H/t to Douglas Soule & a POLITICO reporter for writing about these wild oral arguments beforehand, bringing our attention to them: tallahassee.com/story/news/pol…

absolutely delighted by this note from my Miami Airbnb host

Billboards for The Epoch Times boast '#1 Trusted News.' Here's the real story axios.com/local/tampa-ba…

🚨 the giant IUD is coming to tampa axios.com/local/tampa-ba…

In case you missed it:

An attorney for Florida argued what professors say in class is speech the government can censor.

A judge asked if that meant students in red/blue states would see entirely different sets of facts.

“That’s the genius of federalism,” he replied, in part.

it happened..... i finally know a contestant on love island

BREAKING: New College of Florida to renew hotel contracts, build portables amid housing shortage

My latest for Sarasota Herald-Tribune: heraldtribune.com/story/news/edu…

BIG NEWS: “Transgender opponents are of course free to hold their beliefs,' U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle wrote in his 105-page ruling.

“But they are not free to discriminate against transgender individuals just for being transgender.' Axios
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Had such a blast talking to Annabelle for this story. Her book, 'The Mango Tree,' opens with her mother's 2015 arrest for shooting a BB gun at some folks trying to steal her mangos, so one could say she's a mango etiquette expert 💪 axios.com/local/tampa-ba…

celebrating one year at Axios local with an extremely niche st. pete kicker that may or may not be based on a true story

The Sunshine City has the best public park system among large cities in #Florida , per a new report from the pro-park nonprofit Trust for Public Land. axios.com/local/tampa-ba… via Kathryn Varn & Alex Fitzpatrick

Florida won't light bridges in rainbow colors. So Jacksonville's LGBTQ community did. jacksonville.com/story/news/loc…

There are lots more people like Robert DuBoise in prison. Read this significant story by Dan Sullivan and Christopher Spata for the Tampa Bay Times

We're closing the poll this afternoon and Tampa is winning by 60 votes. Do with that information what you will. St. Petersburg, FL axios.com/local/tampa-ba…

Florida doesn't use the term 'rape' in statutes. Instead, it has a crime of 'sexual battery.' But that term is not in the language of the Heartbeat Protection Act.

Tallahassee Democrat

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I wrote about the building that you cannot not see when you're anywhere near downtown St. Pete: axios.com/local/tampa-ba…

New: Workers at a Starbucks in Tampa yesterday voted to unionize with Starbucks Workers United, joining seven other unionized locations in Florida and over 400 across the U.S.

Reporting for Creative Loafing Tampa Bay: cltampa.com/food-drink/tam…

Clearwater leaders are no longer hiding their impatience as blocks of downtown properties tied to the Church of Scientology remain empty despite years of closed-door talks.

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