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  1. Texas Gov. Abbott made the right move in signing voting restrictions into law | Letters
    Earlier today• Letters to the Editor
    Texas Gov Greg Abbott speaks before signing Senate Bill 1, also known as the election integrity bill, into law in Tyler, Texas, Tuesday.
  2. A thank you from Japan to Florida | Letters
    Yesterday• Letters to the Editor
    Nelly Korda of the United States bites her gold medal, won in the women's golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics on Aug. 7, 2021, at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, Japan. (AP Photo/Matt York)
  3. Let businesses buy the Rays tickets to fill the stands | Letters
    Sep. 8• Letters to the Editor
    Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy Diaz (2) hits a home run against the Minnesota Twins on Saturday at Tropicana Field.
  5. I didn’t know I was pregnant for 10 weeks | Letters
    Sep. 7• Letters to the Editor
    Aqsa, a five-month old baby evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, is carried through the terminal to board a bus at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
  6. Consider a career in construction | Letters
    Sep. 6• Letters to the Editor
    Construction for expansion of Yellow Green Farmers Market in Hollywood, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021.
  7. Protect teachers from COVID in the classroom | Letters
    Sep. 5• Letters to the Editor
    A classroom with socially distanced desks is shown at Hollywood Park Elementary on Oct. 6, 2020.
  8. The letter of the month beseeches us to welcome Afghan refugees | Letters
    Sep. 4• Letters to the Editor
    Afghan refugee Aqsa Sadat, 6, quietly sits on a bed furnished by the members of Helping El Cajon Refugees group on Facebook on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, in El Cajon, California.
  9. Let’s identify the problem | Letters
    Sep. 3• Letters to the Editor
    Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a Monoclonal Antibody Treatment center at the Barnstorm Theater in The Villages on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. The center is one of many for treatment of COVID-19. DeSantis answered several media questions about school mask mandates following the news conference.
  10. Heed this St. Petersburg widow’s warning about COVID | Letters
    Sep. 2• Letters to the Editor
    Karen Weiskopf, the widow of St. Petersburg Police officer, Michael Weiskopf, speaks during her husband’s funeral. Officer Weiskopf was unvaccinated and died from complications from COVID-19. “He made a risky decision not to get vaccinated,” said Mrs. Weiskopf, lamenting that by the time he regretted not getting the vaccine, it was too late. “The virus is lethal,” she said to those assembled. A vaccine tent had been set up outside in the parking lot, for those who wanted to get the shot, at The Coliseum, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in St. Petersburg.
  11. The fall of Afghanistan will linger for us for years | Letters
    Sep. 1• Letters to the Editor
    A military transport plane flies over as relatives and neighbors of the Ahmadi family gathered around the incinerated husk of a vehicle targeted and hit earlier Sunday afternoon by an American drone strike, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 30, 2021.
  12. Read this cautionary tale about what COVID does to your breathing | Letters
    Aug. 31• Letters to the Editor
    Medical staff transport a patient from a COVID-19 ward to the intensive care unit to be put on a ventilator, at the Willis Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport, La., on Aug. 17, 2021.
  13. Social-distancing isn’t a burden, people | Letters
    Aug. 30• Letters to the Editor
    Sign of the times
  14. Publix and the butcher who saved our Thanksgiving | Letters
    Aug. 29• Letters to the Editor
    A shopper is seen leaving the Publix Super Markets store located along U.S. 19 in Tarpon Springs.
  15. The fault is Biden’s alone on this one | Letters
    Aug. 28• Letters to the Editor
    President Joe Biden speaks about the situation in Kabul, Afghanistan, from the East Room of the White House on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021.
  16. On COVID, ask your doctor | Letters
    Aug. 27• Letters to the Editor
    Dr. Sarrie Katz, a pediatrician, is one of a group of about 80 physicians and administrators who gathered in Palm Beach Gardens Monday morning to speak in support of masks and vaccines and address questions about COVID-19 and our community.
  17. Guard your child’s vision in this new school year | Letters
    Aug. 26• Letters to the Editor
    Brianna Ramon, 9, left, and Hayzle Feliciano, 10, both from New York hug after receiving their new eyeglasses. Young campers at Hands In 4 Youth/ Camp Vacamas in West Milford, N.Y., got the gift of sight, a free eye exam and prescription eyeglasses thanks to a partnership between the nonprofit Jonas Philanthropies and Vision To Learn this summer.
  18. First responders, make sure you’re vaccinated | Letters
    Aug. 25• Letters to the Editor
    Spencer Wynn, 27, field operations supervisor for TransCare Medical Transportation Services, checks his computer, monitoring team locations for active calls and the state of local hospitals, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Tampa.
  19. Somebody pays the cost of monoclonal antibody treatments | Letters
    Aug. 24• Letters to the Editor
    Madison DeSantis looks up at her dad, Gov. Ron DeSantis, as he speaks to the media about a new monoclonal antibody therapy now available at the Ormond Beach Senior Center.
  20. The wrong way out of Afghanistan | Letters
    Aug. 23• Letters to the Editor
    Afghan people sit as they wait to leave the Kabul airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 16, 2021, as thousands of people mobbed the city's airport trying to flee the Taliban's hard-line brand of Islamist rule.
  21. We will benefit from Afghan immigration | Letters
    Aug. 22• Letters to the Editor
    People wait to be evacuated from Afghanistan at the airport in Kabul on Aug. 18, 2021, after the Taliban stunning takeover of the country.
  22. Thanks to the unvaccinated, there was no ambulance for me | Letters
    Aug. 21• Letters to the Editor
    TransCare ambulances wait in the ambulance bay at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Emergency Medical Technicians are experiencing high wait times at emergency rooms across the county due to the high volume of calls and person’s being admitted to the hospital. TransCare, which operates out of the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay, runs to 17 hospitals in Hillsborough County, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Tampa.
  23. In a world of school uniforms, what is it about masks? | Letters
    Aug. 20• Letters to the Editor
    A student holds a mask on the first day of school for Hillsborough County students, at Hillsborough High School on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020 in Tampa.
  24. What’s really going on in Florida’s COVID-ridden classrooms | Letters
    Aug. 19• Letters to the Editor
    Parents and children arrive at Egypt Lake Elementary School for the first day of school for Hillsborough County students, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in Tampa.
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