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Florida schools seek to enhance security measures
The big story: Students may be out on summer break, but that hasn’t stopped schools from looking for ways to better protect them upon their return. Several Florida school districts are taking steps to enhance their safety and security measures. Among the steps being taken:. • Deputies from the...
Pasco commissioners set tentative rates for new road and park maintenance taxes
Pasco officials say their new road maintenance plan will lengthen the life of the county’s roads, provide a more equitable way to pay the cost and will begin to bring the transportation network up to par with the growing community it has become. It’s also going to cost more...
Mayor Welch praises Duke Energy with proclamation. It’s drawing criticism
In a proclamation, St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch celebrated Duke Energy Florida and the 125th anniversary of its founding — sparking anger from some members of city council at a time when local officials are negotiating with the utility. Welch’s proclamation, slated to be formally issued at Thursday’s city...
St. Pete-Clearwater Airport to undergo expansion, with mixed reactions
In the middle of the night, Louis Claudio’s house sometimes shakes. A roar fills his ears. He wakes, frantic, only to come to his senses and realize it’s not the end of the world — a plane has just flown low over his home. And it’s likely...
Trial to start in case over whether Florida improperly cut off Medicaid to patients
TALLAHASSEE — A trial with sweeping implications for Florida’s government health care system is set to begin Thursday in a federal class action lawsuit filed by Medicaid patients who say they were illegally cut off from their health care by the state. At issue is whether the state...
Florida could legalize marijuana, but people arrested still face tough road
When Kim Johnson was pulled over in April during a traffic stop, she wasn’t worried about the three pot gummies in her purse. A Treasure Island police officer found them while searching Johnson’s car after ticketing her for driving with a suspended license. The officer found the slightly...
U.S. fisheries could be devastated by Supreme Court’s ending the Chevron doctrine
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo — the Supreme Court’s late June decision on regulatory agency authority — heralds the much-anticipated end of the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine, which required courts to defer to federal agencies when interpreting laws. No doubt, much will be written in the coming weeks about the impacts of Chevron’s demise on the administrative state. But, at its core, Loper Bright is a case about fisheries. What then are the implications of this decision for both the fishermen and the healthy fisheries of the United States?
Florida frees us from pesky facts like climate change
Today we’re talking about two things — efforts to remove mentions of climate change from Florida textbooks and temporary tax breaks that are really just gimmicks. Let’s start with the gimmicks. You’re going to hear a lot this month from Florida politicians who want you to thank...
Diving stop earns Rays ballboy Braden Coles trip to MLB All-Star Game
ST. PETERSBURG — Reliever Shawn Armstrong said he has had to learn to trust the glove of the Rays All-Star. Not the one on the field, third baseman Isaac Paredes. The one protecting the bullpen. Ballboy Braden Coles isn’t on the roster, but he will be in Arlington, Texas,...
Rays waste multiple scoring chances in quiet loss to Yankees
ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays are trying to save their season and keep their boss from trading key pieces by taking advantage of an unexpected soft spot in their schedule. Beat the struggling Yankees, and they can regain needed momentum by winning another series. They certainly had their chances...
Rays’ Shane Baz ready for first start at Tropicana Field in 2 years
ST. PETERSBURG — It’s been more than two years since Shane Baz took the mound at Tropicana Field for a big-league game. Thursday night, the Rays right-hander will make his first home start since June 28, 2022. Baz said the stadium is “familiar,” since he spent a lot...
He arrived from Florida on Jet Ski loaded with guns to ‘commit violent acts,’ Cuba says
Cuban government officials say a man who illegally entered the island last year on a Jet Ski carrying five handguns was part of a terrorist plot organized by a group of Cubans in the United States, though officials provided few details of such a plan. A senior criminal investigations chief...
2 men pulled from lake after small plane crashes in north Palm Beach County
Divers found two men who were aboard a small plane that crashed into a lake in northern Palm Beach County on Wednesday afternoon after searching for them for more than an hour. The Piper PA28 departed a runway at North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport, at 11600 Aviation Road,...
Who’s the No. 3 conference: ACC or Big 12? It might matter
Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark kicked off his conference’s media days Tuesday with a comment that might have been a shot at the ACC, wishful thinking or something much more innocuous. After adding Colorado, Utah, Arizona and Arizona State, Yormark said on a Las Vegas stage, his league “solidified...
Florida college student lied about being suspended over pro-Palestinian protest
GAINESVILLE — A college student arrested during pro-Palenstinian protests at the University of Florida in the spring lied this week about being suspended for three years from nearby Santa Fe College as punishment. Charly Keanu Pringle, 21, of Jacksonville was not suspended from Santa Fe, according to the college’s...
Here’s which Florida Republicans will be at the GOP’s national convention
Gov. Ron DeSantis and dozens of other high-ranking Florida politicians are headed to Milwaukee next week for the Republican National Convention. The convention, which will take place July 15 to 18, is a chance for the party to rally behind former President Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 election. DeSantis,...
Florida Democrat: Impeach 2 conservative Supreme Court justices
Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a Democratic U.S. representative from Florida, is backing the progressive-led push to have two conservative Supreme Court justices impeached. Articles of impeachment drafted by Democratic U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York accused Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito of failing to disclose gifts from wealthy supporters and refusing to recuse themselves from high-profile cases in which the justices had a conflict of interest.
Rays’ Wander Franco faces additional charge of human trafficking
ST. PETERSBURG — Rays shortstop Wander Franco could face a prison term of up to 20 years if convicted of human trafficking, which was among the formal charges filed against him this week by prosecutors in the Dominican Republic. The new charge was included in a news release from...
Video shows plane tire exploding on takeoff at Tampa International Airport
A flight headed to Phoenix was delayed Wednesday morning after a tire on the plane exploded during takeoff at Tampa International Airport, video shows. Video posted on YouTube by the user Captain Steven Markovich shows an American Airlines plane taxiing on the runway when its right tire catches fire and smoke fills the air. Video shows the tires sparking and fragments of tires left on the runway.
Pass-a-Grille Beach renourishment gets federal approval, will continue
Pinellas County will move forward with plans to fully renourish eroded Pass-a-Grille Beach this summer after the county said Wednesday it had received federal approval for the project. In June, the county renourished a section of the beach between Fourth Avenue and Ninth Avenue with about 10,000 cubic yards of...
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