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Rick Mayer

Tampa

Digital Producer at WUSF-FM (Tampa, FL)

Longtime journalist in my longtime home of Champa, Fla. Posts/comments here on local news, sports & more. No endorsements here.

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  • 1 week ago | wusf.org | Rick Mayer

    Florida health officials on Tuesday updated the year's COVID-19 death toll, reporting 878 deaths — even as Gov. Ron DeSantis applauded a dramatic federal policy shift to no longer recommend the COVID vaccine for healthy children and pregnant women. Palm Beach County leads the state in reported COVID-19 deaths in 2025 with 63, followed by Pinellas County with 57, Hillsborough with 52, Broward with 51 and Miami-Dade with 46, according to data this week from the Florida Department of Health.

  • 1 week ago | wusf.org | Rick Mayer

    Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law a bipartisan measure that would expand services and funding opportunities for Florida students with autism. The measure (SB 112) is intended to improve early intervention, school readiness, educational opportunities and workforce training for students with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities. Specifics of the law include:Students with disabilities up to age 4 can stay in Early Steps, an intervention program.

  • 1 week ago | autism.einnews.com | Rick Mayer

    Get the latest coverage of the 2025 Florida legislative session in Tallahassee from our coverage partners and WUSF. Published May 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM EDT Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law a bipartisan measure that would expand services and funding opportunities for Florida students with autism.

  • 1 week ago | wusf.org | Rick Mayer

    A team’s trash can be a fan’s treasure, which is as good a reason as any for Tampa Bay Rays fans and other memorabilia collectors to head to Tropicana Field on Saturday. The team did a little spring cleaning before work begins on repairing the hurricane-damaged stadium, and a trove of bygone goodies were found that will be for sale at the Rays Preconstruction Charity Yard Sale.

  • 1 week ago | wusf.org | Rick Mayer

    Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday said Major League Baseball has told him the Tampa Bay Rays will not be allowed to leave the state, but wherever they call home, no state tax dollars will be used to build a new stadium. “We are not taking your tax dollars to do any stadiums at the state level. (It’s) just not going to happen,” DeSantis said at a press conference in Apopka.

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rmayer @rmayer2361
1 May 25

ESPN B-roll of Tampa General with Christmas trees from December. Way to prep for April hockey.

rmayer
rmayer @rmayer2361
29 Apr 25

.@NHLPlayerSafety so is this worth a suspension ? Aimed elbow to head.

Shayna
Shayna @shaynagoldman_

Ekblad hits Hagel, who goes to the locker room. No call on the play, somehow https://t.co/fwhRkvkCgI

rmayer
rmayer @rmayer2361
21 Apr 25

It's NHL playoff time again in Tampa. So is another round of Lightning-Panthers https://t.co/1Eph5kiLQF