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About a week ago, establishment politicians criticized Senator Bernie Sanders for his comments about Cuba on 60 minutes. The Democratic presidential frontrunner said that when Fidel Castro was president of Cuba there was repression, but...
First two coronavirus cases in Florida are in Tampa Bay area
Two Tampa Bay area residents are the first Floridians to test positive for coronavirus, according to an announcement Sunday night by Governor Ron DeSantis. The Hillsborough County Health Department said that one patient is an...
Tampa mayor says city is preparing for coronavirus, but no cases yet
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is reassuring the state that health officials are prepared for any cases of a new strain of coronavirus that has already killed thousands of people abroad. At a press conference Thursday...
Unions organize protest against bill that would make amending Florida Constitution more difficult
A bill that would make it more difficult for Florida voters to amend the state constitution advanced through a state Senate committee Wednesday. A coalition of labor unions is organizing a protest of the bill...
Mayors of St. Petersburg and Tampa weigh in on Rays and other issues
The mayors of the region’s two largest cities answered questions Friday from Tampa Tiger Bay Club members. St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and Tampa Mayor Jane Castor spoke about a range of topics like the Tampa...
SDS rallies for increased Black student enrollment at USF Tampa
For months, Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society have been trying to get the University of South Florida to increase the number of Black students. On Tuesday, about fifteen members of SDS chanted in...
Adam Hattersley for Congress campaign staff have unionized
Employees of a local political campaign are unionizing; the Adam Hattersley for Congress campaign says they’re the first Florida campaign to unionize in 2020. Amy Bolick, the campaign manager of Hattersley for Congress, says they’ll...
A Florida panhandle county could grant access for onshore oil and gas drilling
In December the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Oil & Gas Program issued “Final Permits” to Cholla Petroleum for six exploratory oil & gas wells. They would be located between the Apalachicola River, Dead Lakes...
Civil liberties advocates are warning about powerful face recognition software that could be coming to a police department near you. The Tampa Bay Times is reporting that about a dozen law enforcement agencies in Florida...
A new study led by scientists in Florida finds that oil from BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster spread over a much larger area than previously thought. The research was published yesterday in the journal Science Advances....
USF St. Pete students react to their volunteer experiences on New Hampshire presidential campaigns
Senator Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday; the second- and third-place finishers, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, also earned delegates with their strong performance. They had help on their campaigns...
USF St. Petersburg students head to New Hampshire primary to work on presidential campaigns
Students from a University of South Florida St. Petersburg political science course are leaving this weekend for New Hampshire to work on political campaigns. For more than a week, they’ll get hands-on experience working for...
