The vacation-home boom has collapsed. Second-home purchases fell nearly 68% in Sarasota-Bradenton since 2021, suggesting the pandemic-era rush into vacation properties has fully reversed.
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Friday marks the day enslaved people in Texas learned they were free. Hear from people from across Tampa Bay’s Black community about what freedom means to them.
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The U.S. and Iran are set to formally sign a deal to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. But there are questions about details and what comes next.
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An immigration detention center in the Everglades stirred up a decades-old environmental battle. Hear from people who helped in the fight.
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Gulf sturgeon jump for buoyancy and communication, explained retired fish biologist Ken Sulak.
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The Grove, an affordable homeownership development on 18th Avenue South in St. Petersburg, welcoming three new families into homes.
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Farm stands have become a unique way for consumers to buy homemade baked goods, fresh eggs and handcrafted items.
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Least terns and black skimmers have faced especially challenging conditions at several Sanibel colonies, where repeated plundering by coyotes have reduced nesting success and caused birds to shift to the causeway and islands around it.
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Lawmakers acted earlier this year to save a key AIDS drug program from drastic cuts, but a new report from the state indicates the program remains in peril.
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The judge had sided with five Tenet-owned South Florida hospitals, ruling Leapfrog could no longer automatically assign the lowest scores to facilities that declined to participate in voluntary surveys.
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