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Ana CeballosFebruary 20, 2018

Republican state Rep. Shawn Harrison fired his aide on Tuesday after he said two students who survived the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting were “actors that travel to various crisis (sic) when they happen.” “I am appalled at and strongly denounce his comments about the Parkland students,” Harrison tweeted about Benjamin Kelly. “I am again […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 14, 2018

Frank White and his family are successful; no one should begrudge them their good fortune. Nevertheless, in a recent story on White’s campaign finances in his bid for Attorney General, that is exactly what the Tampa Bay Times does with a piece that smacks of paternalism. At issue is $1.5 million White “received” from his […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 1, 2018

An investigative report released by the Tampa Bay Times and 10News WTSP Wednesday showed more than 100 U.S. politicians are still doling out campaign cash on everything from payroll to iPads years after they left office. “Zombie Campaigns” found caches of questionable transactions in the campaign reports of former congressional candidates and office-holders across the […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 5, 2018

One might think that the Tampa Bay Times’ Tim Nickens, as editorial page editor of Tampa Bay’s biggest daily newspaper, might be subjected to tough questions about the paper’s coverage and/or editorial stances when he spoke before the politically savvy Cafe Con Tampa crowd at the Oxford Exchange Friday morning. Those tough questions were asked, but they were […]

Ana CeballosJanuary 2, 2018

Hailing from the Palm Beach Post’s investigative team, Lawrence Mower is the newest reporter to join the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee bureau. Mower started the job last week and will cover state government and the Legislature, just in time for Session which starts Jan. 9. “I’m really happy to be here during a pretty […]

Peter SchorschDecember 27, 2017

Few can disagree that Dr. Kiran Patel, Tampa’s prominent entrepreneur and philanthropist, deserves to be Florida Trend’s “Floridian of the Year.” The announcement came this week and will be featured in the magazine’s January issue. It should be noted that naming Patel as a man of the year, while well-earned, comes with no small degree of irony. […]

Staff ReportsDecember 18, 2017

The Miami Herald has promoted one of its regional government reporters in South Florida to cover the Legislature in Tallahassee. Elizabeth Koh, a 24-year-old Brown University graduate, started working at the Herald in May, and has written stories ranging from a Puerto Rican baby stuck in medical limbo after Hurricane Irma to the recent passage […]

Peter SchorschNovember 21, 2017

When my family gathers around the table this Thursday to express thanks for all our blessings, I will (quietly) think to myself of my continued gratitude for Adam Smith, the political editor at the Tampa Bay Times. Because were it not for Adam’s inexplicable detachment and laziness, I’m not sure this website — and all […]

Peter SchorschNovember 18, 2017

Dr. Kiran Patel, Tampa’s renowned entrepreneur and philanthropist, has confirmed he was one of the previously anonymous investors in the Tampa Bay Times. Patel, 68, and his wife Dr. Pallavi Patel, 62, are former cardiologists, and natives of India. Kiran Patel is also a health care executive and a real-estate developer. In September 2017, the […]

Jim RosicaNovember 14, 2017

A Tallahassee judge has agreed to the release of Department of Children and Families (DCF) records on home health care abuses to the Tampa Bay Times. Leon County Circuit Judge Karen Gievers last week OK’d an agreement between the newspaper and the department that would allow Times investigative reporter Kathleen McGrory access to certain redacted investigative records. State […]

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Shawn Harrison fires aide for falsely calling Parkland students ‘actors’

Tampa Bay Times calling out Frank White’s ‘gift’ smacks of paternalism

‘Zombie Campaigns’ finds 7 Florida pols with dubious campaign spending

Tampa crowd objects to First Amendment Foundation stance on proposed public records law

Personnel note: Lawrence Mower joins Times/Herald capital bureau

Tampa Bay Times’ Florida Trend names Times investor Kiran Patel the “Floridian of the Year”

Personnel note: Miami Herald’s Elizabeth Koh to cover Florida Legislature

As thankful as ever for Adam Smith

Kiran Patel is no longer ‘anonymous’ as a Tampa Bay Times investor

Judge OKs release of abuse reports to Tampa Bay Times