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Joe HendersonSeptember 27, 2017

The news that Tampa and St. Petersburg will work together to attract the much-sought new Amazon headquarters is exactly what outsiders have been saying for decades this area needs to do. This goes back to when the squabbling sibling cities submitted separate proposals to attract a Major League Baseball team. Baseball bosses rolled their eyes […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 20, 2017

Hurricane Irma caused massive sewage overflows in Florida, prompting an environmental group to call on local communities to improve infrastructure to prevent that from happening again when the next big storm hits. “Hurricanes are a fact of life in Florida, but sewage in our streets and bays shouldn’t be,” said Jennifer Rubiello, state director of […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 14, 2017

Right now, Bob Buckhorn is simply too busy to take stock. But in the next few weeks, after most of the cleanup efforts have been finished following Hurricane Irma’s blow Sunday night, Tampa’s mayor says there will be time to take stock of lessons learned for when another major storm makes its path toward the Bay area. […]

Tamara LushSeptember 12, 2017

As monster Hurricane Irma buzz-sawed its way up Florida’s Gulf Coast, it looked for several hours like the heavily populated Tampa Bay area could face catastrophic wind damage and flooding from the first major storm to roar ashore there in 96 years. There was good reason to worry. Since 1921, when about 120,000 people lived […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 11, 2017

Mayor Bob Buckhorn says restoring electricity to the hundreds of thousands of citizens in Tampa currently without it is issue number one the day after Hurricane Irma barreled through Florida Sunday night. “It’s power,” the mayor told CNBC’s “Power Lunch” when asked what was the biggest problem facing his city. “We know how miserable this […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 10, 2017

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Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn declared Sunday morning that a curfew will begin tonight at 6 p.m. in Tampa, and will not be lifted until he and other city officials deem it safe after Hurricane Irma passes. “I’m serious about that and Tampa Police is serious about that,” Buckhorn said, adding, “We will be very aggressive […]

Mitch PerryAugust 18, 2017

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A group Florida mayors are joining the national effort between the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Anti-Defamation League in response to President Donald Trump‘s statements on the violence in Charlottesville. On Friday, fourteen more Florida mayors added their names to the “Mayor’s Compact to Combat Hate, Extremism and Bigotry,” making 35 mayors in total […]

Mitch PerryAugust 17, 2017

Led by two huge contributions, the private sector has raised well in excess of the $140,000 required by the Hillsborough County Commission to move a controversial Confederate monument in Tampa. Bob Gries, the founder and managing partner of Gries Investment Funds in Tampa was watching CNN Wednesday night when he learned the Board of County Commissioners […]

Mitch PerryAugust 15, 2017

Retired judge Dick Greco Jr. says he is still considering running for Tampa mayor in 2019. “I’ve been talking to some friends and family, and quite flattered, was very flattered that some people were asking me if I would be interested, so I’m just looking at all my options and that type of thing now,” Greco […]

Mitch PerryAugust 9, 2017

Two Central Florida first-year members of Congress — Stephanie Murphy and Darren Soto — are joining former U.S. Rep. Jim Davis and a group of Democrats determined to extend the party’s reach to centrist voters. In what reads like an update of the earlier center-leaning Democratic Leadership Council, New Democracy has the explicit mandate to expand the party’s appeal, both demographically and […]

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Aerial photo courtesy Jesse Biter.

Joe Henderson: Two cities, one push for Amazon HQ

Florida needs to improve sewage systems, enviro group says

Bob Buckhorn after Irma: ‘There will be a lot of lessons learned’

After Irma, Tampa area still at risk but not fully prepared

Bob Buckhorn says the restoration of power is Tampa’s biggest issue after Irma

Bob Buckhorn warns curfew violators in Tampa as Irma approaches

Florida mayors join compact to ‘fight hate, extremism’ in wake of Charlottesville

Hillsborough Confederate monument to move after donations reach threshold in 24 hours

Dick Greco Jr. still considering a Tampa mayoral run in 2019

Stephanie Murphy, Darren Soto join ‘New Democracy,’ to win back middle-class voters