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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center and the Humane Society of Tampa Bay are teaming up to get 500 dogs spayed or neutered at no cost to their owners. The Pet Resource Center and Humane Society each will provide free spay…
Read More ‘Operation Pit Stop’ To Spay, Neuter 500 Dogs In Hillsborough County
Just days before the change is slated to take effect, a Leon County circuit judge Tuesday refused to block part of a new state law that will prevent government employees from having union dues deducted from their paychecks. Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh rejected a…
Read More Florida Judge Refuses To Block Union Dues Change
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday vetoed two criminal-justice bills passed during the legislative session that ended last month. One of the vetoed bills (HB 605) would have revised a law that prohibits adults from having criminal records expunged if they had records expunged as…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Vetoes Criminal Justice Bills
A federal appeals court will hear arguments in early October in a Florida lawsuit challenging federal prohibitions on medical-marijuana patients buying and possessing guns, according to a notice filed Tuesday. A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments during the…
Read More Hearing Slated In Florida Guns, Marijuana Case
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that state offices will be closed on July 3rd. “I am proud to recognize our state employees for their service to Floridians,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “Following an historic legislative session, where we enshrined medical freedom, secured school choice expansion,…
Read More Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Announces State Offices Closed On July 3rd
TAMPA, Fla. – Three armed juveniles were arrested, and a total of ten guns were recovered by Tampa Police Monday as a result of an ongoing investigation. After the arrest of two subjects involved in the June 14 shooting in the game room of the…
Read More Tampa Police Arrest 3 Armed Teens, Recover 10 Guns
TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Fire Rescue responded to a vehicle fire located on I-275 Northbound at the Fowler Ave. overpass at approximately 10:35 am on Tuesday. Officials say the vehicle’s driver was Super Bowl champion Running Back Leonard Fournette, formerly of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.…
Read More Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Leonard Fournette Ok After Vehicle Fire On I-275
WEEKI WACHEE, Fla. – A 35-year-old woman has been arrested after deputies say she stole household items from a home she was renting in Weeki Wachee. On June 7, 2023, Hernando County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence on Dirlenton Way in Weeki Wachee about…
Read More Weeki Wachee Woman Arrested After Stealing Items From House She Rented
For the ninth consecutive month, Miami in April topped other metro areas across the country in home-price increases when compared to a year earlier, according to an analysis released Tuesday. The Miami area had a 5.2 percent year-over-year increase, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller…
Read More Miami Tops Home Price Hikes In Florida
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is urging the Florida Supreme Court to reject a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the recreational use of marijuana by people 21 and older, arguing a ballot summary would be “misleading to voters in several key respects.” Trulieve, the…
Read More Florida AG Moody Seeks To Snuff Out Recreational Marijuana Proposal