Noah PranskyJuly 5, 2019
5min524
Raising hotel tax from five cents to six cents creates $6M+ a year in new revenue.
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Noah PranskyJuly 5, 2019
Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 19, 2019
5min567
“This laissez-faire approach is dangerous."
Noah PranskyMay 24, 2019
8min519
The Tampa vs. St. Pete tug-of-war continues over a new ballpark.
Noah PranskyMay 16, 2019
3min1694
Many in Tampa believe there are still enough dollars to make a stadium work there someday.
Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 15, 2019
7min455
“Every single time it has been no and hell no.”
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 5, 2018
9min932
Hillsborough County now has a funding framework in place to fund half of a new baseball stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays. However, the team has yet to say whether or not they are willing to play ball. The plan would leverage private investment to avoid taxpayer subsidies. If the team rejects the deal, there […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 29, 2018
7min701
Veteran 10News reporter Noah Pransky is leaving his post at the Tampa Bay-area news station after the end of this year, he told Florida Politics Thursday. For a decade, Pransky has been doing political reporting and investigative work for the station, also called News Channel 10. Pransky said he hasn’t decided where his professional career […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 10, 2018
5min414
Two Hillsborough County Commission races look like they might be landslides based on campaign finance activity. Incumbents Ken Hagan and Stacy White are crushing their opponents in the money battle. Hagan has raised more than $500,000 in bid against Democrat Angela Birdsong for the District two seat covering north Hillsborough County currently held by Victor […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 9, 2018
5min224
Hillsborough County Commissioner Victor Crist continues to lead his Democratic opponent in fundraising efforts, but the gap between the candidates’ cash on hand is slight. Crist has about $95,000 left in the bank with about four weeks before the November 6 election while Mariella Smith has $76,000. A third candidate in the race, Joe Kotvas, […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 27, 2018
4min533
Angela Birdsong, the Democrat challenging Republican Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan, launched an ad Thursday criticizing Hagan for not putting taxpayers first. The ad takes Hagan to task for prioritizing a new Major League Baseball stadium over things like affordable housing and fixing the county’s transportation network. “I’ve spent months meeting with voters and listening […]