Tampa Bay

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 1, 2018
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7min345
Outside groups continue an onslaught of attack ads against Democrat Jennifer Webb as she faces Ray Blacklidge in Florida House District 69. This week alone, two direct mail pieces hit voters mailboxes accusing Webb of supporting anti-school choice policies and tying her to Bernie Sanders. One mailer features a photo of Webb on a red background with […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 1, 2018
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3min382
Florida House District 69 Republican candidate Ray Blacklidge backed out of a campaign forum at Eckerd College organized by a bipartisan group of students at the private, liberal arts college. Blacklidge is running against Democrat Jennifer Webb for the St. Petersburg district currently held by Republican Kathleen Peters. Peters is not seeking re-election; she’s running for […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 31, 2018
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5min826
A St. Petersburg Buddhism-based spiritual center is asking members to vote this year because “our country is in crisis.” President Donald Trump “not only encouraged these violent acts, his response has been to blame the victims,” wrote Tami Wheelock-Long, who works for Shambhala St. Petersburg, a world-wide organization of meditation and cultural centers centered on Buddhism […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 31, 2018
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5min377
Senate candidate Lindsay Cross wants voters to know the current Republican-led Legislature’s spending priorities are far scarier than ghosts and goblins this Halloween. Cross took to Facebook donning a wolf mask Wednesday in condemnation of conservative priorities. Cross is running against incumbent District 24 Senator Jeff Brandes, a Libertarian-leaning Republican. “It’s clear that your priorities […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 30, 2018
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6min333
Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren is condemning what he describes as a misleading and inaccurate attack ad against gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum. The television ad in question features several county sheriffs accusing Gillum, a Democrat, of siding with “radicals” and supporting plans to gut law enforcement and prisons. “The [Ron] DeSantis campaign is playing dirty […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 30, 2018
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4min303
Tickets for the Cross Bay Ferry are now on sale on the group’s website. The waterborne transit service between downtown St. Petersburg and downtown Tampa begins Thursday. Riders can also purchase tickets by phone at (727) 273-5932. The six-month service from November through April is entering its second season. Organizers lowered the price from $10 […]

Staff ReportsOctober 30, 2018
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3min840
Owners of St. Petersburg’s Sundial entertainment plaza are suing one of its tenants for not paying rent. Fashion designer Tracy Negoshian leases a 2,700 square-foot shop in Sundial and has allegedly not paid rent in more than a year. A lawsuit filed in Pinellas County alleges Negoshian is not paying, which costs between $113,000 to […]


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