Vol. 38, No. 17
Tampa Legals 4/24/25
By Jerrica Schwartz
FSU students protest lack of gun control laws after deadly campus shooting
Proposed Florida laws to loosen gun limits have stalled, but so have attempted restrictions.
By Mitch Perry and Florida Phoenix
Florida Republican repeats false claim that Florida has state OSHA
Abbott’s bill, HB 6033, seeks to repeal Florida’s Labor Pool Act,
By McKenna Schueler
Florida’s latest E-Verify measure looks dead in the Senate
The House passed a bill Wednesday requiring all employers to use an online system to verify that their new hires can legally work in the country.
By Mitch Perry
‘The Democratic Party in Florida is dead’: Centrist Sen. Jason Pizzo switches party affiliation
He’s going independent.
Pinellas Republican David Jolly is a Democrat now—and really close to running for governor
As an indication of his intentions, Jolly has hired Democratic campaign strategist Eric Hyers as an adviser.
Pinellas sheriff on immigration arrests: ‘We take our direction on something like that from the judge, not from anybody else’
Florida’s attorney general sent a letter to law enforcement stating that he won’t stop them from enforcing a temporarily blocked state immigration la
By Jackie Llanos and Florida Phoenix
'Nothing official yet': Former Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn responds to reports he's running for a third term
The worst kept secret in Tampa politics finally got some air.
By Ray Roa
Tarpon Springs Book Festival among indie bookstore celebrations across Tampa Bay
There are a bunch of indie bookstores in the Bay area, and many celebrate the holiday this weekend.
St. Pete Deuces district will be chock-full of art for May's Tampa Bay Chalk Festival
Twenty-five artists will tackle the theme “Our Watery Futures”
By Selene San Felice
USF jazz instructor Ross Strauser brings 18-piece orchestra to Ybor City this weekend
It's the world premiere of the 15-movement suite, 'Going to the Sun.'
Tampa band Rototiller releases new EP, and plays final show, on Friday
By Josh Bradley
Tiny.Blips kicks off busy weekend of heady live music at Dunedin Brewery
Photon and members of Perpetual Groove are in the building, too.
Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand will make Tampa debut this fall
Take me out.
Southern-rock band Blackberry Smoke plays Tampa this weekend
The Atlanta band is Saturday's Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival headliner.
Pat Travers band plays sold-out Safety Harbor concert on Saturday
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett says he's one of the all-time greatest to ever wield a six-string.
New World Tampa's 30th anniversary weekend brings in some of the venue's most-beloved artists
It goes down Friday-Saturday on Skagway.
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Music Festival takes over Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park this weekend
Morris Day, Eric Darius, Boney James and more are in the lineup.
Amigo The Devil brings painfully honest Americana to Tampa in May
The show moved from St. Petersburg to Tampa.
Creative Loafing and Channelside Brewing release new Beermosa lager at 'Brunched' this weekend
Channelside Brewing, makers of the guava wheat Best of the Bay Beer Can Building Beer, have done it again with with the strawberry-tangerine lager.
By CL Staff
Pickle & Pint, Largo's new indoor pickleball courts, cafe and bar, opens any day
After games, players can cool down at the on-site bar, which serves craft beers from Florida breweries, wine, and coffee from Belleair Coffee Company.
By Sofía García Vargas
Iconic Korean supermarket H Mart files permits to build in Tampa
The location is just a mile-and-a-half north of Raymond James Stadium.
H Mart coming to Tampa, Shaq's Big Chicken, new Bayshore rooftop bar, and more local food news
Plus King of the Coop is back in the Heights, Largo's new pickleball bar and more.
By Sofía García Vargas, Kyla Fields, Selene San Felice and Ray Roa
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St. Pete's bearded drag queen Adriana Sparkle is a hair away from 'Drag Race' fame
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By Ray Roa, Caitlin Carter
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By Dave Decker, Selene San Felice
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