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A cyclist and vehicles negotiate heavily flooded streets as rain falls in Miami Beach. Florida is among the states most at risk from rising seas associated with a warming climate, and the Tampa Bay area is considered one of the most vulnerable in Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) FLLS101 [LYNNE SLADKY | AP]
DeSantis’ climate czar is leaving, but Florida’s seas are still rising | Editorial
Gov. Ron DeSantis cannot drop this critical priority for Florida.
Yesterday• Opinion
Let Hillsborough voters say it again on transportation | Editorial
Cars locked in evening rush hour traffic on Dale Mabry Highway near Raymond James Stadium in Tampa capture perfectly the failure of Hillsborough County's transportation system. County commissioners are rightly moving forward with a backup plan to carry out transportation improvements Hillsborough voters supported in a 2018 referendum. [ZACK WITTMAN | Times] 
County, civic leaders are rightly moving to uphold 2018 referendum.
Feb. 21• Opinion
Florida Democrats, don’t mail that presidential primary ballot yet | Editorial
Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections worker Andrea West adds mail ballots to an inserter at the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Service Center in Largo. Workers are preparing to mail 260,000 vote by mail kits for the November General Election.
The race is too fluid and the stakes are too high to vote now for a candidate who may not be viable by the March 17 primary.
Feb. 14• Opinion
I’ll be voting in the Democratic primary for the first time in 40 years | Column
Mac Stipanovich
Long-time Republican strategist Mac Stipanovich explains why he has registered as a Democrat ahead of Florida’s presidential primary.
Feb. 21• Opinion

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  1. DeSantis’ climate czar is leaving, but Florida’s seas are still rising | Editorial
    Yesterday• Opinion
    A cyclist and vehicles negotiate heavily flooded streets as rain falls in Miami Beach. Florida is among the states most at risk from rising seas associated with a warming climate, and the Tampa Bay area is considered one of the most vulnerable in Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) FLLS101 [LYNNE SLADKY | AP]
  2. Florida is growing too fast for this snowbird
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Here, Mani Schafer, left, and Scott Stephen unload their moving truck after moving from New Mexico to the former St. Andrews Russian Orthodox Church, which they bought, in Childs Park in St. Petersburg in 2011.
  3. Our son died of the flu. We have to protect our children.
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Ana Farfan reacts to getting an influenza vaccine shot at Eastfield College in Mesquite, Texas. [LM OTERO | AP]
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  5. Here’s what to read from the left and the right this week
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Sunset on the harbor in Oslo, Norway at 2:30 p.m. after the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony on Dec. 10, 2018. [IRENE SULLIVAN | Irene Sullivan]
  6. Editorial Cartoons for Saturday & Sunday from Times Wire Services
    Feb. 21• Opinion
    [LISA BENSON | Lisa Benson -- Washington Post Writers Group]
  7. Let advanced practice nurses do what they’re trained to do
    Feb. 21• Opinion
    This is an artist's concept of an inhuman being—a life-size, lifelike mannequin, controlled by a computer—being developed in Los Angeles to help train hospital residents in anesthesiology. The model also will be used for drills in proper administration of drugs, proper placing of oxygen face masks, testing of the doctor's reaction to a massive heart attack and in other anesthesiological techniques. [Times files]
  8. What do the ferry, bike share and Downtowner have in common? They’re not real transit. | Editorial
    Feb. 21• Opinion
    The Cross-Bay Ferry, St. Petersburg's Coast bike share program and the Tampa Downtowner [Times files]
  9. Let Hillsborough voters say it again on transportation | Editorial
    Feb. 21• Opinion
    Cars locked in evening rush hour traffic on Dale Mabry Highway near Raymond James Stadium in Tampa capture perfectly the failure of Hillsborough County's transportation system. County commissioners are rightly moving forward with a backup plan to carry out transportation improvements Hillsborough voters supported in a 2018 referendum. [ZACK WITTMAN | Times] 
  10. Florida private schools that accept vouchers should not discriminate | Column
    Feb. 21• Opinion
    "Discrimination is wrong and should not be legally supported with public funding," writes State Sen. Darryl Rouson. [MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times (2018)]
  11. ‘We’re not facing up to some very significant issues’ on the economy
    Feb. 21• Business
    Florida is better positioned than before the Great Recession, economist says.
  12. I’ll be voting in the Democratic primary for the first time in 40 years | Column
    Feb. 21• Opinion
    Mac Stipanovich
  13. Editorial cartoons for Friday from Times wires
    Feb. 20• Opinion
    [Bill Day -- FloridaPolitics.com]
  14. The Democratic debate simply helped Trump
    Feb. 20• Opinion
    From left, Democratic presidential candidates, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Las Vegas, hosted by NBC News and MSNBC. (AP Photo/John Locher) [JOHN LOCHER | AP]
  15. Florida is batting 0-3 on felon voting rights | Editorial
    Feb. 20• Opinion
    Rep. Jamie Grant, R- Tampa, center, is congratulated by House members after passage of the Amendment 4 bill, May 3, 2019. Florida lawmakers lost another round Wednesday, with a federal appeals court ruling the restrictions on felon voting rights are unconstitutional.
  16. Looking for a job? Here are some good ones in Florida
    Feb. 20• Business
    It's not a bad time to be looking for a job. [Scott Keeler, Times]
  17. We need to teach civic engagement to save democracy | Dennis Ross
    Feb. 19• Opinion
    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, right, addresses a joint session of the Florida Legislature during his State of the State address in Tallahassee. [SCOTT KEELER | TAMPA BAY TIMES]
  18. Tallahassee knows best. So lawmakers think. | Editorial
    Feb. 19• Opinion
    No issue is too small for Florida lawmakers in Tallahassee to attack citizen initiatives and local control.
  19. Trump’s tax breaks broke my checkbook
    Feb. 19• Opinion
    This photo shows multiple forms printed from the Internal Revenue Service web page that are used for 2018 U.S. federal tax returns. [KEITH SRAKOCIC | AP]
  20. Children in foster care deserve a family, not a facility | Column
    Feb. 19• Opinion
    A boy named Jamal, 12, looks for an item in his new room at Joshua House in Lutz in 2016. [Times (2016)]
  21. Editorial cartoons for Wednesday from Times wires
    Feb. 18• Opinion
  22. Let’s put foster care money where it’s needed | Editorial
    Feb. 18• Opinion
    Megan Davila, 25, a Child Protection Investigator in training, along with Jacque Salary, 46, a Child Protection Investigator and mentor for almost seven years, pictured with their case files in the family visitation room at the Child Protection Investigation Division of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators are the front line of the foster care system, responsible for sometimes life-or-death decisions about whether to remove a child because of issues like domestic violence and drug use in the home. [DIRK SHADD | Tampa Bay Times]
  23. Black defendants spend more time in jail for the same crimes. Something has to change | Column
    Feb. 18• Opinion
    The Florida Senate is taking one step forward this year on criminal justice reform – requiring racial and ethnic impact statements for legislation we consider, writes State Sen. Jeff Brandes.
  24. Not all teens can talk to their parents about abortion
    Feb. 18• Opinion
    Joey Cousin, a transgender student from Broward county and an opponent of the SB 404, known as the "parental consent" bill, speaks at a press conference at the Capitol. The bill requires girls under the age of 18 get a parent's consent before having an abortion was approved Wednesday in its final committee stop. [AILEEN PERILLA | AP]
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