Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 4, 2019
4min277
“I will fight for returning military members."
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Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 4, 2019
Scott PowersFebruary 20, 2019
3min385
The Air Force already has pledged a swift review of mold reorts in MacDill base housing.
Jacob OglesFebruary 14, 2019
3min361
The Tampa Bay Republicans want answers on poor conditions.
Scott PowersJanuary 10, 2019
2min820
Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist has won an appointment to powerful House Committee on Appropriations. Crist, of St. Petersburg, will be taking a seat on the A-list committee responsible for funding for most of the functions of the federal government, his office announced Thursday morning. He takes a lead in the Democratically controlled 116th Congress […]
Staff ReportsMarch 23, 2017
6min350
The Congressional Medal of Honor Society (CMOHS) Thursday selected the Tampa Bay area as the host community for its 2019 Convention, honoring Medal of Honor recipients and their families. This is the first time the weeklong event, taking place in October 2019, will be held in Tampa. “Tampa Bay’s strong military tradition coupled with our […]
Associated PressMarch 19, 2017
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Just down the road from a Krispy Krunchy fried chicken store, in a nondescript east coast business park in Florida, a 60,000-square-foot factory produces about 2,500 AK-47 rifles a month. The Tampa Bay Times reports that Ulrich “Uli” Wiegand, a German immigrant who started the company called Inter Ordinance Inc., sees a bright future for […]
Martin DyckmanMay 4, 2016
7min417
Early in 1955, when I was a sophomore at Florida State University, I thought about applying for a summer job at the Clearwater Sun, the now-defunct newspaper where I had been a student correspondent and had already spent one vacation. That’s when Momma Bird kicked me out of the nest. “You’ll do no such thing,” […]
Ryan RayApril 27, 2016
3min269
U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham is among the Armed Services panel members currently slogging through a marathon session to craft a national defense budget for FY 2017. The infamously complex and time-intensive process of producing the annual National Defense Authorization Act began early Wednesday morning and as of press time clocked in at around six hours long, with about […]
Peter SchorschFebruary 3, 2016
5min194
The future of The Tampa Tribune has been in doubt ever since the newspaper sold its downtown Tampa building to a Miami developer. At the time of the sale, Tribune Publisher Brian Burns said the paper would explore other options for printing, including contracting with other press operations or acquiring newer presses for printing at a new location. […]
Mitch PerryOctober 1, 2015
3min317
The Republican-led House’s approval of a multibillion-dollar defense policy bill could end up being vetoed by President Obama and ultimately hurting MacDill Air Force Base, contends Tampa Bay area Democrat Kathy Castor. But she’s not blaming the president, but the John Boehner-led House. That’s because the $612 billion bill, which will cover new ships, aircraft and […]