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Tampa officials stereotyped homeless people as mentally ill addicts during...
During a forum on homelessness on May 24, Tampa city officials used stereotyping language to describe the local homeless community, despite experts onstage attempting to correct it. Tampa's...
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Critics of new Florida election laws point to 'this country's history of...
A congressional panel probing changes to elections laws across the country held a hearing Wednesday in Tallahassee, illustrating a partisan divide over voting-related measures pushed in Republican-led...
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Florida legislature sends bill on school shooting drills to Gov. Ron DeSantis
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday formally received nine bills from the Legislature, including a school-safety bill that would direct the State Board of Education to develop rules for school emergency...
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George Benson's return to Clearwater's Ruth Eckerd Hall rescheduled for next...
George Benson has an 80th birthday coming up next spring, but was headed to Clearwater on Friday beforehand, but now fans are gonna have to wait. On Monday, Ruth Eckerd Hall cited "unforeseen...
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Ybor's El Centro Asturiano de Tampa to celebrate 120th anniversary next month
El Centro Asturiano de Tampa is throwing a week-long party during the second week of June to celebrate 120 years of service. The Ybor City social club, which first opened in 1902 as a mutual aid...
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Goth-folk songwriter C.B. Carlyle plays free Tampa concert on Friday
If Florida Rep. Anthony Sabatini has ruined Howey In the Hills for you, let C.B. Carlyle & the Desert Angels change your mind when he plays a free concert at Tampa's Hooch and Hive on Friday. The...
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Tampa Shuffle hosts a ‘Friends 4 Reproductive Rights’ gig next month
Although you typically wouldn't hear genres like shoegaze, hard rock and folk on a bill together, all sorts of Tampa Bay musicians will gather next month at Shuffle for a good cause. In the wake of...
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'Black Myself' songwriter Amethyst Kiah plays downtown Tampa on Friday
Self-described “Southern gothic” singer-songwriter Amethyst Kiah—who's headed to Tampa on Friday for a show at the Straz Center—is already a recipient of the Grammy for Best American Roots Song....
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Tampa's Sunset Music Festival celebrates milestone anniversary starting Friday
Tampa's Sunset Music Festival used to be a single day event with pop up stages, but over the last decade, it's grown into one of the biggest EDM festivals in the Southeast. This weekend it adds a...
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Charles Irwin's new trio lineup headlines killer Tampa Bay indie-rock concert...
This Saturday night gig at Tampa's Hooch and Hive is one of Charles Irwin's first shows after parting ways with a founding member who exhibited “unacceptable behavior” according to the band,. The trio...
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The Florida Orchestra's patriotic 'Stars and Stripes' concert is this weekend...
Tampa Bay's beloved Florida Orchestra is preparing to go on summer vaycay after yet another prosperous season, but first it's putting on the red, white and blue for a Saturday concert in downtown...
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Tampa City Council asks for tenant advocacy office, more renter protections...
Today Tampa City Council asked staff to look into creating a tenant advocacy office and a landlord registry, after more than 20 residents made emotional pleas for the city to address the uncontrolled...
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DeSantis signs bills penalizing Florida judges and lawmakers who lobby within...
Lawmakers and judges who leave office and lobby the Legislature or executive branch within six years could face a fine of up to $10,000 and other penalties, after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two measures...
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Tampa Bay floating concert Boatstock 3 happens this weekend
ICYMI, Memorial Day weekend is here, and that means the return of Pinellas County's quarantine-born Boatstock, happening on May 28. On Saturday, near Bay Pines, some of the floating festival’s...
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In special session, Florida lawmakers skip changes specifically addressing...
With more than 850,000 policies, the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has become an 800-pound gorilla in Florida’s troubled insurance market. But you wouldn’t have known that as...
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Christian pop-rock artist Tauren Wells to kick off tour in Tampa this fall
Tauren Wells, a 10-time Grammy nominated Christian pop-rock and R&B artist, will begin his first headlining arena tour in Tampa later this year to showcase his upcoming album Joy In The Morning....
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It's John Fogerty's birthday this weekend, so some of Tampa's favorite bands...
Generally, Tampa's legendary Skipper’s Smokehouse hosts birthday tributes to rock stars who hit a multiple of five in age. But after the last two years, it’s completely understandable to have to make...
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Beloved Tampa Bay band of brothers The Wilson Van reunites for the first time...
No, The Wilson Van does not include members of The Beach Boys, Heart, or Weezer. But it does boast a cast member of Showtime’s “The First Lady.”
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Scottish synthpop favorite Chvrches is back in Tampa Bay next week
Next year will mark a decade since Scottish synth-pop sensation Chvrches first hit airwaves, and Monday sees the group's return to Tampa Bay where it's been no stranger. Chvrches resume around these...
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Robert Earl Keen's farewell tour comes to Tampa Theatre on Tuesday
They say that the road goes on forever, and yet everybody’s favorite Houston-bred singer-songwriter, Robert Earl Keen, is ready to call it a day with a farewell tour that stops at the historic Tampa...
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