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Kahwa Coffee, a popular local coffee shop chain, has opened a new drive-thru location with a unique design. The new location at 6601 4th Street N. in St. Petersburg is made from two shipping containers. Although this is not Kahwa’s first drive-thru, it is the company’s first store made of shipping containers. “We thought it […]

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Igor Jablokov created the technology Amazon now uses to power its Alexa-enabled devices; he will soon discuss his groundbreaking work and artificial intelligence’s future at a local event. Jablokov is the keynote speaker for Tampa Bay Tech’s annual poweredUP festival May 22 at the Mahaffey Theater. The annual event set a new record with over […]

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One of the most beautiful events in St. Pete will take over the streets of the Deuces this weekend. The 2nd Tampa Bay Chalk Festival will be held on May […]

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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Biden administration rule that will require more gun sellers to be licensed and run background checks on buyers. Moody’s office filed the lawsuit in Tampa, alleging that the Biden administration overstepped its legal authority. Moody said in a prepared statement that the rule would “force thousands of law-abiding gun owners to register as federal firearms dealers and navigate a federal bureaucracy.”

Following the arrests of pro-Palestine protesters at Florida universities, the state is authorizing public universities to take “any steps necessary” to make sure that commencement ceremonies are not canceled or modified because of protests. Meanwhile, DeSantis said student protesters who do not follow the rules will be expelled.

The Tampa Bay region has so many incredible farmers markets for residents and visitors to enjoy. The newest addition is a sprawling market in Pinellas Park. Join Florida Penguin Productions […]

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The Tampa Bay region has so many incredible farmers markets for residents and visitors to enjoy. The newest addition is a sprawling market in Pinellas Park. Join Florida Penguin Productions […]

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In a quiet preserve along the eastern bank of the Apalachicola River, 41 eastern indigo snakes were released Tuesday into gopher tortoise burrows. The release, a longtime goal of federal and state officials, is part of an effort to restore some balance to Florida’s ecosystem lost in the 1980s as development limited eastern indigo snakes’ range and people hunted for other prey, primarily rattlesnakes but also gopher tortoises. Eastern indigo snakes are a federally designated threatened species.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration late Monday urged the state Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of a congressional redistricting plan that DeSantis pushed through the Legislature in 2022, saying it properly prevented a racially gerrymandered North Florida district. Attorneys for the state argued in a 76-page brief that the Supreme Court should reject voting-rights groups’ arguments that the plan violated part of the state Constitution. The case centers on North Florida’s Congressional District 5, which in the past elected Black Democrat Al Lawson but was overhauled in 2022 — with a white Republican subsequently getting elected.

After hovering close to dead-last in the nation for average teacher pay for years, the state of Florida has dropped even further. The Sunshine State sits second-to-last in national rankings of all 50 states and the District of Columbia this year, according to a new report released by the National Education Association.