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Published July 01Rightway Parking Reveals the True Cost of Flying From Philadelphia
For Philadelphia travelers, the smarter move is to count the costs that usually stay outside the airfare box.
City of Tampa
Published June 23Tampa Residents Encouraged to Save Water as Regional Drought Continues
Tampa Residents Encouraged to Save Water as Regional Drought Continues Tony D. Tue, 06/23/2026 - 03:27 pm The Tampa Water Department offers irrigation evaluations to residents who want to cutdown on outdoor water use. Water Department Promotes Conservation Programs as Regional…
Weekly Challenger
Published March 02OP-ED: Why We Can’t Wait
BY REV. J.C. PRITCHETT ST. PETERSBURG — Forty years ago (“Don’t let hopeless bug zap stadium zeal,” Evening Independent 7/17/1986), I wrote about the opportunities I hoped the development of the Gas Plant area would offer our city, especially young residents like me. A few years…
Weekly Challenger
Published February 06OP-ED: We’re Not Talking Enough About Florida’s War on Opportunity
By Kyandra Darling On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Florida’s attorney general issued a legal opinion aimed at dismantling long-standing affirmative action and diversity programs across our state. The symbolism was impossible to ignore, and so were the consequences. This was not a…
St Pete Catalyst
Published January 27AI detects CEO depression through earnings calls
A USF machine learning model identified signs of depression in over 9,500 of the more than 14,500 CEOs studied.
Weekly Challenger
Published October 23Harnessing the power of AI for good
By Dr. Kanika Tomalin | President and CEO, Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg The following column is based on remarks by Dr. Kanika Tomalin at September’s Spotlight Tampa Bay: How AI Can Strengthen Our Communities event. The last column I wrote in college, just about 30…
Weekly Challenger
Published August 12We’re all in the Projects now (OPINION)
By Geveryl Robinson | Contributor Many of us grew up with people assuming that all Black people at one point in their lives lived in “the projects.” Because racism and ignorance run rampant in our society, many still believe that most Black people grew up in poverty or were from…
Weekly Challenger
Published July 08Where is your outrage, Church? (OPINION)
GEVERYL ROBINSON | CONTRIBUTOR Each day, I sit and watch as more and more people are being oppressed in this nation. Day after day, I sit, I watch, and I wonder where the outrage from the church is. I wonder if the same “Christians,” who go to church every Sunday have ever opened…
St Pete Catalyst
Published November 07Partner Story: The Number One cause of boating accidents in Florida
Partner Stories, like this one, are promotional pieces sponsored by local businesses and organizations. Follow this link to learn more about writing your own Partner Story. The State of Florida passed the mark of one million registered recreational boaters in 2022, according to…
St Pete Catalyst
Published March 28Help helps: Solving the strategy deficiency
It seems all too often we find ourselves without the time and space for a good think. Amidst the hundreds of emails and the oppressive number of video calls and meetings, we struggle to include our individual work tasks into each day. So it goes without saying that finding time…