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Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks about his proposal for Florida to become the first state to abolish property taxes during a news conference at the Florida REALTORS headquarters in Orlando on Monday, March 31, 2025.
DeSantis cools to property tax plan, says he won’t campaign for it
“I’m not going to do it,” he said.
At St. Pete Pride, revelers celebrate LGBTQ+ resilience, joy
Attendees walk in the Trans March during St. Pete Pride's annual celebration along the waterfront in St. Petersburg.
Parade-goers said the festival was a moment of resistance amid a spate of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and legislation.
Tampa Bay restaurants fear a slow summer season, and are scrambling to adapt
St. Petersburg vegan restaurant Good Intentions is one of several local restaurants closing this summer.
Venue fees, shutdowns and collabs galore: Tampa Bay’s restaurant landscape is experiencing a summer shakeup.
Review: At Ye’s Tampa concert, the rapper is still on top of the world
Logan Clark, left, and Major Green, right, wear their new merch at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa before the Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, concert on Friday. Ye did not allow photographers inside his concert.
Despite the scandals leading up to the Raymond James Stadium concert, Tampa ultimately welcomed the former Kanye West.
People take in the festivities along Central Avenue in St. Petersburg on Sunday as Pride weekend came to an end.
Images from street fair in St. Petersburg to wrap up Pride weekend
The party continued with a family-friendly Pride event.
After losing her son, a Tampa Bay mom started a school for kids with cancer
Mary Ann Massolio and Superintendent Van Ayres renewed a memorandum of agreement between Hillsborough County Public Schools and 1Voice Academy on Massolio's late son's birthday.
Hillsborough County Public Schools has renewed a memorandum of agreement with 1Voice Academy.
Longtime Florida housing developer tests a shift toward data centers
Dallas TX1 data center electrical room is pictured at the NTT Data center campus on March 4, 2026, in Garland, Texas.
The Deltona Corporation was behind a rezoning proposal that would bring a 1,365-acre industrial park to Citrus County.
Ye brought daughter North West, Kodak Black onstage Sunday in Tampa
A fan is seen wearing a Ye tour T-shirt in the parking lot outside Raymond James Stadium in Tampa before the rapper, formerly known as Kanye West, performed on Friday.
The surprise guests helped the former Kanye West end his controversial run at Raymond James Stadium.

SPORTS

Junior Caminero hits 7th HR in 6 games, Rays end 1st half in 1st place
• Rays
The Rays' Junior Caminero celebrates in front of a broadcast camera after hitting a home run in the fifth inning Sunday afternoon at Tropicana Field.
Rays’ Yandy Diaz ‘hurting a little bit,’ but expects to play through it
• Rays
Rays designated hitter Yandy Diaz talks to coaches after straining his left shoulder during an at-bat Sunday. Diaz is day-to-day but says he feels "really good about this moving forward.”
Yandy Diaz has been most consistent and most valuable for Rays so far
• Rays
Designated hitter Yandy Diaz, who went into play Saturday leading the American League with 97 hits and a .334 batting average, is our pick for the Rays' first-half MVP.
Scenes from World Cup draw between Colombia, Portugal in Miami Gardens
• Photos
Colombia forward Luis Suárez (25) attempts a shot on goal during the second half of Saturday's 0-0 draw with Portugal in the opening round of the World Cup in Miami Gardens.
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VIEWPOINTS

Many Haitian women in Florida to lose temporary protective status | Column
• Viewpoints
Haitian women’s social roles are often understood through the concept of poto mitan, Haitian Creole for “central pole.”
The week’s best editorial cartoons from Times wire services
• Viewpoints
Cartoon
Florida Democrats are running on ‘boring.’ Will it work?| Column
• Viewpoints
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrates with Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier during an election night watch party Tuesday.
God is waiting for us to graduate from kindergarten | Letters
• Letters to the Editor
Religion and the Bible have been used to justify a lot of opposing behaviors.
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POLITICS

DeSantis cools to property tax plan, says he won’t campaign for it
• Elections
Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks about his proposal for Florida to become the first state to abolish property taxes during a news conference at the Florida REALTORS headquarters in Orlando on Monday, March 31, 2025.
Florida hospitals act fast to discharge gun victims — especially if they’re not insured
• Health
Alea Bates was uninsured when surgeons removed bullets and fragments from her body after a stranger shot her seven times. She went home from the hospital after four days with about $60,000 in bills. “It's crazy that in this country somebody else can hurt you,” Bates says, and “you have to pay for what they did to you.”
At St. Pete Pride, revelers celebrate LGBTQ+ resilience, joy
• News
Attendees walk in the Trans March during St. Pete Pride's annual celebration along the waterfront in St. Petersburg.
6 takeaways from Florida GOP’s Sunshine State Showdown
• Elections
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds speaks during Saturday's Sunshine State Showdown at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood.
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