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The company proposing a new cruise port in Tampa Bay has a history of violating environmental laws SSA terminal in port of Seattle on March 12, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. A well known marine developer says it will conserve Rattlesnake Key. Court

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Why Florida is hiding its data center boom Lawmakers are weighing the costs of corporate secrecy and the centers’ intensive demands for energy and water.

The Tampa and Miami areas split most of Florida's data centers.

DeSantis' 'AI Bill of Rights' stalls in House Only the Senate has moved DeSantis’ desired “Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights” and his call to lessen the impact of massive data centers on utility ratepayers.

The bill's House version has been assigned to four committees—a historic sign of leadership opposition.

'You can't erase truth': Black History Month events around Tampa Bay The celebration marks its 100th anniversary this year.

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Photos: Sex Mex brings Texas flavor to Bradenton Sex Mex plays Oscura in Bradenton, Florida on Feb. 6, 2026. It got nice and spicy in Bradenton last Friday when Nathan Gray brought his Texas rock band

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There's a lot to love about Jupiter, Florida Aquarium's goliath grouper Jupiter the Grouper in his tank at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 7, 2026—eyes like glazed over blueberries. I have a crush on a fish.

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Interview: Before two Tampa shows, Vermin Supreme talks origins, fighting fascism, and more Vermin Supreme outside the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio on July 21, 2016. I first met Vermin Supreme after we were both released

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Interview: Ahead of St. Pete show, Joey Valence & Brae talk Crocs, writing, and getting older Joey Valence & Brae Before diving into more serious questions about their career and music, hip-hop duo Joey Valence & Brae (which often goes by

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Chuwi, the secret sauce on ‘Weltita’ by Bad Bunny, will play a Tampa concert this summer Chuwi Pop music fans not living under Kid Rock-sized fedora know full well that Puerto Rican music is having a moment. Ahead of this weekend’s Super Bowl

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Photos: Bad, Bad Things and Emo Night Tampa rip Rock the Park Bill. was forced off the bill due to illness.

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Tampa Bay's best live music happening Feb. 5-12 Alix Herard of Bill. (stylized "bill.") That groundhog saw his shadow this week, but thankfully that has nothing to do with how much live music Tampa Bay

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Righteous '90s hip-hop legend Digable Planets brings 'Blowout Comb' reunion to St. Pete Digable Planets at Gasparilla Music Festival in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 17, 2024. Digable Planets' mainstream success stopped on the Grammys stage.

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Georgia band Insomniac brings meditative metal to Tampa on Wednesday Insomniac c. 2025 (L-R) Alex Avedissian, Amos Rifkin, Juan Garcia, Van Bassman Doom and death metal often features a lot of growling. Not so much in the

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Theremin-wielding Ohio punk band Dana plays no-cover St. Pete show on Wednesday Dana Permanent Makeup has long been St. Petersburg’s premier purveyor of angular, face-crunching art-punk, and it warms the crowd up ahead of Dana, an

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Tampa producers to honor J Dilla on the 20th anniversary of his death J Dilla James Dewitt Yancey would have been 52 years old this month. In 1997 the Detroit producer, who died on Feb. 10, 2006, made a choice that would

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Jay Reatard-channeling Texas band Sex Mex comes to Bradenton on Friday A crop from the cover Sex Mex's 'Down In the Dump Trucks' EP Tennessee songwriter James Lee Lindsey Jr. has been gone for 16 years, but the spirit of his

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Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, former fiddler for Molly Tuttle, brings solo project to St. Pete this weekend Bluegrass fans should know Bronwyn Keith-Hynes well. The 33-year-old put her first vocal solo record out about two years ago and started piecing her band

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Nashville songwriter Jef Bjarnson brings Inner View project to Tampa on Thursday Inner View Jef Bjarnson is a house show staple in Nashville, and he brings his dream-pop project Inner View on the road for this short run through the

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Bill., a Tampa band of indie-rock lifers, releases loud, unforgiving debut LP bill. Bill.’s new album is not a casual listen. Simultaneously dense and expansive, the seven-track outing clocks in at just under 27 minutes, but it’s

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Dump Duke says public power is cheaper, more reliable, than what St. Pete is getting now Marley Price at the Dump Duke press conference in St. Petersburg, Florida on Jan. 28, 2026. Dump Duke held a press conference last Wednesday supporting a

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In Pinellas, a dark money-funded ‘Energy Alliance’ is working against the push for publicly-owned electricity Logos for the St. Pete and Clearwater 'Energy Alliance.' Pinellas Energy Alliance is spending tens of thousands of dollars on ads, consultants and

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Post Malone and Jelly Roll bring 'Big Ass Stadium Tour' to Tampa this Spring Both face-tatted artists got their start as rappers and have since pivoted to pop and country. Jelly Roll has gone harder on the latter.

Fresh off a triple-Grammy win, Jelly Roll is ready to get political.

Army vet who blew the whistle on Trump joins race to run against Tampa's Sen. Ashley Moody Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who played a central role in President Donald Trump’s first impeachment, announced

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Americana star Kathleen Edwards, now living in the Tampa Bay area, plays hometown show on Thursday Kathleen Edwards Now a Bay area resident, Canadian songwriter Kathleen Edwards plays a hometown show under the Skipperdome supporting a new album,

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Proposed Florida law would require corroboration to make anonymous complaints against cops A St. Petersburg Police Department car on Sept. 12, 2027. Last year, a GOP lawmaker attempted to pass a bill that would have banned anonymous complaints

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St. Pete Science Festival, Marinequest, happens this weekend St. Petersburg Science Festival on Feb. 18, 2023. Tampa Bay’s biggest science events of the year geared to kids of all ages are scheduled for Saturday,

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Armature Works screens another 'Twilight' movie for free this month After showing  “Twilight” in November and “New Moon” last month, Twihards no longer have to wonder, “Bella, where have you been, loca?”

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Photos: At NHL Stadium Series, Tampa Bay Lightning fans get the best game ever Fans take in Boston Bruins v Tampa Bay Lightning for the NHL Stadium Series game on Feb. 1, 2026 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Outside of

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Gasparilla 2026 photos: Every stone cold pirate we saw on Tampa’s Bayshore Boulevard over the weekend Partygoers at the Gasparilla parade in Tampa, Florida on Jan. 31, 2026. Shiver me timbers took on new meaning last Saturday when Tampa staged perhaps its

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Tampa Monitor: Council approves additional funding for South Howard Flood Relief project Tampa City Council on Jan. 29, 2026. Last Thursday morning Jean Duncan, the City of Tampa's Administrator of Infrastructure and Mobility, presented the

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