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  1. Florida Republican wins state House seat after opponent booted off of ballot
    Yesterday• Politics
    Adam Anderson of Palm Harbor will secure the House District 57 seat in north Pinellas after his only opponent was disqualified from the ballot on Sunday.
  2. Tampa Bay transit authority ponders its own future
    Yesterday• Transportation
    A rendering from WSP Engineering shows what a potential neighborhood station could look like for a 41-mile bus rapid transit line connecting Pasco, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties.
  3. Pinellas School Board member Lisa Cane faces challenges from right and left
    Yesterday• Education
    From left, Brad DeCorte, incumbent Lisa Cane and Bronson Oudshoff are competing to represent District 2 on the Pinellas County School Board.
  5. Pinellas rolls out BeBot, a beach-cleaning robot with a message for humans
    Jul. 16• Pinellas
    A remote-controlled robot named BeBot rolls over a patch of sand in Indian Shores during a cleanup demonstration on Thursday, July 14, 2022. BeBot is part of a campaign by Keep Pinellas Beautiful to raise awareness about debris left by humans that lurks under the beach surface and eventually winds up in the Gulf of Mexico.
  6. Holding poses: Yoga instructor on ways to strengthen, heal and calm
    Jul. 16• St. Petersburg
    Longtime teacher Amanda Riker says practicing yoga keeps the spine healthy
  7. Pinellas congressional hopeful Anna Paulina Luna sued over dog bite
    Jul. 15• Elections
    Republican congressional hopeful Anna Paulina Luna.
  8. She sought her dream home in St. Petersburg — but had to leave to find it
    Jul. 15• Real Estate
    Carrie Norris poses for a picture with her 11-year-old Shih-Tzu, Berand, in front of her Wimauma home. Moving to the suburbs came with tradeoffs.
  9. 988 suicide crisis line is about to launch. Is Tampa Bay ready?
    Jul. 14• Health
    Thomas Young, right, takes a call from someone in need of counseling at the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay in 2019. The crisis center is now preparing for a flood of calls to the 988 suicide crisis line.
  10. Which Florida Democrat hoping to replace DeSantis is raising more money off abortion?
    Jul. 14• Health
    Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Nikki Fried, left, who’s seeking the Democratic nomination for governor, has sought to paint her opponent Charlie Crist as anti-abortion.
  11. Summer program helps ready Pinellas students for careers after graduation
    Jul. 13• Pinellas
    At right, Merric Grego, an operator trainee for Pinellas County Utilities, leads students through the aeration basin at the water treatment plant at 7401 54th Avenue N on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. The students were part of the Summer Career Acceleration Program, which Grego, 19, completed last year before landing a job.
  12. St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch seeks input on Tropicana Field’s future
    Jul. 13• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg residents attend a community conversation about the redevelopment of the Historic Gas Plant District at the Center for Health Equity in St. Pete on Tuesday.
  13. St. Pete Pier among top 10 urban design projects in the Americas
    Jul. 12• St. Petersburg
    The St. Pete Pier at night on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 in St. Petersburg.
  14. Raymond James leader will head Pinellas Education Foundation board
    Jul. 12• Education
    Tash Elwyn, president and CEO of Raymond James & Associates, has been named chairperson of the Pinellas Education Foundation's board.
  15. Florida should bring back parole, conservative policy study says
    Jul. 12• Crime
    The Commission on Offender Review, the old parole board, is a three-person panel that examines the cases of people convicted of crimes before the state abolished parole. But few these days are granted release and the majority of the state’s prisoners are ineligible.
  16. Buying a hotel in a pandemic? St. Pete hotelier says it’s all part of the plan.
    Jul. 12• St. Petersburg
    Tommy Del Zoppo, New Hotel Collection’s chief executive officer, says that the company’s vision for the historic Cordova Inn in downtown St. Petersburg has been “providing an affordable place that is a boutique experience for our customers but at a much more reasonable price point. We have vigilantly stayed very close to that core value.” Del Zoppo is seen here in the Cordova's lobby.
  17. More than 15 places to stay cool in Tampa Bay for $15 or less
    Jul. 12• Life & Culture
    Beat the heat in air-conditioned venues that won't break the bank.
  18. Is more algae mucking up Tampa Bay? Scientists need to track it first.
    Jul. 12• Environment
    A cormorant swims over a thick mat of algae covering a bed of seagrass offshore from Tierra Verde in the Shell Key Preserve. Macroalgae have appeared to be more prevalent than usual around some parts of Tampa Bay this year, according to reports from captains and environmental advocates. Scientists cannot say for certain whether that’s a sign of trouble for the ecosystem.
  19. Rays, Sternberg call team partners’ latest lawsuit ‘baseless,’ ‘desperate’
    Jul. 8• Business
    Tampa Bay Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg speaks to members of the media during an interview on Opening Day at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg on April 8. He is facing a trio of lawsuits from the team's minority partners, but on Friday, the team called the ongoing litigation "baseless" and "desperate."
  20. Tampa man accused of using flamethrower to burn Uhuru House flag in St. Petersburg
    Jul. 8• Crime
    In this photo provided by Burning Spear Media, LLC, a damaged Pan-African flag flies outside the headquarters of the Uhuru House in St. Petersburg on Saturday. Earlier in the day, police say Kenny Jay Raymond of Tampa used a flamethrower to set fire to the flag. He was arrested Thursday and is facing a misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief, jail records show.
  21. Florida school grades show upward trend, state says
    Jul. 7• Education
    “It’s clear that our teachers and school leaders used every resource at their disposal to lift Florida’s students well beyond expectations,” Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. said in a statement.
  22. Pinellas grapples with monkeypox outbreak; fifth case reported
    Jul. 7• Health
    Samples are tested June 6 for the monkeypox virus at a microbiology laboratory in La Paz Hospital in Madrid, Spain.
  23. St. Pete City Council votes to support $1.47 million in rental assistance for city employees
    Jul. 7• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg City Council member Brandi Gabbard advocated for the housing stipend for the city's lowest paid workers.
  24. Who will enforce Florida’s 15-week abortion ban? And what if they refuse?
    Jul. 7• Florida
    It's expected that the Florida Supreme Court will likely have to decide whether the state's 15-week abortion ban is unconstitutional.
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