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Hillsborough County issues air pollution precaution due to Saharan dust
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — While Saharan dust makes its way toward Florida with the promise of hazy skies and beautiful sunrises and sunsets, another issue could arise — worsened air quality and increased air pollution. Because of the increased risk of higher air pollution, Hillsborough County environmental leaders...
Celebrate Christmas In July At Year-Round Christmas Bar in Tampa
Wow can you believe we’re already more than halfway through 2024? It’s not too hard to believe, after all we were celebrating “summerween” just a few weeks ago. And if you step into a craft store or Costco recently, you may already be spotting Halloween decorations. Which really means were one day closer to Christmastime. I bet we’ll be seeing Christmas decorations in stores starting in August or September. But if you can’t wait till then, you can celebrate Christmas in July at this year-round Christmas bar in Tampa.
New Florida law allocates $20M for increased security at Jewish day schools, preschools
TAMPA, Fla. — On July 1, more than 180 new laws will go into effect in Florida, including two related to safety in the Jewish community. HB 187 aims to clearly define antisemitism under state law, adopting the definition originally laid out by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. HB 1109 allocates $20 million of the state budget to fund increased security for Jewish day schools and preschools.
In Tampa government, another resignation: this time, director of planning
TAMPA — Sitting at a long conference table inside the city’s downtown municipal office building, Mayor Jane Castor reflected on the recent burst of senior officials resigning from her administration’s housing and economic development teams. Does she see a connection between the departures?. “No,” she said in...
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...
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."
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.
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