BREAKING: The Legislature just delivered a decisive victory to Floridians who treasure their state parks, passing a bill to ban golf courses and hotels in parks The bill heads to the desk of the governor, whose admin’s plans prompted protests last summer tampabay.com/news/environme…

Fascinating story from Dan Sullivan about an ex-FBI agent's book irking local investigators on the Oba Chandler investigation. tampabay.com/news/crime/202…

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BREAKING: Responding to a question from Tampa Bay Times, DeSantis just said he intends to sign the bill to prevent golf courses and hotels on state park land. tampabay.com/news/environme…

The owners of 490 First Ave. S, the office building formerly owned and occupied by the Tampa Bay Times that was hit by a crane during Hurricane Milton, want to tear it down. tampabay.com/news/st-peters…

As he faces death, Hillsborough killer's troubled youth is an untold story Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/crime/202…

Hillsborough killer Glen Rogers to be executed Thursday evening Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/crime/202…

NEW: A proposed deal for Florida to trade 324 acres of fragile state forest to a golf developer in is dead, the environmental department told me and Max Chesnes. But as conservationists celebrate, a new land swap has emerged w/ some similarities. tampabay.com/news/environme…

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As controversy swirls around this new land swap, Florida DEP News sent us the resignation letter of the agency’s director of the division of state lands:

NEW: The mysterious LLC behind the Guana preserve land swap has withdrawn its proposal after facing steep opposition, days before what was expected to be a raucous meeting of the council that had to review it. Max Chesnes tampabay.com/news/environme…

Judge scolds Tim Burke's lawyer after AI produces error-filled court motion Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/crime/202…

NEW: DeSantis just signed the "State Park Preservation Act" to prohibit building golf courses, hotels and other amenities on state park land. w/ Max Chesnes tampabay.com/news/environme…

The Tampa Bay area was shocked earlier this year when police said a 16-year-old Gulfport girl had been tortured for a week, murdered and dismembered. Now, her family is suing Grindr, the app where they say the teen connected with her killers. tampabay.com/news/florida/2…

NEW: The fired state employee who leaked plans to develop nine Florida state parks is suing the DeSantis admin for retaliation In the lawsuit, James Gaddis alleges he was directed to keep the park plans secret (Tallahassee Democrat first reported) tampabay.com/news/environme…

Man gets life in prison for killing next-door neighbor in New Tampa Alexa Coultoff tampabay.com/news/crime/202…

A baby was born and died in a Tampa college dorm room. Was it a crime? Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/crime/202…

Pickpocketing scheme leaves 160 women out of $200K, St. Petersburg police say. Only two cases have been prosecuted. ⁦Tampa Bay Times⁩ tampabay.com/news/crime/202…