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Federal judge rejects Florida Gov. DeSantis’ request to evaluate trans kids...
A federal judge has rejected a request by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to conduct “mental examinations” on a pair of 12-year-olds who are plaintiffs in a challenge to a state rule prohibiting...
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Florida’s first Wagamama opens at Water Street Tampa next month
Downtown Tampa's "live-work-play district" is getting a new and highly-anticipated addition next month. Wagamama finally celebrates its grand opening on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 1050 Water St. in downtown...
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Genre-bending songwriter Nnamdï plays Tampa next month
Next month, Nnamdï is celebrating his fifth album Please Have a Seat by hitting the road on a tour that stops in Tampa. Tickets to see Nnamdï (stylized “NNAMDÏ,” a Nigerian name pronounced “nahm-dee”)...
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Six Tampa bars where you can escape Gasparilla
Tampa’s annual Gasparilla parade arrives on Saturday, Jan. 28, and the raucous parties that surround it are certainly not for the faint of heart. If you’ve had your costume ready since last year and...
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Gulfport cafe Pop Goes the Waffle to close this weekend
A sad day is on the horizon for the waffle-lovers of St. Pete and Gulfport. Pop Goes the Waffle, a go-to breakfast spot and dessert cafe, will serve its final waffles on Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 21-22...
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Tampa city council rejects four of Mayor Jane Castor's controversial vetoes
Today, Tampa City Council shot down four of Mayor Jane Castor's attempts to block voters from deciding on potential changes to the city's charter. But three council members voted against giving the...
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'Sad Summer' music festival is bringing Taking Back Sunday to Clearwater's...
Tampa Bay's emo kids will be among the first to mosh around at Clearwater's renovated Coachman Park this summer. Live Nation just announced that Taking Back Sunday, The Maine and Pvris and mong...
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Oracle Of Ybor: I'm starting to feel burned out in this one-sided...
Dear Oracle, what do you do when a friendship is beginning to feel one-sided? I love my friend and have been close with her for years, but I’m noticing that I’m starting to feel drained after spending...
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Florida Supreme Court rejects challenge to law on local gun regulations
In a case stemming from the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to a state law that threatens stiff penalties if...
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Tampa’s Wagamama sets opening date, Pop Goes the Waffle closing, and more...
Openings Boulon Brasserie Self-described as a "French-style brassiere with a modern twist," downtown Tampa's newest fine dining concept is finally ready to open its doors.
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511 Franklin, a new neighborhood cocktail bar, hosts grand opening this weekend
Downtown Tampa is getting a new late-night hotspot—and the bar's name will literally lead you right to it. Located at 511 N Franklin St. in downtown Tampa, 511 Franklin describes itself as “a...
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Seffner’s Soulful Flavors moves to new Tampa location in University area
After a year in the ‘burbs, Chef Andre Warren is moving closer to the customers clamoring for his southern cooking. Soulful Flavors is now open in Tampa’s University area in the plaza next to Champs....
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‘Bracing ourselves for even more restrictions’: Reproductive rights marches...
After the Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protections under Roe v. Wade last year, Florida signed a 15-week abortion ban into law (with no exceptions for cases of rape, incest, or human...
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Federal judge says Gov. DeSantis violated Florida Constitution but dismisses...
While finding that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ suspension of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren violated the law, a federal judge on Friday grudgingly ruled that he lacked the power to reinstate...
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Tampa Republican files bill that could open door to pre-game prayers at high...
As a federal appeals court prepares to hear arguments in a long-running dispute about the issue, a state senator filed a proposal Friday that could allow high schools to offer prayers over stadium...
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Tampa resident Ric Flair, woo, will serve as Gasparilla's grand marshal this...
Ric Flair, also known as "the stylin', profilin', limousine riding, jet flying, kiss-stealing, wheelin' and dealin' son of a gun," will be the grand marshal at this weekend's 2023 Seminole Hard Rock...
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Review: In Clearwater, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit gets sentimental and...
At a very sold-out Ruth Eckerd Hall on Friday night, Jason Isbell’s fiddler wife Amanda Shires—who opened for the late John Prine in the same room about six oddyears ago—took center stage, and howled...
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Tampa Bay is now home to an invasive, air-breathing fish
Adding to a long list of invasive species that already includes clawed frogs, house-eating meningitis snails, and giant poisonous toads, Tampa Bay is now home to an air-breathing Asian fish. For the...
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Canadian butt-rock favorite Nickelback is playing Tampa this summer
Christmas came early, Tampa Bay. Nickelback, North America’s foremost purveyor or pure, unabashed, five-time-Grammy-nominated butt-rock, is playing Tampa this summer. Tickets to see Nickelback play...
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DeSantis isn’t Trump without the baggage, he’s Trump without the...
“I wanted this to happen.” That was the explanation Larry Keefe, a Republican political hack working for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, offered in federal court when asked why he doggedly pushed for the...
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