The Ybor City Stogie

Friday, June 30, 2023

Ron DeSantis signs a law that lets Florida override local landlord-tenant regulations

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a bill that will lead to state law overriding local regulations involving landlords and tenants.....MORE

Rip current escape tips

Over the past week nearly one dozen people died in Florida after being caught in rip currents, but there are ways to get out of one. https://www.fox13news.com/news/what-to-do-if-youre-caught-in-a-rip-current

Tampa Locavore

Andy at Molly Malone’s Irish Pub - Davis Islands

Ron DeSantis' plan is so insane, even Fox host doesn't buy it

Maxwell Frost says Congress must protect Floridians’ constitutional rights

The Orlando Democrat at a town hall trashed laws targeting Chinese nationals, LGBTQ individuals and Latinos.

At his first general town hall, U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost said the federal government must better protect Floridians’ constitutional rights.

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Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan

The Supreme Court on Friday blocked the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan in a 6-3 decision, stopping more than 40 million borrowers from receiving loan forgiveness and delivering a major defeat to one of the president’s key campaign promises.....MORE

Tampa community prepares for new immigration law that will soon go into effect

Supreme Court rules for a designer who doesn’t want to make wedding websites for gay couples

In a defeat for gay rights, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples. One of the court’s liberal justices wrote in a dissent that the decision’s effect is to “mark gays and lesbians for second-class status” and that it opens the door to other discrimination.....MORE

Ybor Paparazzi

Andy at Chillums

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Jerk Chicken

Rice and Beans, Cabbage and Platanos

$6.49 Lunch Special

Hines Caribbean Cuisine

3313 N. Nebraska Ave, Ybor Heights

Tampa's Best Jamaican Food!

Thursday, June 29, 2023

VA announces new investments, grants to end veterans homelessness

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Thursday announced major new investments to tackle the veterans homelessness crisis as it pushes toward an ambitious goal of housing at least 38,000 veterans this year.....MORE

DeSantis unveils new immigration, border policy

DeSantis pushes to delay Disney trial until after 2024 election

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s attorneys are attempting to delay a trial in the governor’s long-standing political and legal fight with Disney.

The GOP presidential candidate’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the case this week, and they want a judge to delay the trial until August 2025 if it is not dismissed. If granted, that would move the Disney political football well beyond the 2024 presidential election.

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New teaching restrictions 'vague and unclear’ say critics as Florida law takes effect

‘There is a Black exodus at USF’: Faculty group says USF administration has been silent in the face of racism

Last month, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed SB 266 into law, banning funds for any Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) programs at state universities and colleges. A statement from the Black Faculty and Staff Association (BFSA) to the University of South Florida alleges racism and silence towards faculty in the wake of SB 266.....MORE

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Tampa Locavore: Persia

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Ybor Life

7th Ave

Florida Democrats fighting for abortion access one year after Dobbs

Tampa Locavore

Andy at Stone Soup in Ybor City

Fireworks and festivities lined up for 4th July in Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay residents can prepare for another year of fireworks dancing across the night sky as 4th of July events get lined up for the holiday. No matter how you plan on celebrating, there are plenty of activities for families to enjoy across the area. Check out our event guide.....MORE

Dozens of flights delayed, canceled at Tampa International Airport for 2nd day in a row

Photo by Marek Ślusarczyk

Dozens of flights were delayed or canceled Wednesday at Tampa International Airport for the second day in a row, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.

As of 1:20 p.m., there were 66 flight delays and 17 cancellations of flights both arriving and departing at TPA, according to FlightAware. The largest impact involves flights to and from airports in the Northeast, such as Newark Liberty International Airport, LaGuardia, and New York-JFK.

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