Derek Gilliam

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Josh Salman |Derek Gilliam

Tens of thousands of Suncoast homeowners are spending more money each year to pay off bonds tied to independent special districts than in property taxes toward their actual local governments. Real estate developers are turning to these little-known government districts to fund roads, sewers and clubhouses needed to build their neighborhoods — leaving homebuyers on the hook for steep annual assessments that then last decades. But once those bonds are finally paid off, the costs don’t end.

2 weeks ago | thebradentontimes.com | Josh Salman |Derek Gilliam |Suncoast Searchlight |Dawn Kitterman

Calendar Dead Set Florida at Big Top Brewing Posted Monday, June 9, 2025 9:50 pm Big Top Brewing Company 975 Cattlemen Road Sarasota, FL 34232 View larger map Dead Set Florida is a Tampa Bay-based band performing music of the Grateful Dead and The Jerry Garcia Band, as well as solo material from Bob Weir and Phil Lesh. The group was founded in 2017 by bassist and vocalist Christian Walker. Walker is joined by Paul Wolff (lead guitarist), Tucker Waud (keyboardist), Michael Garrie (rhythm...

2 weeks ago | thebradentontimes.com | Cord Byrd |Josh Salman |Derek Gilliam |Suncoast Searchlight

State Senate Districts for the Tampa Bay region as drawn by the Florida Legislature. Source: ACLU lawsuitA federal lawsuit alleging that a Tampa Bay area state Senate district was racially gerrymandered kicked off in a Tampa federal courtroom on Monday.

2 weeks ago | thebradentontimes.com | Josh Salman |Derek Gilliam |Suncoast Searchlight |Dawn Kitterman

Century Tower on the Gainesville campus of the University of Florida. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix)A few days ago, the University of Florida was all ready to welcome a brand-new president. They’d gotten rid of the useless (yet expensive) Ben Sasse and chosen a single finalist, a scientist called Santa Ono, former head of the University of Michigan.

2 weeks ago | thebradentontimes.com | Josh Salman |Derek Gilliam |Suncoast Searchlight |Dawn Kitterman

Protesters outside the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in Greenbelt rally on April 4, 2025, in support of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father who was deported to El Salvador in an “administrative error,” calling for him to be returned to the U.S. (Photo by Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom)Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man the Trump administration conceded had been wrongly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison, has been returned to the United States and is...