voided by the Florida Supreme Court. [Times 2018 |
Exactly who should have jurisdiction over disbursing $503 million remains unresolved in Hillsborough circuit court
Overcharged? Some Hillsborough businesses slow to lower sales tax rate
A receipt from Whole Foods Market shows the store charged a sales tax rate of 8.5 percent on Saturday, March 20. The Florida Supreme Court order voiding the penny-on-the-dollar sales tax for transportation became effective March 15.
The Florida Supreme Court ruling became final March 15, but some businesses are still charging 8.5 percent tax on purchases.

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  1. Pete Buttigieg is right: Racism shaped some urban highways | PolitiFact
    Apr. 16• Transportation
    The Overtown neighborhood in Miami.
  2. Tech upgrades aim to curb I-4 crashes, congestion between Tampa and Orlando
    Apr. 14• Transportation
    Traffic is seen along Interstate 4 in the Champions Gate area near Orlando. A portion of the road, between Tampa's central business district and southwest Orlando, is targeted for technological upgrades to better manage traffic flow with the aim to make the highway safer and less congested. [CHRIS URSO | Times]
  3. Tampa woman, 20, killed in wrong-way crash on U.S. 41 south of Tampa
    Apr. 11• Breaking News
    One Tampa woman was killed and another critically injured Sunday morning in a wrong-way crash on U.S. 41, troopers said.
  5. Tampa Downtowner ride service to end April 30
    Apr. 10• Transportation
    Chris Murray with the Downtowner ride service drops off a passenger in the Channelside area. The rideshare will be closing down in Tampa at the end of April.
  6. Hillsborough judge says he will consider sales tax refund options
    Apr. 9• Hillsborough
    Mailers promoted the one percent sales tax for Hillsborough Count transportation projects. Voters approved the sales tax referendum by a 57-43 margin in November 2018. This week a judge's order says he will retain the authority to help devise a refund of the tax. TIMES (2018)
  7. Photos: Bayshore crash sentencing
    Apr. 8• Crime
    Cameron Herrin reacts the moment he hears his sentence — 24 years in prison — at the conclusion of his sentencing hearing on Thursday, April 8, 2021, at the Hillsborough County Edgecomb Courthouse before 13th Judicial Circuit Court judge Christopher Nash in downtown Tampa. Herrin was the driver of a Ford Mustang that collided with a mother and daughter on Bayshore Boulevard in 2018, as Herrin, who was then 18, was racing another driver, John Barrineau. The Mustang hit David’s wife, Jessica Reisinger-Raubenolt, who was pushing thier 21-month-old daughter, Lillia, in a stroller across the iconic Tampa roadway. Both Herrin and Barrineau pleaded guilty late last year to vehicular homicide. Barrineau made a plea deal and was sentenced to six years in prison. Herrin has left it up to judge to decide what his penalty should be. He faced a maximum of 30 years in prison. Sentencing guidelines suggested about 18 years.
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  8. New Gandy span of Selmon to open April 19
    Apr. 8• Transportation
    A toll gate remains under construction at the westbound entrance to the Selmon Extension, the 1.9-mile toll lane located in the median of Gandy Boulevard, on Jan. 26, 2021, in Tampa. The extension will allow a choice for local residents and regional travelers: use Gandy Boulevard for local destinations or use the Selmon Extension for a direct connection to the Selmon Expressway or the Gandy Bridge. The route is scheduled to open April 19.
  9. Hillsborough Commission tosses life jacket to ferry plan
    Apr. 7• Transportation
    The Cross Bay Ferry, Provincetown III leaves the Vinoy Yacht Basin in January 2019. Hillsborough County commissioners agreed Wednesday to try to negotiate an extension to the seasonal service that is scheduled to end this year.
  10. Pizza Hut sued over higher sales tax rate in Hillsborough
    Apr. 6• Business
    An attorney in Lutz is suing Pizza Hut of America, saying it illegally charged a higher sales tax in Hillsborough County after the Florida Supreme Court had voided the transportation sales tax. [PRNewswire]
  11. Tampa airport parking rates going up starting next week
    Apr. 1• Business
    Tampa International Airport will raise parking rates by $2 per day as it rolls out a new online parking booking portal on April 6. If you use the online portal, the price will remain the same.
  12. No remedy yet for Hillsborough sales tax refund
    Mar. 30• Hillsborough
    These are some of the mail pieces used by the, citizens group All for Transportation in the sales tax referendum campaign of 2018. Fifty-seven percent of the voters supported the tax that later was voided by the Florida Supreme Court. [Times 2018 |
  13. Tampa International Airport launches airside food delivery service
    Mar. 29• Business
    Goody Goody is among the Tampa International Airport restaurants offering touchless airside delivery through the airport's new TPA to Go program. Shown here are Goody Goody's Hyde Park burger, french fries and butterscotch pie, photographed at the airport in 2018.
  14. Bicyclist in critical condition after hit-and-run in Pinellas Park
    Mar. 29• Crime
    Police investigate the scene of a hit and run crash early Monday in Pinellas Park that left a bicyclist critically injured.
  15. 3 dead, 8 injured in Florida interstate van crash
    Mar. 28• Florida
    Those inside a van were ejected when its roof was torn off in a fatal collision on Interstate 95, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
  16. ‘Complex’ plan to remove cargo ship blocking Suez Canal
    Mar. 27• Nation & World
    This satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows the cargo ship MV Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal near Suez, Egypt, on Friday. A maritime traffic jam grew to more than 200 vessels Friday outside the Suez Canal and some vessels began changing course as dredgers worked frantically to free a giant container ship that is stuck sideways in the waterway and disrupting global shipping.
  17. Hillsborough dumps growth fee discounts for roads, parks
    Mar. 26• Hillsborough
    Aerial photo of homes and new construction in the Southfork Lakes subdivision in Riverview in March 2020.
  18. Two seriously injured in two-car crash in Riverview, troopers say
    Mar. 24• Hillsborough
    Three people were injured when two cars collided Tuesday night at at a U.S. 301 intersection in Riverview.
  19. Massive cargo ship wedged in Egypt’s Suez Canal, blocking ships
    Mar. 24• Nation & World
    In this photo released by the Suez Canal Authority, a boat navigates in front of a massive cargo ship, named the Ever Green, rear, sits grounded Wednesday after it turned sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal, blocking traffic in a crucial East-West waterway for global shipping. An Egyptian official warned Wednesday it could take at least two days to clear the ship.
  20. Overcharged? Some Hillsborough businesses slow to lower sales tax rate
    Mar. 23• Hillsborough
    A receipt from Whole Foods Market shows the store charged a sales tax rate of 8.5 percent on Saturday, March 20. The Florida Supreme Court order voiding the penny-on-the-dollar sales tax for transportation became effective March 15.
  21. Maryland driver seriously hurt after hitting car in front of him on I-4
    Mar. 18• Hillsborough
    The wreckage of a car sits along a shoulder on eastbound Interstate 4 after a collision Wednesday night that seriously injured the driver.
  22. Stop collecting extra sales tax, Hillsborough businesses told
    Mar. 16• Hillsborough
    Mailers promoting a 1 percent sales tax for Hillsborough County residents to fund transportation projects, which voters approved in November 2018. The Department of Revenue told businesses Tuesday March 16 to stop collecting the tax.
  23. Southbound I-275 reopened at Dale Mabry after truck crash cleared
    Mar. 15• Transportation
    An overturned truck closed southbound Interstate 275 near Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa.
  24. More wrong-way sensors coming to I-275. Did one linked to fatal crash work?
    Mar. 9• Transportation
    Wrong-way signs at interchanges along Interstate 275 in Tampa are among the simplest tools used by the state Department of Transportation to keep motorists in the right travel lanes.
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