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Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 19, 2018

A day after Hillsborough County’s hand recount officially concluded and two days after it was clear Janet Cruz was the Senate District 18 winner, Dana Young has conceded the race. “The supervisor of elections has finished both recounts and submitted the results. Although the final result was not what we had hoped for, I am extremely […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 19, 2018

Hillsborough County Clerk of Court & Comptroller Pat Frank has appointed former Hillsborough Chief Judge Manny Menendez to the All for Transportation Oversight Committee. Under the All For Transportation implementing language, Frank gets one appointee to the board. That appointee must be a practicing attorney. Hillsborough County voters approved a 1 percent sales tax increase on […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 19, 2018

“I’m not lazy. I’m just a mom trying to feed my special needs son.” That’s the message on an enormous poster hanging from rafters over pallets of canned food and other non-perishable items at the Feeding Tampa Bay warehouse in Tampa. The nonprofit agency serves 10 counties and feeds people throughout the region every day […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 19, 2018

Tampa mayoral candidate Harry Cohen, a current City Council member, released a comprehensive transportation plan this week that addresses safety, traffic congestion, economic development and transit, among other things. The plan leverages the estimated $34 million annually the city will get for its portion of the overall $280 million raised from the 1 percent transportation and transit […]

Joe HendersonNovember 19, 2018

Janet Cruz got into the race for Senate District 18 to make an issue out of gun violence, but she discovered quickly that voters in her Hillsborough County district were even more passionate about restoring public school funding. That became Cruz’s battle cry throughout a tough, nasty campaign against incumbent Republican Dana Young. It proved […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 17, 2018

Steve Cona III has officially resigned from the Board of Trustees for Hillsborough Community College, submitting a letter of resignation to Gov. Rick Scott on Friday. “It has been a pleasure and a great honor being a part of Hillsborough Community College. I am so proud of all we have accomplished in the past five years, and I […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 16, 2018

The group Walk Bike Tampa is hosting a mayoral forum tackling one of the city and region’s top ticket issues — transportation safety. The Dec. 11 forum will focus on candidates’ ideas on pedestrian and cyclist safety. That includes plans to create walkable spaces and improve neighborhood sidewalks. Tampa Bay Times reporter and columnist Ernest […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 15, 2018

The machine recount in the Senate District 18 race between Janet Cruz and Dana Young came short 800 votes of the reported Election Day results, the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections confirmed Thursday. As a result, the agency is using its “first unofficial count” reported last week to send back to the state’s Division of […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 15, 2018

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn has made the first appointment to the All For Transportation oversight committee that will act as a steward of taxpayer revenue funding transportation and transit improvements in Hillsborough County. Buckhorn appointed former Florida Senator Arthenia Joyner to the committee. “Throughout her time in the Florida Legislature, Senator Joyner proved to be […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 15, 2018

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A conservative advocacy group is in federal court this week trying to overturn Tampa’s ban on conversion therapy in which counselors seek to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The group Liberty Counsel filed suit last December after Tampa City Council unanimously approved the ban and implemented harsh fines for counselors who violated […]

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Dana Young finally concedes SD 18 race to Janet Cruz

Pat Frank picks Manny Menendez for transportation tax oversight committee

Ahead of Thanksgiving, Kathy Castor looks to Feeding Tampa Bay to help solve food insecurity

Harry Cohen unveils detailed transportation, transit plan for Tampa

Joe Henderson: Public schools a winning issue for Janet Cruz in SD 18

Prepping for Hillsborough School Board, Steve Cona III resigns HCC board

Next Tampa mayoral forum will tackle pedestrian, cyclist safety

Do-over: Dana Young, Janet Cruz race going to hand recount

Bob Buckhorn appoints first member to All For Transportation oversight committee

Conservative group takes Tampa conversion therapy ban challenge to federal court