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Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 29, 2018

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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 […]

Staff ReportsAugust 10, 2018

After a stalled effort to sue his employer, former 10Weather WTSP meteorologist Jim Van Fleet faces another legal storm, attempting to “barter” payment of his legal bills. Van Fleet, 43, served as chief at WTSP-Channel 10 in St. Petersburg from 2011-2016. He currently works as the chief meteorologist for Royal Caribbean International. In 2016, Van […]

Drew WilsonApril 6, 2018

U.S. Reps. Gus Bilirakis and Kathy Castor are sponsoring a bipartisan bill to close the campaign finance loopholes highlighted in “Zombie Campaigns,” an investigative report from the Tampa Bay Times and 10News WTSP. Bilirakis, a Tarpon Springs Republican, and Castor, a Tampa Democrat, told the Times they were sponsoring the “Honest Elections and Campaign, No […]

Mitch PerryNovember 15, 2017

In a move critics called “chilling,” the Hillsborough County Commission voted 4-3 on Wednesday to seek financial reimbursement from four activists who filed a failed ethics complaint against Commissioners Ken Hagan and Sandy Murman. Hagan filed a petition for fees and costs for his attorney, Mark Levine, following the Florida Commission on Ethics’ announcement last month that it found no […]

Phil AmmannMarch 6, 2017

In a sudden announcement, longtime WTSP investigative reporter Mike Deeson says he is retiring from the Tampa airwaves, effective immediately. “I know this will come as a surprise to many of my friends in Tampa Bay,” Deeson says in a Facebook post published Monday, “but I have decided to retire from Channel 10 effective today.” Deeson, […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 19, 2016

David Jolly and Charlie Crist went at each other hard for close to an hour in their first debate for Florida’s 13th Congressional District race at the Palladium Theater in St. Petersburg Monday night. It was good theater, and for those observing the event that was broadcast live on WTSP-10 News, the differences in the candidate’s positions were […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 19, 2016

While the nation eagerly looks forward to next Monday night’s first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the Tampa Bay area has its own Great Debate taking place Monday night at the Palladium Theater in St. Petersburg. That’s where David Jolly and Charlie Crist will hold their first debate in the Florida 13th Congressional District race. The event is sold out, but […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 16, 2016

The Charlie Crist campaign announced late Friday afternoon that the Democrat fighting to win Florida’s 13th Congressional District this November has been endorsed by the Florida Professional Firefighters and the Florida State Fraternal Order of Police. “Every day, our firefighters put their lives on the line for the communities they love and serve,” said Jim Tolley, president of […]

Staff ReportsJuly 7, 2016

Candidates for U.S. Congressional District 13, one of the most closely watched races of the 2016 campaign in Florida, will face off in a debate Sept. 19 in St. Petersburg. The general election debate, co-sponsored by the Tampa Bay Times, 10 News WTSP and St. Petersburg College, will be at the Palladium Theater three weeks after the Aug. […]

Mitch PerryDecember 30, 2015

As first said by Greek philosopher Heraclitus, in the universe change is the only constant. Nowhere was that more applicable than in Tampa Bay during the past 12 months. From the much-ballyhooed dismissal of MaryEllen Elia as Hillsborough County School Board District superintendent to redistricting and the rising (and falling) fortunes for hizzoner Bob Buckhorn, many of the leading […]

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Award-winning watchdog reporter Noah Pransky to leave WTSP

More stormy weather for Jim Van Fleet, ‘bartering’ legal bills on WTSP suit

Gus Bilirakis, Kathy Castor set sights on ‘zombie campaigns’

Hillsborough approves filing reimbursement for complaint against Ken Hagan

After nearly 50 years in news, Mike Deeson announces retirement

David Jolly, Charlie Crist clash in electric debate in St. Petersburg

Anticipation is high for tonight’s David Jolly – Charlie Crist CD 13 debate

Charlie Crist endorsed by Florida Professional Firefighters and Fraternal Order of Police

Tampa Bay Times sponsoring Charlie Crist vs. David Jolly debate

Mitch Perry’s Top 10 stories of 2015 in Hillsborough politics