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St. Petersburg mayor: City Council members’ concerns on Rays deal ‘valid’
St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch, the architect of a plan that would keep the Tampa Bay Rays in town and let the club develop the land around a new stadium, said this week that City Council members have raised valid, legitimate and important concerns about the deal’s terms. On...
Graduation season is underway in Tampa Bay
Thursday’s celebrations at Tropicana Field were among the first of the high school graduation season in Tampa Bay. Commencement ceremonies were scheduled through the weekend and into Tuesday for Pinellas County’s 17 traditional high schools. Graduations for the district’s alternative and special-needs schools will take place later in May.
Bags of ashes, toppled headstones part of complaints against St. Pete cemetery
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — 10 Tampa Bay is uncovering problems at a cemetery in south St. Petersburg. Many families are outraged over a lack of upkeep. We began looking into their claims but then got a call we weren’t expecting. Virginia Morand is buried at Royal Palm Cemetery...
Florida dissolves Clearwater city workers union for failing to meet deadline
The union representing nearly 900 city of Clearwater employees has been dissolved after it failed to meet the registration requirements of a controversial new state law. The law, which took effect July 1, says public sector unions must enroll at least 60% of eligible employees. Local governments may no longer deduct monthly dues from paychecks, forcing unions to reenroll existing members in a new payment system and recruit any additional workers needed to meet the threshold.
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