The Latest Breaking News from Tampa

TAMPA, Fla. — Every week, Gov. Ron DeSantis seems to make national education news.

TAMPA, Fla. — When Ron DeSantis took the inauguration stage for the first time in 2019, he didn’t sound like a national conservative leader on education policy.

The general election for Tampa, Florida, is on March 7, 2023. The filing deadline to run passed on Jan. 20. 

Elections for Tampa’s mayor and six of the seven city council members, as well as four charter amendments referred to the ballot by the city council, will be held on March 7.

TAMPA, Fla. — Taken aback by Florida’s attacks against its new AP African American studies course, the College Board late Saturday denounced the state Department of Education, saying it used the course to advance a politically motivated agenda.

TAMPA, Fla. — The day belongs to Ronde Barber. The honor and legacy, too.

TAMPA, Fla. — Emails suggest that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign made two requests of the Tampa Convention Center, the downtown venue that hosted the governor’s November election night celebration: no guns and no fingers pointing at the campaign for seeking such a prohibition.

TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady’s retirement plans are now in ink.

TAMPA, Fla. — Transgender youth in Florida seeking to begin puberty blockers and hormone therapy will have no access to treatment in the state once a pending ban goes into effect — not even in clinical trials.