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“We have to start with what has happened in the past week, which is that the President of the United States of America in the service of the conspiracy theory that he has been peddling...
St. Petersburg City Council will consider two business items that concern protecting access to reproductive healthcare for city residents.
Reforms to Tampa’s “toothless” Citizens Review Board could make it onto the March ballot
Tampa voters could vote on reforms to the city's Police Citizens Review Board in March, if city leaders approve the move during an upcoming workshop.
Tampa City Council to vote on continued funding for mental health co-responder program
The Tampa Police Department’s pilot mental health co-responder program expired on Sept. 30. Additional funding is set for a council vote Thursday.
Pinellas County reopens Section 8 housing voucher waitlist for the first time since 2020
For the first time in two years, the Pinellas County Housing Authority has reopened its waitlist for Section 8 housing voucher applications. The online application portal for Section 8 vouchers in Pinellas County opened at...
MidPoint: Florida’s 2022 primary election recap
Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer and Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Brian Corley both provide a Primary election day recap. Who won, who lost, who is in a recount, and where were all...
MidPoint: Are Russian influence agents operating in local politics?
New federal criminal charges against Alexandr Ionov, a fugitive Russian national, allege a malign foreign influence operation in St. Petersburg, FL elections. Noted national security journalist Marcy Wheeler, aka @emptywheel, and Prof. Golfo Alexopoulos, Dir....
Tampa’s citizen-led police review board voted 6–3 on Tuesday night to recommend that city council put subpoena power for the board on the ballot for voters to decide. This vote is the latest development in...
City workers union in Tampa overwhelmingly approves new contract in a historic vote
Blue-collar municipal workers represented by the city of Tampa’s largest labor union have overwhelmingly approved a new contract that delivers the “highest wage increase ever,” according to Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1464 President Steve...
Working people in St. Petersburg struggle to afford living in the city in which they work
The Sunshine City is becoming unaffordable for working-class residents, including essential workers in the public sector.
Thousands of households remain on Tampa and Hillsborough County waitlists for housing vouchers
About 2,500 low-income households remain on a waitlist to receive housing vouchers in Tampa and Hillsborough County.
Activists in St. Petersburg rallied at City Hall on the second anniversary of George Floyd's murder by Minneapolis police.
