Kelly HayesAugust 30, 2021
4min899
Simmons will succeed Rick Homans.
Tag: Rick Homans
Kelly HayesAugust 30, 2021Kelly HayesApril 17, 2021
5min1604
Black residents and younger folks are less likely to get vaccinated, the study found.
Kelly HayesMarch 11, 2021
4min1478
Homans joined the Partnership in November 2015.
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 31, 2019
6min561
One of three candidates is out.
Mitch PerryDecember 6, 2017
5min205
Hillsborough County demographics are changing more and more every year, but two prestigious boards in the region are represented almost exclusively by white men (or white-led) organizations. Take the Tampa Bay Partnership. CEO Rick Homans and Dave Sobush, the agency’s director of policy and research, came before the Hillsborough County Commission Wednesday to present some […]
Mitch PerryApril 28, 2017
6min452
Officials had high hopes for a bill to reconfigure Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA). Those same officials are now expressing some contentment following an amendment from the bill’s original sponsor, Clearwater Republican Jack Latvala. The legislation would change TBARTA’s name from the Tampa Bay Regional Transportation Authority to the Tampa Bay Regional Transit Authority, and […]
Joe HendersonMarch 27, 2017
5min169
Short of hitting yourself in the head with a hammer, the surest way to get a headache is to wade deep into Tampa Bay area transportation problems. You encounter a mishmash of competing agencies and agendas that has resulted in legislative and automotive gridlock for frustrated commuters for years. Given that, I’m encouraged by what […]
Mitch PerryMarch 27, 2017
Tampa Bay Partnership on board with Jack Latvala-Dan Raulerson bill creating regional transit agency
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Legislation that would create a regional transit agency connecting four Tampa Bay-area counties breezed through committees in both the House and Senate last week. The proposed agency would be created in advance of a much anticipated Florida Dept. of Transportation transit study scheduled to be completed next year. “It’s a real project. It’s not just talk. […]
Mitch PerryJune 10, 2016
6min271
Former Florida Democratic Party state chairman Bob Poe revealed Thursday he’s HIV-positive. The 61-year-old Democrat says in a video that he’s healthy because he got tested and diagnosed early, but he wanted to share his condition publicly to “remove the fear, the stigma and the shame that goes with this.” “It’s those things that keep people from getting the […]
Mitch PerryMarch 7, 2016
3min188
The collective brain trusts of much of the Tampa political establishment is feeling a little bit better Monday morning, after state lawmakers included the requested funding for USF medical school in downtown Tampa. The House and Senate announced was a decision to spend more than $700 million on construction projects in Florida’s public schools, universities, […]