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June 29, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla. – Hillsborough Emergency Planning Group Meeting for Monday June 29 2020, is live and you can watch the meeting below. The EPG is expected to discuss the mask mandate and the effect on local businesses. Publishers note: While…
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June 29, 2020 By: Staff Report SUN CITY CENTER Fla. – Connecting with Kim, a radio program on 96.3 FM that airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week at 3:30 PM, sat down with the Publisher of The Free Press – Brian Burns, to discuss…
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June 29, 2020 By: Staff Report TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and State Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis issued the following statement on Governor Ron DeSantis’ signing of Senate Bill 1092, the Firefighter Cancer Decontamination Equipment Grant Program, which creates a resource within the…
Read More CFO and State Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis Applauds Governor Ron DeSantis for Signing Senate Bill 1092
June 29, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla. – During a press conference on Sunday, Governor DeSantis told reporters that the younger crowd is partially to blame for Florida’s COVID -19 spikes. Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a press conference Sunday, “If you look at…
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June 29, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla. – If you were planning on heading to Ft. Lauderdale Beach for the 4th of July weekend, not so fast. Broward County has announced that it will close the beaches do to COVID-19 spikes for the July…
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June 29, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO Cty. – Pasco County residents can pick-up face coverings, free of charge at multiple locations throughout the county. The complete list is below and we will be updating this moving forward. Please note that some locations have ‘call…
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June 28, 2020 By: Deborah Childress TAMPA Fla. – At one o’clock this morning, with eyes swerving around like a drunk sailor’s, I surfed into the vast, glorious Andromeda Galaxy. Apparently, it ate the Milky Way’s lost sibling, and we’re next. But as I stared…
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June 28, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla. – The Salvation Army located in Town N’ Country, is reopening their doors. The statement released today says other locations will be opening as soon as possible. “We have made the decision to reopen our Town N’…
Read More Tampa Salvation Army Family Stores: ReOpenings and Donations
June 28, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla. – In whats being called the most significant dust cloud in 50 years, has now cloaked the U.S. Gulf Coast in a thick, dusty haze. The dust cloud, which originated in the Sahara desert and drifted across the…
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June 28. 2020 By: Staff Report Tallahassee, Fla. – Saturday, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the following bills: SB 1092 – Fire Prevention and Control SB 1116 – Trust Funds CS/CS/SB 1118 – Inmate Welfare Trust Funds SB 1362 – Rental Agreements CS/HB 131 – Security in Trial…
Read More Governor Ron DeSantis Signs 15 Bills and Vetoes One Bill