Tampa Bay Times
The Tampa Bay Times, formerly known as the St. Petersburg Times until 2011, is a prominent newspaper located in St. Petersburg, Florida. It stands as one of the two leading newspapers in the Tampa Bay Area, with the other being The Tampa Tribune. The Times consistently outperforms The Tampa Tribune in terms of both circulation and readership. Since 1964, the newspaper has been recognized with 10 Pulitzer Prizes, including an impressive two awards in a single year in 2009, marking a historic achievement for the publication. The Times is published by the Times Publishing Company, which is owned by The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, a nonprofit journalism school situated next to the University of South Florida's St. Petersburg campus. Many of its editions can be accessed through Google News Archive, and a daily digital version is available for Kindle and iPad users.
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tampabay.com | Stephanie Hayes
Tampa has long labored as a tidy pop culture punchline. Need we count the ways we have been poked and prodded everywhere from standup sets to “30 Rock”? If Florida is the root of all absurdity, Tampa is the juiciest fruit on the tree, er … cob. Usually, though, this region gets lambasted from afar, perpetrators lobbing digs at our sweaty idiosyncrasies before running back to West Village apartments with four roommates. The culprits don’t often make fun of us to our face.
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tampabay.com | Divya Kumar
Hillsborough County schools Superintendent Van Ayres pledged to remove more books from district shelves during a heated state Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, as board members suggested firing all county media specialists or exploring criminal charges as possible alternatives. The meeting in Miami followed letters from Education Commissioner Manny Diaz and Attorney General James Uthmeier sharing concerns about the content of six books including “pornographic materials” in school shelves.
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tampabay.com | Rebecca Liebson
In 2020, St. Petersburg Rick Kriesman put out a request for proposals to build a new baseball stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays and transform the surrounding 86 acres where a Black neighborhood called the Gas Plant District once stood. Five years and two collapsed deals later, the dream of replacing the now-dilapidated Tropicana Field seems all but dead. But as that door closes, it opens the possibility for a whole new kind of development in the historic Gas Plant District.
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tampabay.com | Jeffrey Solochek
Acting on the recommendation of Gov. Ron DeSantis, the State Board of Education on Thursday named Anastasios I. Kamoutsas Florida’s 32nd education commissioner. Kamoutsas, 36, is one of four deputy chiefs of staff in DeSantis’ office. Before taking that post in 2023, he served as a general counsel and chief of staff to the Department of Education, taking an active role on high profile issues such as reopening schools during the pandemic and eliminating diversity programs.
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tampabay.com | Jeffrey Solochek
The Pasco County school district continues to shift its school leaders amid year-end retirements, resignations and promotions. Pasco High School’s next leader will be Mark Feldman, who will be promoted from his post as an assistant principal at Fivay High School. Feldman, who joined the district in 2011, replaces Kari Kadlub, who leaves Pasco High after 13 years to become the district’s executive director of high schools, a new position.
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Allison Ross
Amy Gehrt
Amy Scherzer
Aya Diab
Barbara Behrendt
Bethany Barnes
Bill Varian
Brittany O Ruachainn
C. T. Bowen
Chris Tisch
Chris Urso
Christopher O’Donnell
Claire McNeill
Colleen Wright
Conan Gallaty
Corey Long
Dan Sullivan
Dirk Shadd
Divya Kumar
Doug Clifford
Douglas Clifford
Eduardo Encina
Emily Mahoney
Emily Wunderlich
Frank Pastor
Gabrielle Calise
Hannah Critchfield
Hannah Farrow
Helen Freund
Jack Evans
Jack Prator
Jay Cridlin
Jefferee Woo
Jeffrey Solochek
Jim Verhulst
Joey Knight
John Romano
Joyce Mckenzie
Juan Carlos Chavez
Justin Garcia
Justine Griffin
Kelsey Harrell
Kirby Wilson
Kristie Ackert
Lane DeGregory
Langston Taylor
Lara Cerri
Lauren Peace
Lawrence Mower
Luis Santana
Marc Topkin
Mari Faiello
Mark Katches
Matt Baker
Matt Cohen
Max Chesnes
Michael Van Sickler
Michelle Stark
Paul Guzzo
Piper Castillo
Rebecca Liebson
Rebecca Woolington
Rick Stroud
Sharon Fink
Sharon Kennedy Wynne
Sheila Estrada
Sue Carlton
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Thomas C. Tobin
Tony Marrero
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