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The bill, dubbed by critics as the "the preemption bill to end all preemption bills" would have allowed businesses to sue cities and counties if their profits plummeted by more than 15 percent because of actions taken by municipalities. -
Gabriella Paul/WUSF Public MediaHome purchases by investors recently declined in the top 10 U.S. cities by market share — including Tampa. Even so, data shows investors still hold almost 25% of the market share, or the total sales made in the market.
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Officials say more time was needed to build the campus and the company wanted to give workers additional time to adjust to the transition. -
The number of seniors who have experienced homelessness jumped nearly 40 percent since 2018 and the number of families facing homelessness increased by 21 percent since 2020, the survey found.
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On June 19th, 1865, enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas were set free, officially ending slavery in the U.S. The first Juneteenth was celebrated in Texas a year later.
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The Hillsborough School District's hiring fair this week and other efforts aim to fill close to 800 instructional jobs and more than 150 bus driving positions.
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A significant portion of the $70 million will go toward expanding mentorship programs for youths and funding grants designed to help fathers.
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As the Visit Florida tourism marketing agency celebrated record first-quarter tourism numbers while meeting last week in Orlando, staff and board members also expressed concern that increasing cost of hotel rooms is slowly affecting occupancy rates.
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Tampa-based cybersecurity company ReliaQuest takes over as the title sponsor after the college football game was called the Outback Bowl the previous 26 years.
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With the state drawing record numbers of tourists from other parts of the country as the industry rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic, Visit Florida President and CEO Dana Young received an 8.6% pay boost.
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While an initial forecast for the season was for 51.7 million 90-pound boxes of oranges — the lowest output since the 1941-1942 season. The current estimate is for 44.75 million boxes — lowest since the 1939-1940 season.
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IRS records show AARP collects about $1 billion annually, mostly from health care-related businesses eager to sell their wares to the group’s 38 million members. However, controversy has dogged these sorts of alliances
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Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed line items in the upcoming state budget that would have helped pay for a new Moffitt Cancer Center campus and spring training facility in Pasco County.
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More and more people in the greater Tampa Bay region are finding it harder to make ends meet. Rent is rising. Wages are stagnant. And the cost of everyday items — like gas and groceries — keeps creeping up.
