Peter SchorschMay 19, 2023
12min0
See you at Pride. If it’s not canceled.
Tag: St. Pete Pride
Peter SchorschMay 19, 2023
Kelly HayesJune 25, 2022
4min0
This year's event will be the city's largest Pride festival to date.
Kelly HayesMay 31, 2022
4min0
This year will mark the 20th anniversary of St. Pete Pride.
Kelly HayesJune 29, 2021
4min1427
The role was initially established by Fried back in 2019.
Mitch PerryDecember 16, 2016
5min188
Good morning to you all on this, the last Friday MPR I’ll be filing in 2016 … Good news for those of us on the Affordable Care Act: While the GOP-led House of Representative promise to repeal the ACA within the first 100 days of the Trump administration, the date that the provisions of the […]
Mitch PerryAugust 30, 2016
2min182
Former St. Petersburg City Councilman Wengay Newton is now one step closer to serving in Tallahassee, after besting attorney CJ Czaia and businessman Dan Fiorini in Florida’s House District 70 race, which encompasses portions of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Sarasota and Manatee counties. Newton received 61 percent. Florin was second with 21 percent, and Czaia finished with 17 percent. Fiorini was the legislative […]
Anne LindbergJune 16, 2016
6min263
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and police Chief Anthony Holloway met with members of the community and media Thursday to reassure them Pride weekend would go ahead as planned, but with a bit more security. The reassurances became necessary in the wake of Sunday’s shooting at the gay Pulse nightclub in Orlando that left 49 […]
Mitch PerryJune 14, 20165min225
When it comes to foreign lands, Americans can sometimes be strangely provincial. Polls traditionally show Americans think we give too much foreign aid. The Kaiser Family Foundation found last year that the average respondent estimated 26 percent went toward assisting other countries, when in fact it’s just less than 1 percent. So when Donald Trump says in […]
Mitch PerryJune 13, 2016
4min154
St. Pete Pride Festival officials say as of now, no major changes are planned for Pride weekend events scheduled to take place June 24-26, in the wake of the gun shooting massacre that occurred early Sunday morning at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando. “No single act of hate can detour us from coming together as […]