Tampa Bay

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 30, 2018

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

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 […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 30, 2018

The Warehouse Arts District will break ground for Rise St. Pete, a Sept. 11 memorial and park, this Saturday. A structure will feature pieces of steel recovered from the World Trade Center after the two towers collapsed. Owners of the American Freedom Distillery, which operates in the Warehouse Arts District, worked on the U.S. military […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 30, 2018

Former U.S. Rep. David Jolly is launching a radio show in the Tampa Bay and Space Coast areas on Wednesday. “David Jolly: Unbiased and Unplugged” will air from 1 to 3 p.m. weekdays on AM 820 News in the Tampa market and AM 1060 News on the Space Coast. Both stations are owned by Genesis Communications. “I’m […]

Staff ReportsOctober 30, 2018

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 […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 30, 2018

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Hillsborough County Commissioner Stacy White is opposing the All For Transportation tax plan that would increase sales tax 1 percent to fund transportation and transit projects countywide. White incorrectly told ABC Action News the plan does not include road improvements that would benefit drivers: “This is not a roads plan. There is little to anything in […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 30, 2018

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Hillsborough County Commission candidate Kimberly Overman wants to flip the political makeup of the board this election. She’s running to replace Republican Al Higginbotham. He’s not seeking re-election. “We have had a Republican led County Commission for well over ten years and if we continue that trend we will not survive in a competitive world,” Overman […]

Drew WilsonOctober 29, 2018

Tampa attorney Todd Marks, the Republican nominee for Hillsborough County Commission District 7, picked up an endorsement recently from the Greater Tampa Realtors. “On behalf of the 2018 Greater Tampa REALTORS Leadership Team and our 11,000 members, it is my pleasure to inform you that have been selected as the recommended candidate for election to the […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 29, 2018

State Senate candidate Lindsay Cross is adding a new bullet point to her list of campaign priorities after the deadly mass shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday that claimed 11 lives. A minute-long video being shared on social media shows a somber Cross sitting in a church pew wearing a black dress demanding “common sense” […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 29, 2018

Two sales tax initiative campaigns are joining forces in a last minute push to garner support ahead of the Nov. 6 election. All For Transportation and Strengthen Our Schools are asking voters to support 1 percent and one-half percent sales taxes to fund better transportation and transit and public school improvements. The two groups want […]

Tampa Bay

Andrew Warren slams Ron DeSantis for false attack ad

Cross Bay Ferry tickets now on sale

St. Pete 9/11 memorial will use World Trade Center steel

Former Congressman David Jolly to host political talk show on radio

Sundial owners sue fashion designer over back rent

Hillsborough Commissioner Stacy White rejects transportation plan

Kimberly Overman says Hillsborough can’t survive under GOP

Todd Marks earns Realtors nod in Hillsborough Commission bid

Responding to Pittsburgh shooting, Lindsay Cross blasts Jeff Brandes on gun record

Hillsborough sales tax campaigns: Don’t forget bottom of ballot

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