Multi-Skilled Journalist/Fill-In Anchor @10TampaBay, CBS in Tampa. Previously: @WGRZ, #MedillMafia. News tips/Story ideas: [email protected]
St Petersburg, FL
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The FBI arrested Thomas Markle, 82, at the Maravida Senior Living facility in Lakeland on Friday for possession of child pornography.
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Rays-Guardians game is postponed.
MLB did everything possible to try and get this game in — and yet…they call it a little after 9PM.
This was a huge swing and miss.
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Friday update: Latest official filings show @ByronDonalds campaign has raised $134.4 m overall while @davidjollyfl has $16.6 m. Jolly total is about 12.3% of Donalds total. So far Donalds campaign has spent more than $91m in a race that remains tight heading into final month
A protester was removed during JD Vance’s speech at a Republican rally at Lakeland Linder International Airport. This one of two incidents involving protesters.
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Clearwater residents say when street transfers involving the Church of Scientology come before city council, Scientologists arrive hours early and fill the chambers.
With two transfers up for a vote today, we stopped by to check it out ourselves.
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USF students and season ticket holders are expressing concern after the university showcased U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds and Interim U.S. Senator Ashley Moody in ceremonial roles while they’re actively campaigning. @10TampaBay
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Two people are dead after a small single-engine plane departing Tampa Executive Airport crashed.
We’re still working to learn more, but here’s what we know so far.
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The City of #StPete is considering paying $420,000 to PRI Enterprises for a three-year blanket purchase agreement for office paper products.
PRI Enterprises Exec said they pay between $0.30 and $ 1.05 to incarcerated workers.
.@Lions CB Terrion Arnold appeared in Hillsborough County court Thursday, facing eight felony counts, including kidnapping and armed robbery, for a crime he allegedly planned in Tampa in February.
He’s being held without bond until his next hearing Monday. @10TampaBay
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Hernando County commissioners have unanimously approved a moratorium that will put a one-year hold on all data center projects in the county.
It marks the second county in the Tampa Bay region to take such action.
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.@GovRonDeSantis has just announced a special session will begin Monday to draft a measure for November’s ballot that would eliminate homestead property taxes in the state. @10TampaBay
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The new congressional redistricting map has passed the Florida Senate by a vote of 21-17.
It will now head back to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk to be signed into law. @10TampaBay
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The new congressional redistricting map has passed the Florida House 83-28. The Senate is expected to vote later today.
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The Florida Senate has taken a 30-minute recess to discuss the ruling in the Supreme Court Case Louisiana v. Callais, which has implications for Congressional redistricting.
The House did not approve a motion to take a two-hour recess for the same reason. @10TampaBay
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Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez says the House will take up the proposed Congressional redistricting map tomorrow for a vote. He also said because no bills were filed in the House on AI protections or medical freedoms, the House will not take up those issues this session.
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@GovRonDeSantis’ office has released a new Congressional redistricting proposal ahead of tomorrow’s special session, which seeks to flip four Democratic districts blue and give Florida Republicans a 24-4 advantage in Congress.
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.@GovRonDeSantis has just issued a proclamation calling lawmakers back to Tallahassee for a special session April 28-May 1.
Lawmakers were originally set to convene this Monday, April 20, but that session has now officially been postponed.
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This won’t be a single-issue session. The governor is calling for action on congressional redistricting, consumer protections for artificial intelligence and expanding medical freedom in Florida.
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The production team behind “A Land Remembered” will no longer be pursuing a permit to film at Fort De Soto Park, saying they are “committed to work with stakeholders to protect the natural environment.”
Our story on the pushback from earlier this week: wtsp.com/article/news/local/…
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