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TAMPA, Fla. – A new collection schedule is now available for Christmas and New Year’s holidays. In observance of Christmas Day, City of Tampa offices will be closed on Friday, December 22, 2023, and Monday, December 25, 2023. In observance of New Year’s Day, the…

Read More City Of Tampa Garbage Collection Schedule Revised For Christmas, New Year Holidays

With high job-vacancy rates at prisons and an increase in the number of inmates, lawmakers agreed Wednesday to transfer just over $25 million to expand the deployment of Florida National Guard members to help at correctional facilities. The Joint Legislative Budget Commission, which is made…

Read More National Guard Prison Plan Approved In Florida

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – A teen on a bicycle was struck and killed in Hudson on Thursday at around 6:30 am, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers say a Dodge Charger, driven by a 31-year-old Hudson man, was traveling eastbound on Kitten Trail. At the…

Read More Hudson Teen On Bicycle Struck And Killed Early Thursday Morning

TAMPA, Fla. – Beginning at 9 am today, the outside eastbound lane of West Waters Avenue will be closed between North Habana Avenue and Twin Lakes Boulevard while the Tampa Water Department repairs a water main break. Barricades and signs will be located in the…

Read More Lane Closure On West Waters Ave Between North Habana Ave And Twin Lakes Blvd.

Florida could move forward with 22 additional licenses for medical-marijuana operators — nearly doubling the size of the state’s legal cannabis industry — within the next six months, a top official told lawmakers Wednesday. State Office of Medical Marijuana Use Director Christopher Kimball offered the…

Read More New Marijuana Licenses In Florida Could Come By Summer

Florida has a unique relationship with gambling that is in a constant state of flux. While laws have been passed, thrown out, and then passed again in different forms, keeping up with them all isn’t easy. Just when things appeared to have settled, sports betting…

Read More How Sports Betting In Florida Almost Met Its End

With the mother of a transgender girl testifying that it would be “devastating” if the child could not get treatment, a federal judge Wednesday began a trial in a constitutional challenge to Florida restrictions on such things as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender…

Read More Trial Starts In Battle Over Transgender Treatments In Florida

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis awarded $5 million through the Pathways to Career Opportunities Grow Your Own Teacher Grant on Wednesday to expand opportunities for teacher apprenticeships in Florida. This program strengthens the state’s teacher pipeline by creating a no-cost apprenticeship pathway to the teaching profession,…

Read More Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Awards $5 Million To Strengthen Teacher Pipeline

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The Pasco Sheriff’s Office urges citizens to be cautious when purchasing gift cards this holiday season. Gift cards are popular and convenient items to give; however, they are also easy for scammers to tamper with or use to commit fraud. To…

Read More Pasco County Sheriff: Avoid Gift Card Scams This Holiday Season

A Senate committee Tuesday unanimously approved two high-profile bills that supporters say would help expand access to health care and spur innovation in Florida. The bills approved by the Senate Health Policy Committee are a top priority of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, for the…

Read More ‘Game-Changing’ Florida Senate Approves Health Plans