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DeSantis vetoes vacation rental bill, causing division in Indian Shores Beach
INDIAN SHORES BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — The booming business of vacation rentals has become a contentious issue throughout the Tampa Bay area. Many residents feel their peaceful neighborhoods are being overrun by short-term renters and rowdy guests. Florida’s legislature passed a bill that gave the state, and not local officials, the power to control short-term […]
Tampa Bay Democrats showcase support for Biden
TEMPLE TERRACE — For a Saturday morning, the parking lot of the nondescript office park off Fletcher Avenue was packed. More than 50 volunteers and organizers, most in campaign t-shirts, had arrived early to celebrate that the office was now the Biden-Harris campaign’s outpost in Hillsborough County. Over...
Sector FM is changing the face of radio in Tampa Bay
Sector FM, one of the newest radio stations in the Tampa Bay region, is incredibly unassuming, especially in the physical space it takes up: a small closet-like room on the second floor of one of the plain buildings that make up St. Petersburg’s The Factory. There’s no air conditioning, so the station’s presenters frequently crack the door open to let in cool air. One of the corners houses an ever-shrinking number of boxes belonging to Daddy Kool Records, which also operates out of The Factory.
Hillsborough County non-discrimination plan outlines history of racism in Tampa’s housing policy
TAMPA — Tatiana Morales now knows it was foolish. “When I graduated college — very silly of me — I thought ‘Oh, I’ll be able to get a great job and afford to live wherever I want in the city of Tampa,’” Morales recalls. “(But) when I started looking at rents and living places, my options shrunk dramatically."
BEHIND THE SCENES CITY EMPLOYEES
H2O operators work to keep you healthy. Are you ever thankful you aren’t using an outhouse (unless you actually do have an outhouse)? Do you appreciate having clear water coming out of your shower head? Do you ever think about where things go when you flush? There are people who think about these things all the time.
Fireworks and festivities: 4th of July celebrations across Tampa Bay
TAMPA, Fla. — Pyrotechnics are planned to dance across the night sky as the 4th of July approaches on Thursday. July 4, or Independence Day, commemorates the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America. It has been a federal holiday since 1941, but celebrations have gone back to the 18th century.
The Scoop: Thurs. June 27th, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF
DeSantis appoints Christine Miller to Hillsborough Commission. Ron DeSantis appointed Christine Miller to the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners to replace Michael Owen who recently resigned to run for State House. Suzy Lopez expands Hillsborough’s gun violence unit. WMNF’s Chris Young reports Suzy Lopez is putting a renewed...
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