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srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-falkenburg-road-jail-in-tampa-is-seen-6DH3T72KGBF3NEVGARP7RV7BZU.jpg?auth=7a63ede51bca8ee20264ef597ff62b6240022c94ea6254cf617d93c5140bb09a&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-falkenburg-road-jail-in-tampa-is-seen-6DH3T72KGBF3NEVGARP7RV7BZU.jpg?auth=7a63ede51bca8ee20264ef597ff62b6240022c94ea6254cf617d93c5140bb09a&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-falkenburg-road-jail-in-tampa-is-seen-6DH3T72KGBF3NEVGARP7RV7BZU.jpg?auth=7a63ede51bca8ee20264ef597ff62b6240022c94ea6254cf617d93c5140bb09a&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="The Falkenburg Road Jail in Tampa is seen in a Google image from 2018. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man who was incarcerated at the jail died at a hospital Tuesday afternoon." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="The Falkenburg Road Jail in Tampa is seen in a Google image from 2018. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man who was incarcerated at the jail died at a hospital Tuesday afternoon." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-falkenburg-road-jail-in-tampa-is-seen-6DH3T72KGBF3NEVGARP7RV7BZU.jpg?auth=7a63ede51bca8ee20264ef597ff62b6240022c94ea6254cf617d93c5140bb09a&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/crime/2025/02/25/howard-frankland-bridge-stabbing-patrick-scruggs-stand-your-ground/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/crime/2025/02/25/howard-frankland-bridge-stabbing-patrick-scruggs-stand-your-ground/"}">Ex-prosecutor claims stand your ground in Howard Frankland stabbing</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T23:51:42.421Z">5 hours ago</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Crime</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/crime/2025/02/25/howard-frankland-bridge-stabbing-patrick-scruggs-stand-your-ground/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/crime/2025/02/25/howard-frankland-bridge-stabbing-patrick-scruggs-stand-your-ground/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-still-image-from-police-body-worn-P3BFBQ6VNNEN5FIOB25AULN4NA.JPG?auth=911f321b4f3aa88f18a35c2541874a8594d89126eb3786dba2d0e49033e1a69b&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-still-image-from-police-body-worn-P3BFBQ6VNNEN5FIOB25AULN4NA.JPG?auth=911f321b4f3aa88f18a35c2541874a8594d89126eb3786dba2d0e49033e1a69b&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-still-image-from-police-body-worn-P3BFBQ6VNNEN5FIOB25AULN4NA.JPG?auth=911f321b4f3aa88f18a35c2541874a8594d89126eb3786dba2d0e49033e1a69b&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-still-image-from-police-body-worn-P3BFBQ6VNNEN5FIOB25AULN4NA.JPG?auth=911f321b4f3aa88f18a35c2541874a8594d89126eb3786dba2d0e49033e1a69b&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="A still image from police body-worn camera footage shows Patrick Scruggs standing on the Howard Frankland Bridge the morning of Sept. 26, 2023. Scruggs, a former federal prosecutor, is accused of stabbing Blake Sharp in the arm with a pocketknife after Sharp crashed into Scruggs' car." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="A still image from police body-worn camera footage shows Patrick Scruggs standing on the Howard Frankland Bridge the morning of Sept. 26, 2023. Scruggs, a former federal prosecutor, is accused of stabbing Blake Sharp in the arm with a pocketknife after Sharp crashed into Scruggs' car." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-still-image-from-police-body-worn-P3BFBQ6VNNEN5FIOB25AULN4NA.JPG?auth=911f321b4f3aa88f18a35c2541874a8594d89126eb3786dba2d0e49033e1a69b&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li id="ntv-story-item-feed" class="feed-item"></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/business/2025/02/25/joann-fabric-closing-tampa-bay-florida/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/business/2025/02/25/joann-fabric-closing-tampa-bay-florida/"}">Fabrics retailer Joann to go out of business, close all stores</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T21:05:50.96Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Business</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/business/2025/02/25/joann-fabric-closing-tampa-bay-florida/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/business/2025/02/25/joann-fabric-closing-tampa-bay-florida/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/fabrics-retailer-joann-announced-it-is-ALQKDL5THKK3Z44XXT3XKPK2RY.jpg?auth=be25b046184063707b5d49f3018f882a17aa147e062adba572f9577d9bd89153&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/fabrics-retailer-joann-announced-it-is-ALQKDL5THKK3Z44XXT3XKPK2RY.jpg?auth=be25b046184063707b5d49f3018f882a17aa147e062adba572f9577d9bd89153&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/fabrics-retailer-joann-announced-it-is-ALQKDL5THKK3Z44XXT3XKPK2RY.jpg?auth=be25b046184063707b5d49f3018f882a17aa147e062adba572f9577d9bd89153&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/fabrics-retailer-joann-announced-it-is-ALQKDL5THKK3Z44XXT3XKPK2RY.jpg?auth=be25b046184063707b5d49f3018f882a17aa147e062adba572f9577d9bd89153&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Fabrics retailer Joann announced it is going out of business and closing all of its stores across the country." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Fabrics retailer Joann announced it is going out of business and closing all of its stores across the country." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/fabrics-retailer-joann-announced-it-is-ALQKDL5THKK3Z44XXT3XKPK2RY.jpg?auth=be25b046184063707b5d49f3018f882a17aa147e062adba572f9577d9bd89153&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/crime/2025/02/25/stephen-edenfield-murder-arrest-dna-brandon-gliha/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/crime/2025/02/25/stephen-edenfield-murder-arrest-dna-brandon-gliha/"}">After 28 years, DNA leads to arrest in Hillsborough murder case</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T19:40:42.838Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Crime</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/crime/2025/02/25/stephen-edenfield-murder-arrest-dna-brandon-gliha/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/crime/2025/02/25/stephen-edenfield-murder-arrest-dna-brandon-gliha/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/stephen-edenfield-is-seen-in-an-undated-YGSVTFMTMVHKXAIGKAKHZLQPLU.jpg?auth=41cb76004e7bf2d50549ea957cb81970cfc2eafab6a1d59b73be6994b7a61f11&height=180&width=320&fitfill=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/stephen-edenfield-is-seen-in-an-undated-YGSVTFMTMVHKXAIGKAKHZLQPLU.jpg?auth=41cb76004e7bf2d50549ea957cb81970cfc2eafab6a1d59b73be6994b7a61f11&height=240&width=425&fitfill=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/stephen-edenfield-is-seen-in-an-undated-YGSVTFMTMVHKXAIGKAKHZLQPLU.jpg?auth=41cb76004e7bf2d50549ea957cb81970cfc2eafab6a1d59b73be6994b7a61f11&height=316&width=562&fitfill=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/stephen-edenfield-is-seen-in-an-undated-YGSVTFMTMVHKXAIGKAKHZLQPLU.jpg?auth=41cb76004e7bf2d50549ea957cb81970cfc2eafab6a1d59b73be6994b7a61f11&height=414&width=736&fitfill=true"/><img alt="Stephen Edenfield is seen in an undated photo released by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Edenfield was 41 when his brother found his bloody body in his home in the Tampa Racquet Club condo complex, 5280 N. Church Ave., on Feb. 1, 1997. On Monday, the sheriff's office announced that they had cracked the cold case, charging Brandon Gliha, 47, with Edenfield's murder." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Stephen Edenfield is seen in an undated photo released by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Edenfield was 41 when his brother found his bloody body in his home in the Tampa Racquet Club condo complex, 5280 N. Church Ave., on Feb. 1, 1997. On Monday, the sheriff's office announced that they had cracked the cold case, charging Brandon Gliha, 47, with Edenfield's murder." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/stephen-edenfield-is-seen-in-an-undated-YGSVTFMTMVHKXAIGKAKHZLQPLU.jpg?auth=41cb76004e7bf2d50549ea957cb81970cfc2eafab6a1d59b73be6994b7a61f11&height=316&width=562&fitfill=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/environment/2025/02/25/trump-rices-whale-endangered-protections-rollback/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/environment/2025/02/25/trump-rices-whale-endangered-protections-rollback/"}">Trump admin rolls back protections for rare whales off Florida coast</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T18:57:37.876Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Environment</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/environment/2025/02/25/trump-rices-whale-endangered-protections-rollback/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/environment/2025/02/25/trump-rices-whale-endangered-protections-rollback/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-tampa-bay-times-archive-photo-from-HT3T35ASHZEWTOPWIJ676WXIDA.JPG?auth=619e22d4cd30800202081b6108fd2024671bda7f56416973f591e92587e0d76d&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-tampa-bay-times-archive-photo-from-HT3T35ASHZEWTOPWIJ676WXIDA.JPG?auth=619e22d4cd30800202081b6108fd2024671bda7f56416973f591e92587e0d76d&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-tampa-bay-times-archive-photo-from-HT3T35ASHZEWTOPWIJ676WXIDA.JPG?auth=619e22d4cd30800202081b6108fd2024671bda7f56416973f591e92587e0d76d&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-tampa-bay-times-archive-photo-from-HT3T35ASHZEWTOPWIJ676WXIDA.JPG?auth=619e22d4cd30800202081b6108fd2024671bda7f56416973f591e92587e0d76d&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="This Tampa Bay Times archive photo from 2009 shows volunteers from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium examining a dead Rice's whale that was towed to the beach at Fort De Soto. The adult female whale was struck and killed by a ship and dragged into the bay on the boat's bow. The whale was a milk-producing female, meaning she likely was nursing a calf when she died." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="This Tampa Bay Times archive photo from 2009 shows volunteers from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium examining a dead Rice's whale that was towed to the beach at Fort De Soto. The adult female whale was struck and killed by a ship and dragged into the bay on the boat's bow. The whale was a milk-producing female, meaning she likely was nursing a calf when she died." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-tampa-bay-times-archive-photo-from-HT3T35ASHZEWTOPWIJ676WXIDA.JPG?auth=619e22d4cd30800202081b6108fd2024671bda7f56416973f591e92587e0d76d&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/crime/2025/02/25/trump-january-6-jeremy-brown-pardon-justice-department-conviction-capitol/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/crime/2025/02/25/trump-january-6-jeremy-brown-pardon-justice-department-conviction-capitol/"}">Prosecutors say Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon applies to Tampa’s Jeremy Brown</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T18:46:41.737Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Crime</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/crime/2025/02/25/trump-january-6-jeremy-brown-pardon-justice-department-conviction-capitol/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/crime/2025/02/25/trump-january-6-jeremy-brown-pardon-justice-department-conviction-capitol/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/png" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-photograph-included-in-a-federal-7JOX6XRFSBANXIXPF2L6XNONHA.png?auth=e188bf5ea05de239e692496f4676be8b696fdf50bfe4272734145a3574c658b1&height=180&width=320&focal=188,98"/><source type="image/png" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-photograph-included-in-a-federal-7JOX6XRFSBANXIXPF2L6XNONHA.png?auth=e188bf5ea05de239e692496f4676be8b696fdf50bfe4272734145a3574c658b1&height=240&width=425&focal=188,98"/><source type="image/png" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-photograph-included-in-a-federal-7JOX6XRFSBANXIXPF2L6XNONHA.png?auth=e188bf5ea05de239e692496f4676be8b696fdf50bfe4272734145a3574c658b1&height=316&width=562&focal=188,98"/><source type="image/png" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-photograph-included-in-a-federal-7JOX6XRFSBANXIXPF2L6XNONHA.png?auth=e188bf5ea05de239e692496f4676be8b696fdf50bfe4272734145a3574c658b1&height=414&width=736&focal=188,98"/><img alt="A photograph included in a federal criminal complaint shows a man agents say is Jeremy Brown of Tampa, dressed in combat attire during a rally that preceded the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="A photograph included in a federal criminal complaint shows a man agents say is Jeremy Brown of Tampa, dressed in combat attire during a rally that preceded the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-photograph-included-in-a-federal-7JOX6XRFSBANXIXPF2L6XNONHA.png?auth=e188bf5ea05de239e692496f4676be8b696fdf50bfe4272734145a3574c658b1&height=316&width=562&focal=188,98"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><div class="feed-vert"><div class="vert html-advertisement vert-feed"><div class="vert__ad" id="AdditionalMediumRectangle2-1" data-adbridg-ad-class="adb-additional-medrect"></div></div></div><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/st-petersburg/2025/02/25/rays-stadium-deadline-stuart-sternberg-ken-welch-hines-relocation/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/st-petersburg/2025/02/25/rays-stadium-deadline-stuart-sternberg-ken-welch-hines-relocation/"}">One month out from decision day, what’s going on with Rays stadium?</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T18:38:33.089Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• St. Petersburg</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/st-petersburg/2025/02/25/rays-stadium-deadline-stuart-sternberg-ken-welch-hines-relocation/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/st-petersburg/2025/02/25/rays-stadium-deadline-stuart-sternberg-ken-welch-hines-relocation/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-rendering-provides-a-look-from-the-GVS5HGYMTRGZDGMF7PVSYS4OMA.jpg?auth=ef5a48e2866afdcdbdb9f15e095abade08c8b27dae63efc1b7d52d7604f72bf7&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-rendering-provides-a-look-from-the-GVS5HGYMTRGZDGMF7PVSYS4OMA.jpg?auth=ef5a48e2866afdcdbdb9f15e095abade08c8b27dae63efc1b7d52d7604f72bf7&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-rendering-provides-a-look-from-the-GVS5HGYMTRGZDGMF7PVSYS4OMA.jpg?auth=ef5a48e2866afdcdbdb9f15e095abade08c8b27dae63efc1b7d52d7604f72bf7&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-rendering-provides-a-look-from-the-GVS5HGYMTRGZDGMF7PVSYS4OMA.jpg?auth=ef5a48e2866afdcdbdb9f15e095abade08c8b27dae63efc1b7d52d7604f72bf7&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="This rendering provides a look from the outfield seating area toward home plate in the Tampa Bay Rays' proposed new stadium." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="This rendering provides a look from the outfield seating area toward home plate in the Tampa Bay Rays' proposed new stadium." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-rendering-provides-a-look-from-the-GVS5HGYMTRGZDGMF7PVSYS4OMA.jpg?auth=ef5a48e2866afdcdbdb9f15e095abade08c8b27dae63efc1b7d52d7604f72bf7&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/pinellas/2025/02/25/with-rays-stadium-project-uncertain-woodson-museum-pulls-funding-request/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/pinellas/2025/02/25/with-rays-stadium-project-uncertain-woodson-museum-pulls-funding-request/"}">With Rays stadium project uncertain, Woodson Museum pulls funding request</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T18:19:07.773Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Pinellas</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/pinellas/2025/02/25/with-rays-stadium-project-uncertain-woodson-museum-pulls-funding-request/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/pinellas/2025/02/25/with-rays-stadium-project-uncertain-woodson-museum-pulls-funding-request/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-rendering-shows-greenspace-and-a-WU6WG2WUKVF2PES5V7SLEKWZ6Q.jpg?auth=0dc52a95ac7dfe1ee782bf74f985e4776b91643cc7996605c538d7a6b1431091&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-rendering-shows-greenspace-and-a-WU6WG2WUKVF2PES5V7SLEKWZ6Q.jpg?auth=0dc52a95ac7dfe1ee782bf74f985e4776b91643cc7996605c538d7a6b1431091&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-rendering-shows-greenspace-and-a-WU6WG2WUKVF2PES5V7SLEKWZ6Q.jpg?auth=0dc52a95ac7dfe1ee782bf74f985e4776b91643cc7996605c538d7a6b1431091&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-rendering-shows-greenspace-and-a-WU6WG2WUKVF2PES5V7SLEKWZ6Q.jpg?auth=0dc52a95ac7dfe1ee782bf74f985e4776b91643cc7996605c538d7a6b1431091&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="This rendering shows greenspace and a proposed Woodson African American Museum next to a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium in St. Petersburg's Historic Gas Plant District development." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="This rendering shows greenspace and a proposed Woodson African American Museum next to a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium in St. Petersburg's Historic Gas Plant District development." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-rendering-shows-greenspace-and-a-WU6WG2WUKVF2PES5V7SLEKWZ6Q.jpg?auth=0dc52a95ac7dfe1ee782bf74f985e4776b91643cc7996605c538d7a6b1431091&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/hillsborough/2025/02/25/suzy-lopez-nick-cox-state-attorney-statewide-prosecutor/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/hillsborough/2025/02/25/suzy-lopez-nick-cox-state-attorney-statewide-prosecutor/"}">Hillsborough State Attorney Suzy Lopez hires Nick Cox to be chief assistant</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T18:00:12.789Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Hillsborough</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/hillsborough/2025/02/25/suzy-lopez-nick-cox-state-attorney-statewide-prosecutor/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/hillsborough/2025/02/25/suzy-lopez-nick-cox-state-attorney-statewide-prosecutor/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/statewide-prosecutor-nick-cox-right-4JDLOMGTMJAMJGDKEBQUGYHZWM.JPG?auth=3c0ce2af7e55451b8378d246846470e255c697af9a5325fe79d2911679e9cb5e&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/statewide-prosecutor-nick-cox-right-4JDLOMGTMJAMJGDKEBQUGYHZWM.JPG?auth=3c0ce2af7e55451b8378d246846470e255c697af9a5325fe79d2911679e9cb5e&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/statewide-prosecutor-nick-cox-right-4JDLOMGTMJAMJGDKEBQUGYHZWM.JPG?auth=3c0ce2af7e55451b8378d246846470e255c697af9a5325fe79d2911679e9cb5e&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/statewide-prosecutor-nick-cox-right-4JDLOMGTMJAMJGDKEBQUGYHZWM.JPG?auth=3c0ce2af7e55451b8378d246846470e255c697af9a5325fe79d2911679e9cb5e&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Statewide Prosecutor Nick Cox, right, stands beside former Attorney General Pam Bondi during a 2018 news conference in Tampa." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Statewide Prosecutor Nick Cox, right, stands beside former Attorney General Pam Bondi during a 2018 news conference in Tampa." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/statewide-prosecutor-nick-cox-right-4JDLOMGTMJAMJGDKEBQUGYHZWM.JPG?auth=3c0ce2af7e55451b8378d246846470e255c697af9a5325fe79d2911679e9cb5e&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/florida/2025/02/25/florida-sheriffs-pledge-assist-immigration-authorities-ask-resources/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/florida/2025/02/25/florida-sheriffs-pledge-assist-immigration-authorities-ask-resources/"}">Florida sheriffs pledge to assist immigration authorities, ask for resources</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T17:07:17.367Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Florida</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/florida/2025/02/25/florida-sheriffs-pledge-assist-immigration-authorities-ask-resources/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/florida/2025/02/25/florida-sheriffs-pledge-assist-immigration-authorities-ask-resources/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/florida-crime-ZW4MZY4DJZDM5JCYNGNHR37UYI.jpg?auth=6762d136b4a53e4cf9a6e7a145bd59b538321a5b1b28241573c877715b705167&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/florida-crime-ZW4MZY4DJZDM5JCYNGNHR37UYI.jpg?auth=6762d136b4a53e4cf9a6e7a145bd59b538321a5b1b28241573c877715b705167&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/florida-crime-ZW4MZY4DJZDM5JCYNGNHR37UYI.jpg?auth=6762d136b4a53e4cf9a6e7a145bd59b538321a5b1b28241573c877715b705167&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/florida-crime-ZW4MZY4DJZDM5JCYNGNHR37UYI.jpg?auth=6762d136b4a53e4cf9a6e7a145bd59b538321a5b1b28241573c877715b705167&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Florida Crime" class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Florida Crime" itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/florida-crime-ZW4MZY4DJZDM5JCYNGNHR37UYI.jpg?auth=6762d136b4a53e4cf9a6e7a145bd59b538321a5b1b28241573c877715b705167&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/opinion/2025/02/25/musk-email-opm-doge-resign-trump-federal/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/opinion/2025/02/25/musk-email-opm-doge-resign-trump-federal/"}">Attn: Elon Musk, here’s what I did this week | Column</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T16:43:12.9Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Opinion</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/opinion/2025/02/25/musk-email-opm-doge-resign-trump-federal/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/opinion/2025/02/25/musk-email-opm-doge-resign-trump-federal/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/elon-musk-speaks-at-the-conservative-TYWCPUBNVVOKNHG4MZ7CBABEIU.jpg?auth=11ab70d325de491d4e89d49e5e91a358734a0b2eaf167a018303e93c87f47715&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/elon-musk-speaks-at-the-conservative-TYWCPUBNVVOKNHG4MZ7CBABEIU.jpg?auth=11ab70d325de491d4e89d49e5e91a358734a0b2eaf167a018303e93c87f47715&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/elon-musk-speaks-at-the-conservative-TYWCPUBNVVOKNHG4MZ7CBABEIU.jpg?auth=11ab70d325de491d4e89d49e5e91a358734a0b2eaf167a018303e93c87f47715&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/elon-musk-speaks-at-the-conservative-TYWCPUBNVVOKNHG4MZ7CBABEIU.jpg?auth=11ab70d325de491d4e89d49e5e91a358734a0b2eaf167a018303e93c87f47715&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/elon-musk-speaks-at-the-conservative-TYWCPUBNVVOKNHG4MZ7CBABEIU.jpg?auth=11ab70d325de491d4e89d49e5e91a358734a0b2eaf167a018303e93c87f47715&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/life-culture/food/2025/02/25/michael-buttacavoli-cena-martins-italian-restaurant-oldsmar/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/life-culture/food/2025/02/25/michael-buttacavoli-cena-martins-italian-restaurant-oldsmar/"}">This celebrated Tampa chef is back in the kitchen — in Oldsmar </a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T15:29:52.984Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Food</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/life-culture/food/2025/02/25/michael-buttacavoli-cena-martins-italian-restaurant-oldsmar/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/life-culture/food/2025/02/25/michael-buttacavoli-cena-martins-italian-restaurant-oldsmar/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpeg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/chef-michael-buttacavolis-meatball-parm-TPTTOFRDJNCANE2LZMF2SU2NJE.jpeg?auth=c587027124a39cd4c7027672fa13f3c76b1ef4f00233b52e71fec64cc511cad3&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpeg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/chef-michael-buttacavolis-meatball-parm-TPTTOFRDJNCANE2LZMF2SU2NJE.jpeg?auth=c587027124a39cd4c7027672fa13f3c76b1ef4f00233b52e71fec64cc511cad3&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpeg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/chef-michael-buttacavolis-meatball-parm-TPTTOFRDJNCANE2LZMF2SU2NJE.jpeg?auth=c587027124a39cd4c7027672fa13f3c76b1ef4f00233b52e71fec64cc511cad3&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpeg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/chef-michael-buttacavolis-meatball-parm-TPTTOFRDJNCANE2LZMF2SU2NJE.jpeg?auth=c587027124a39cd4c7027672fa13f3c76b1ef4f00233b52e71fec64cc511cad3&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Chef Michael Buttacavoli's meatball parm sandwich was the winning dish on Beat Bobby Flay. After closing his celebrated Tampa restaurant Cena, the chef is now back in the kitchen at a new restaurant in Oldsmar. " class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Chef Michael Buttacavoli's meatball parm sandwich was the winning dish on Beat Bobby Flay. After closing his celebrated Tampa restaurant Cena, the chef is now back in the kitchen at a new restaurant in Oldsmar. " itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/chef-michael-buttacavolis-meatball-parm-TPTTOFRDJNCANE2LZMF2SU2NJE.jpeg?auth=c587027124a39cd4c7027672fa13f3c76b1ef4f00233b52e71fec64cc511cad3&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/health/2025/02/25/trump-froze-out-project-2025-his-campaign-now-its-blueprint-is-his-health-care-playbook/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/health/2025/02/25/trump-froze-out-project-2025-his-campaign-now-its-blueprint-is-his-health-care-playbook/"}">Trump froze out Project 2025 in his campaign. Now its blueprint is his health care playbook</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T14:51:07.152Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Health</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/health/2025/02/25/trump-froze-out-project-2025-his-campaign-now-its-blueprint-is-his-health-care-playbook/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/health/2025/02/25/trump-froze-out-project-2025-his-campaign-now-its-blueprint-is-his-health-care-playbook/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/png" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/copies-of-the-project-2025-mandate-for-DFQIAL4DDBCGXKOYVC2HUFPAWI.png?auth=8b995027a06a6d5fe878ef2596219ce5c8f5317972b8f5ca366555916d3eb6fd&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/png" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/copies-of-the-project-2025-mandate-for-DFQIAL4DDBCGXKOYVC2HUFPAWI.png?auth=8b995027a06a6d5fe878ef2596219ce5c8f5317972b8f5ca366555916d3eb6fd&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/png" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/copies-of-the-project-2025-mandate-for-DFQIAL4DDBCGXKOYVC2HUFPAWI.png?auth=8b995027a06a6d5fe878ef2596219ce5c8f5317972b8f5ca366555916d3eb6fd&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/png" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/copies-of-the-project-2025-mandate-for-DFQIAL4DDBCGXKOYVC2HUFPAWI.png?auth=8b995027a06a6d5fe878ef2596219ce5c8f5317972b8f5ca366555916d3eb6fd&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Copies of the Project 2025 "Mandate for Leadership" and a photograph of President Donald Trump with staffers at the White House Office of Presidential Personnel on display at Heritage Foundation headquarters in Washington, D.C., on June 6. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)" class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Copies of the Project 2025 "Mandate for Leadership" and a photograph of President Donald Trump with staffers at the White House Office of Presidential Personnel on display at Heritage Foundation headquarters in Washington, D.C., on June 6. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)" itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/copies-of-the-project-2025-mandate-for-DFQIAL4DDBCGXKOYVC2HUFPAWI.png?auth=8b995027a06a6d5fe878ef2596219ce5c8f5317972b8f5ca366555916d3eb6fd&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/health/2025/02/25/florida-residents-among-those-infected-listeria-outbreak-that-has-killed-12/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/health/2025/02/25/florida-residents-among-those-infected-listeria-outbreak-that-has-killed-12/"}">Florida residents among those infected in listeria outbreak that has killed 12</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T14:36:04.095Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Health</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/health/2025/02/25/florida-residents-among-those-infected-listeria-outbreak-that-has-killed-12/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/health/2025/02/25/florida-residents-among-those-infected-listeria-outbreak-that-has-killed-12/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-cdc-has-issued-a-food-safety-alert-SRJE4C3PSDPJEJYFK6ZHCQYKQQ.jpg?auth=d5948a1bf687d02d7d7b19a74d5b9bce083dd08b571688e6a305d755d17b855e&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-cdc-has-issued-a-food-safety-alert-SRJE4C3PSDPJEJYFK6ZHCQYKQQ.jpg?auth=d5948a1bf687d02d7d7b19a74d5b9bce083dd08b571688e6a305d755d17b855e&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-cdc-has-issued-a-food-safety-alert-SRJE4C3PSDPJEJYFK6ZHCQYKQQ.jpg?auth=d5948a1bf687d02d7d7b19a74d5b9bce083dd08b571688e6a305d755d17b855e&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-cdc-has-issued-a-food-safety-alert-SRJE4C3PSDPJEJYFK6ZHCQYKQQ.jpg?auth=d5948a1bf687d02d7d7b19a74d5b9bce083dd08b571688e6a305d755d17b855e&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="The CDC has issued a food safety alert after shake supplements were linked to an outbreak of listeria. Manufacturer Lyons Magnus has recalled two of its products. " class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="The CDC has issued a food safety alert after shake supplements were linked to an outbreak of listeria. Manufacturer Lyons Magnus has recalled two of its products. " itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-cdc-has-issued-a-food-safety-alert-SRJE4C3PSDPJEJYFK6ZHCQYKQQ.jpg?auth=d5948a1bf687d02d7d7b19a74d5b9bce083dd08b571688e6a305d755d17b855e&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><div class="feed-vert"><div class="vert html-advertisement vert-feed"><div class="vert__ad" id="AdditionalMediumRectangle2-2" data-adbridg-ad-class="adb-additional-medrect"></div></div></div><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/life-culture/2025/02/25/strawberry-festival-fair-florida-shortcake-reba-concert-plant-city/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/life-culture/2025/02/25/strawberry-festival-fair-florida-shortcake-reba-concert-plant-city/"}">Florida Strawberry Festival returns to Plant City. Here’s how to plan your trip.</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T12:00:00Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Life & Culture</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/life-culture/2025/02/25/strawberry-festival-fair-florida-shortcake-reba-concert-plant-city/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/life-culture/2025/02/25/strawberry-festival-fair-florida-shortcake-reba-concert-plant-city/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-model-of-a-strawberry-shortcake-is-JENSJDVDNBHFFNZKIVCB4NVNFU.jpg?auth=1301ffac5d5796d44f71d7c36d5063feeb8e83c12c2540de6484dcbea04cf1f8&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-model-of-a-strawberry-shortcake-is-JENSJDVDNBHFFNZKIVCB4NVNFU.jpg?auth=1301ffac5d5796d44f71d7c36d5063feeb8e83c12c2540de6484dcbea04cf1f8&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-model-of-a-strawberry-shortcake-is-JENSJDVDNBHFFNZKIVCB4NVNFU.jpg?auth=1301ffac5d5796d44f71d7c36d5063feeb8e83c12c2540de6484dcbea04cf1f8&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-model-of-a-strawberry-shortcake-is-JENSJDVDNBHFFNZKIVCB4NVNFU.jpg?auth=1301ffac5d5796d44f71d7c36d5063feeb8e83c12c2540de6484dcbea04cf1f8&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="A model of a strawberry shortcake is shown on display at the 2023 Florida Strawberry Festival. The festival, the stage's largest by attendance, returns Feb. 27-March 9." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="A model of a strawberry shortcake is shown on display at the 2023 Florida Strawberry Festival. The festival, the stage's largest by attendance, returns Feb. 27-March 9." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-model-of-a-strawberry-shortcake-is-JENSJDVDNBHFFNZKIVCB4NVNFU.jpg?auth=1301ffac5d5796d44f71d7c36d5063feeb8e83c12c2540de6484dcbea04cf1f8&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/life-culture/2025/02/25/fast-furious-actors-appear-tampa-fuelfest/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/life-culture/2025/02/25/fast-furious-actors-appear-tampa-fuelfest/"}">‘Fast & Furious’ actors to appear at Tampa FuelFest </a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T12:00:00Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Life & Culture</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/life-culture/2025/02/25/fast-furious-actors-appear-tampa-fuelfest/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/life-culture/2025/02/25/fast-furious-actors-appear-tampa-fuelfest/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/fast-furious-actors-tyrese-gibson-left-IJ4XDU7XNJFJNG3CGTBZA5BP7I.JPG?auth=4c7ed9e5b1db08b56d573b5f3b16ad46b1a24757943d6ab0e3129c236b9b8ac6&height=180&width=320&fitfill=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/fast-furious-actors-tyrese-gibson-left-IJ4XDU7XNJFJNG3CGTBZA5BP7I.JPG?auth=4c7ed9e5b1db08b56d573b5f3b16ad46b1a24757943d6ab0e3129c236b9b8ac6&height=240&width=425&fitfill=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/fast-furious-actors-tyrese-gibson-left-IJ4XDU7XNJFJNG3CGTBZA5BP7I.JPG?auth=4c7ed9e5b1db08b56d573b5f3b16ad46b1a24757943d6ab0e3129c236b9b8ac6&height=316&width=562&fitfill=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/fast-furious-actors-tyrese-gibson-left-IJ4XDU7XNJFJNG3CGTBZA5BP7I.JPG?auth=4c7ed9e5b1db08b56d573b5f3b16ad46b1a24757943d6ab0e3129c236b9b8ac6&height=414&width=736&fitfill=true"/><img alt=""Fast & Furious" actors Tyrese Gibson, left, and Cody Walker appear at a recent FuelFest car festival. " class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title=""Fast & Furious" actors Tyrese Gibson, left, and Cody Walker appear at a recent FuelFest car festival. " itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/fast-furious-actors-tyrese-gibson-left-IJ4XDU7XNJFJNG3CGTBZA5BP7I.JPG?auth=4c7ed9e5b1db08b56d573b5f3b16ad46b1a24757943d6ab0e3129c236b9b8ac6&height=316&width=562&fitfill=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/education/2025/02/25/desantis-calls-audits-possible-cuts-florida-universities/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/education/2025/02/25/desantis-calls-audits-possible-cuts-florida-universities/"}">DeSantis calls for audits, possible cuts at Florida universities</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T11:53:51.873Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Education</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/education/2025/02/25/desantis-calls-audits-possible-cuts-florida-universities/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/education/2025/02/25/desantis-calls-audits-possible-cuts-florida-universities/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/governor-ron-desantis-shown-at-a-january-HSCWWH4UQGECJIPFQDBD2B7JEM.jpg?auth=ec891449fe6fb546982b4c77e22c16c3e753d302fe7ce870ae6813c8e925c074&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/governor-ron-desantis-shown-at-a-january-HSCWWH4UQGECJIPFQDBD2B7JEM.jpg?auth=ec891449fe6fb546982b4c77e22c16c3e753d302fe7ce870ae6813c8e925c074&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/governor-ron-desantis-shown-at-a-january-HSCWWH4UQGECJIPFQDBD2B7JEM.jpg?auth=ec891449fe6fb546982b4c77e22c16c3e753d302fe7ce870ae6813c8e925c074&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/governor-ron-desantis-shown-at-a-january-HSCWWH4UQGECJIPFQDBD2B7JEM.jpg?auth=ec891449fe6fb546982b4c77e22c16c3e753d302fe7ce870ae6813c8e925c074&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Governor Ron DeSantis, shown at a January press conference, has called for an audit of all state colleges and universities." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Governor Ron DeSantis, shown at a January press conference, has called for an audit of all state colleges and universities." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/governor-ron-desantis-shown-at-a-january-HSCWWH4UQGECJIPFQDBD2B7JEM.jpg?auth=ec891449fe6fb546982b4c77e22c16c3e753d302fe7ce870ae6813c8e925c074&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/clearwater/2025/02/25/clearwater-churchs-effort-protect-black-lives-matter-banner/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/clearwater/2025/02/25/clearwater-churchs-effort-protect-black-lives-matter-banner/"}">A Clearwater church’s effort to protect a Black Lives Matter banner</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T11:00:01Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Clearwater</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/clearwater/2025/02/25/clearwater-churchs-effort-protect-black-lives-matter-banner/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/clearwater/2025/02/25/clearwater-churchs-effort-protect-black-lives-matter-banner/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-rev-amy-kindred-left-and-nadira-LDZPNIPHLBCIZMM4M46W6WEPLY.jpg?auth=069e1fd1a76588379381009bcc213cf4a6c8271f030bb37b9ada41b7c8766b0d&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-rev-amy-kindred-left-and-nadira-LDZPNIPHLBCIZMM4M46W6WEPLY.jpg?auth=069e1fd1a76588379381009bcc213cf4a6c8271f030bb37b9ada41b7c8766b0d&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-rev-amy-kindred-left-and-nadira-LDZPNIPHLBCIZMM4M46W6WEPLY.jpg?auth=069e1fd1a76588379381009bcc213cf4a6c8271f030bb37b9ada41b7c8766b0d&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-rev-amy-kindred-left-and-nadira-LDZPNIPHLBCIZMM4M46W6WEPLY.jpg?auth=069e1fd1a76588379381009bcc213cf4a6c8271f030bb37b9ada41b7c8766b0d&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="The Rev. Amy Kindred, left, and Nadira Norjahan, 53, of Clearwater, celebrate the unveiling of a Black Lives Matter banner at the Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater church on Sunday." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="The Rev. Amy Kindred, left, and Nadira Norjahan, 53, of Clearwater, celebrate the unveiling of a Black Lives Matter banner at the Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater church on Sunday." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-rev-amy-kindred-left-and-nadira-LDZPNIPHLBCIZMM4M46W6WEPLY.jpg?auth=069e1fd1a76588379381009bcc213cf4a6c8271f030bb37b9ada41b7c8766b0d&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/02/24/condo-safety-law-citizens-insurance-coverage-surfside-inspection-maintenance/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/02/24/condo-safety-law-citizens-insurance-coverage-surfside-inspection-maintenance/"}">Florida bill would revoke Citizens insurance coverage for noncompliant condos</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T01:21:13.061Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Politics</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/02/24/condo-safety-law-citizens-insurance-coverage-surfside-inspection-maintenance/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"News - 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Bass is accused of shooting his two young children, one of whom died, in 2022. " class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Jermaine Bass is escorted into the courtroom Monday during his trial in Tampa. Bass is accused of shooting his two young children, one of whom died, in 2022. 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"},{"_id":"O4UE4WLGH5HBZHOD3Y7CKV4SIU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695807},"type":"text","content":"Will the Rays decide to go through with a deal to build a $1.3 billion stadium and surrounding Historic Gas Plant District development?"},{"_id":"DCWBXJNATNFL7C2JOE2C52ETSY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695808},"type":"text","content":"Or will they decide to walk away from an overall $6.5 billion plan that took almost three years to put together?"},{"_id":"GP4Y5Q4FD5HCBEQLIXQ6RW2YIM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695809},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2025/02/15/instead-building-stadium-rays-seem-intent-burning-bridges/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2025/02/15/instead-building-stadium-rays-seem-intent-burning-bridges/\">The latter scenario looks more likely </a>as the days count down, and that doesn’t bode well for the team’s future in Tampa Bay."},{"_id":"M6MDF7DHHJA7FLVFD47O5CGKPA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695810},"type":"text","content":"The Rays must check off a list by the end of March showing that they have the money to move forward and have done enough work so far to show progress. If they don’t, the agreements approved with votes and celebrated last summer by the St. Petersburg City Council, the Pinellas County Commission and the Rays would begin to unwind."},{"_id":"LY5POPS5FJCZVLP4MAV5Z3WXRU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695811},"type":"text","content":"But if the team does meet its obligations, it would unlock public funding for the project and get shovels in the ground."},{"_id":"V7BORBBCXNBCFHV6VUGQDVJLHY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695812},"type":"text","content":"Here’s what changed from last summer and how things look from here:"},{"level":1,"_id":"4L7FBRD73VGVFCYFNNDDZK4NAQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"header","content":"What do the Rays need to do to move the deal forward?"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"tbt"},"copyright":"Tampa Bay Times","address":{"locality":"Port Charlotte","region":"FL"},"syndication":{"search":"true","external_distribution":"true"},"auth":{"1":"c9eada57c7403a823bf5edd25e7b66a9e724d78bf156f42df598f85d9912b135"},"vanity_credits":{},"caption":"Tampa Bay Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg attends spring training at the Charlotte Sports Park on Feb. 12 in Port Charlotte.","source":{"system":"photo center","name":"Tampa Bay Times","edit_url":"","source_type":"staff","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{},"type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"d332c6a3-8c2f-4fce-9507-0fdc0e6cdd96"},"version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","licensable":true,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"Times","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Jefferee Woo","type":"author","byline":"Jefferee Woo"}]},"subtitle":"","width":5710,"_id":"Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/OOIX50k1kAcIOK5XiNuhbLr2TI8=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt/public/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","owner":"jwoo@tampabay.com","iptc_source":"Tampa Bay Times","proxyUrl":"/resizer/OOIX50k1kAcIOK5XiNuhbLr2TI8=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt/public/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","link":"","takenOn":"2025-02-12T16:07:50Z","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/OOIX50k1kAcIOK5XiNuhbLr2TI8=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt/public/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","ingestionMethod":"manual","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/6mUzEmuIE-9gUoYSqZ0gaMCMqSM=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt/public/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","version":1,"originalName":"434049_WOO_21_ sp_rays021325.jpg","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"template_id":465,"galleries":[],"iptc_title":"Staff Photographer"},"created_date":"2025-02-12T18:11:34Z","last_updated_date":"2025-02-25T18:38:32Z","slug":"434049_WOO_sp_rays021325","height":3807,"image_type":"photograph","resized_urls":{"original":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","smartnews_400x400":"https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/V9eQ90rE51jFGJuiQaj0urz6Wl0=/400x400/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","image1x1ratio":"https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/tmMc3sgNPX7MxmARxy2Oa2NWiK4=/1200x1200/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","image4x3ratio":"https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/kd1S_0vQ5QQJcTPK-z1gif4eJT8=/1200x900/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","image16x9ratio":"https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/XbE5vQrGc219gLSPUT7cmEzkPkE=/1200x675/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg"}},{"_id":"6N4IVNKSZVBTFDAFLV7MVRHPXY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695814},"type":"text","content":"Central on the Rays checklist: They need to show that they have the money to pay their share of the stadium deal. That’s $700 million. Team owner Stuart Sternberg must submit a letter committing that funding and prove that he has access to the money. "},{"_id":"PPUWXHCRCBDNBAVUMID34VEE7E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695815},"type":"text","content":"The Rays also need to show that design documents for the stadium are at least halfway done. They need permits to start construction, to provide design and building agreements to the city and county, and secure a firm commitment letter from a lender if they plan to take on debt to move forward. The team must also produce a project budget and schedule for city and county approval."},{"_id":"F2HI7GU5Z5DSFEOJSGFUWT4KIQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695816},"type":"text","content":"Supplying all that info would unlock public spending on the project. Pinellas County has agreed to put $312.5 million from its tourist tax chest toward the stadium. The city committed $287.5 million by leveraging future property values downtown toward the stadium."},{"_id":"GCNS6TIPUFENTJ3HY7BSE37KPI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695817},"type":"text","content":"The city also would provide another $142 million for roads, sewers and the demolition of Tropicana Field."},{"_id":"IIW4RAGRX5HMPBLUYXSDJSNIZA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695818},"type":"text","content":"Those figures do not include the sale price of 65 acres of public land that would be sold to the Rays and development partner Hines for $105 million."},{"_id":"KSBHFHDSDZHSJKJQLMTE4FCU3M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695819},"type":"text","content":"Sternberg has to make a decision. He has told the Tampa Bay Times that<a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2025/02/15/instead-building-stadium-rays-seem-intent-burning-bridges/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2025/02/15/instead-building-stadium-rays-seem-intent-burning-bridges/\"> it will come “well before” the March 31 deadline</a>."},{"level":1,"_id":"RLC4BUGXABBSHN56AOCLJKUOXI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"header","content":"What happens if the Rays don’t meet that deadline?"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"tbt"},"copyright":"Tampa Bay Times","address":{"locality":"St. Petersburg","region":"FL"},"syndication":{"search":"true","external_distribution":"true"},"auth":{"1":"74d8a67fe0b50dc8605195ad0dd79c5fb90357ea434ff141a56eea85d39d0fea"},"vanity_credits":{},"caption":"St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch speaks during a City Council meeting before a vote on financing bonds for a new Rays stadium on Nov. 21, 2024, in St. Petersburg. 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The deal would fall apart after three years of intense, behind-the-scenes negotiations."},{"_id":"BXRGAAS53BB57J5YTY57FPA2MM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695822},"type":"text","content":"St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch has focused much of his time in office on landing a stadium deal that eluded three predecessors. But even he has begun <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2025/02/15/instead-building-stadium-rays-seem-intent-burning-bridges/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2025/02/15/instead-building-stadium-rays-seem-intent-burning-bridges/\">discussing a future of the Tropicana Field site</a> that doesn’t include the Rays."},{"_id":"MEEWVQ5BF5ACTMSG3EXBKTMPIA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695823},"type":"text","content":"He said if the Rays walk away from the stadium project, the land around the Trop that would have been sold to the team and partner Hines for development stays with the city. The city would have three or four years to come up with another plan, but won’t break ground until the Rays are done playing at the Trop and move out. In that time, Welch has said, the land value will increase."},{"_id":"FZZ6ND2CTZESPLKADSDUWUQ3XY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695824},"type":"text","content":"According to the 1995 agreement still in place between the city and the Rays, any profits from development shall be shared equally between the city and the team during the term of the agreement. Welch doesn’t want to split that money with the Rays and says he is prepared to wait the team out."},{"_id":"DVQS6TBMUVG6LFHR4PSEPGIIMM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695825},"type":"text","content":"Welch also doesn’t seem interested in working with the team on another proposal. 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How did we get here?"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"tbt"},"copyright":"Tampa Bay Times","address":{"locality":"St. Petersburg","region":"FL"},"syndication":{"search":"true","external_distribution":"true"},"auth":{"1":"cad306752f06d2255c3748d02542ef96c51c397298e964a3820332790cf0bcde"},"vanity_credits":{},"caption":"An aerial drone view of Tropicana Field last October as work began to remove the damaged fiberglass roof, which was destroyed from high winds during Hurricane Milton.","source":{"system":"photo center","name":"Tampa Bay Times","edit_url":"","source_type":"staff","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{},"type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"d332c6a3-8c2f-4fce-9507-0fdc0e6cdd96"},"version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","licensable":true,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"Times","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Dirk Shadd","type":"author","byline":"Dirk Shadd"}]},"subtitle":"","width":4032,"_id":"LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/0WwaHU1BdDNhBD7_2no5lGER0yI=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt/public/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","owner":"dshadd@tampabay.com","iptc_source":"www.tampabay.com, licensing@zumapress.com","proxyUrl":"/resizer/0WwaHU1BdDNhBD7_2no5lGER0yI=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt/public/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","link":"","takenOn":"2024-10-30T15:43:54Z","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/0WwaHU1BdDNhBD7_2no5lGER0yI=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt/public/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","ingestionMethod":"manual","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/mDtIeVzAFbLr1B24b1rShNccCWg=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt/public/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","version":1,"originalName":"433737_SHAD_10_TropRoof.jpg","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"template_id":465,"galleries":[],"iptc_title":"Staff Photographer"},"created_date":"2024-10-30T16:18:18Z","last_updated_date":"2025-02-19T23:11:19Z","slug":"433737_SHAD_TropRoof","height":2979,"image_type":"photograph","resized_urls":{"original":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","smartnews_400x400":"https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/CJzoKFT_SIE7gY08nTrrSL8g61Y=/400x400/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","image1x1ratio":"https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/wEcjBO54JV53zX_6GMPHtDcU9Xo=/1200x1200/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","image4x3ratio":"https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/c5z3dnkR4MiydETKH5fec9E1jzE=/1200x900/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","image16x9ratio":"https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/mrg1GnC7r_MZjKUhc0bFU5u8qMI=/1200x675/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg"}},{"_id":"B7AFYKT5CNF7PO4HRX76CDZL44","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695827},"type":"text","content":"The Rays have spent 17 years looking at possible stadium sites on both sides of the bay without landing the support to make them happen."},{"_id":"XU6ETESPTRB6RJLSFAYZ2FXEVU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695828},"type":"text","content":"Then they announced they were “Here to Stay” in September 2023 when the team, St. Petersburg and Pinellas County reached the broad outlines of a deal. Negotiations began, the contracts were tweaked and in July 2024, a majority of elected officials voted in favor of the terms. It looked like the impossible — the Rays committing to stay in Tampa Bay — had finally happened."},{"_id":"GKT7AMEGZNF75A7E5KEKGWUVQA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695829},"type":"text","content":"All that was needed were votes to issue bonds to finance the public contributions. Those votes appeared to be formalities."},{"_id":"N6ERLKZG65BOFL3OREF343N6AI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695830},"type":"text","content":"Then hurricanes Helene and Milton happened, delaying those votes. Milton tore the roof off Tropicana Field leaving the Rays without a home. The County Commission wanted to know where the Rays would play the 2025 season before voting on the Rays' funding in its first meeting after the storms. Hearing nothing from the team, the county voted to delay that vote."},{"_id":"UMG62PPLSRAH7FNSB2GGHCSMKA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695831},"type":"text","content":"That decision pushed the bond vote until after the November election. Two candidates who did not like the stadium terms were elected, and the vote got pushed again."},{"_id":"CH6GBYFSIRBGJB3EZKUEGDAUXI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695832},"type":"text","content":"Rays team presidents Matt Silverman and Brian Auld sent a letter to the commission saying it was understood by all parties that votes on stadium financing needed to happen before the election, and the delays had resulted in increased costs the team can no longer afford. They said all work on the project had been stopped."},{"_id":"OQKTVZNVYRDBTP7ZXWTZWGRQPE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695833},"type":"text","content":"Current County chairperson Brian Scott said that in a conversation before the original vote, Auld told him he was trying to hold the deal together amid revenue projections and cost estimates both moving in the wrong directions. Auld has since disputed the characterization of that conversation."},{"_id":"DFSSBIIMGNCB3MCJZMEJKPJR2A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695834},"type":"text","content":"The city and the county have said neither government was obligated under the agreements to take out bonds, or approve doing so, by a deadline. 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In a<b> </b>self-proclaimed<b> </b>effort to combat waste and inefficiency, his directive created opportunities for employees to attempt job protection using empty corporate phrases like “paradigm shift” and “deliverables.” Musk added, “Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.” This launched panic throughout the already traumatized <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2025/02/21/crystal-river-wildlife-refuge-layoffs-florida-trump/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1INwlnoEaIzODKXpFcKVBxkG7LjcKFIKS46xyihmVuWMZdK6dOeokMEJQ_aem_GwqhYW7v-Y8KoONGwWs3wg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2025/02/21/crystal-river-wildlife-refuge-layoffs-florida-trump/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1INwlnoEaIzODKXpFcKVBxkG7LjcKFIKS46xyihmVuWMZdK6dOeokMEJQ_aem_GwqhYW7v-Y8KoONGwWs3wg\">federal workforce</a>. Several agencies told workers not to respond. 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Do they make muffins there?"},{"_id":"WJ3IXHIMBJFBFAOEPRNZPSBJBE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Snacks (Reese’s cup, handful of grapes)."},{"_id":"CHPE4YQA3RA4ZJ4KPGIF2YWQWI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Wondered how the Department of Government Efficiency will review millions of emails and decide who brings sufficient value. <a href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/federal-workers-agencies-push-back-elon-musks-email-ultimatum-rcna193439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/federal-workers-agencies-push-back-elon-musks-email-ultimatum-rcna193439\">According to NBC news</a>, an “AI system will determine whether someone’s work is mission-critical or not.” Learned that Musk had a <a href=\"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1894173297786720718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1894173297786720718\">mini meltdown</a> when every worker did not immediately comply with his desires to have their life’s work evaluated by robot — very Veruca Salt. 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Per my last email, that’s a pain point we’re currently running up the flagpole to determine bandwidth, so please stand by for our hard stop at EOD. If we don’t make up lost ground, we’ll table it and focus on incentivizing tasks with synergy that move the needle in the direction of our bottom line. "},{"_id":"FPYUNSKCNZC2HJBBY7V6EJGWIM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"More snacks (something wrapped in tortilla, half of a flat Diet Coke)."},{"_id":"Y2HV3TYTF5C2VJ5NGCENQBL3W4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Researched DOGE email address in question, which workers report to be <a href=\"mailto:hr@opm.gov\" title=\"mailto:hr@opm.gov\"><u>hr@opm.gov</u></a>. Just leaving that here. No reason. Please do not overload the system with utter nonsense that might jeopardize the algorithm, kneecapping a quest to remake the fabric of American public service into a Silicon Valley bio hack. Do not, I repeat, do not get cute. Do not sign this address up for sale alerts from Old Navy. Do not send photos from your dog’s recent dental cleaning. Do not send lyrics to “All Star” by Smash Mouth. Do not interfere with this important process. Thank you for your attention."},{"_id":"774HV5Y7YVH75F6YAONIHXEPAM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Peanut butter, spoon."},{"level":2,"_id":"7UZOXZCE65FHRIGBBLRALGKBKY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"header","content":"Get Stephanie’s newsletter"},{"_id":"PF3ZF4XQP5HHFG3OXGM33IZ4R4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"For weekly bonus content and a look inside columns by Stephanie Hayes, sign up for the <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/newsletters/stephinitely/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">free Stephinitely newsletter</a>."}],"subheadlines":{"basic":"Snacks, mostly. 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Now, his administration has embraced it."},{"_id":"FXAPN3EJH5BQHKWBFUPRGE5Y5Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The 922-page playbook compiled by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative research group in Washington, says “the NIH monopoly on directing research should be broken” and calls for capping payments to universities and their hospitals to “help reduce federal taxpayer subsidization of leftist agendas.”"},{"_id":"37OQHR4NEJAE3EKHEEB53B5FJ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Universities, now slated to face sweeping cuts in agency grants that cover these overhead costs, say the policy will destroy ongoing and future biomedical science. A federal judge temporarily halted the cuts to medical research <a href=\"https://rollcall.com/2025/02/10/twenty-two-states-sue-trump-administration-over-nih-cuts/\">on Feb. 10</a> after they drew legal challenges from medical institutions and 22 states."},{"level":2,"_id":"3QBKSGGSQBFQ3L26BQVKKUL3O4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"header","content":"<b>Project 2025 as Prologue</b>"},{"_id":"YCPGNIE6ZJG23B3PL3Q2SYQS2Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The rapid-fire adoption of many of Project 2025′s objectives indicates that Trump acolytes — many of its contributors were veterans of his first term, and some have joined his second administration — have for years quietly laid the groundwork to disrupt the national health system. That runs counter to Trump’s insistence on the campaign trail, after Democrats made Project 2025 a potent attack line, that he was ignorant of the document."},{"_id":"VI2WX2HUBRCIXBQ46QRM4WOSGE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“I have no idea what Project 2025 is,” Trump said Oct. 31 at a rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, one of many times he disclaimed any knowledge of the plan. “I’ve never read it, and I never will.”"},{"_id":"RBA3WH363FDEDJ2IZJOMTVRL5I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"But because his administration is hewing to the Heritage Foundation-compiled playbook so closely, opposition groups and some state Democratic leaders say they’re able to act swiftly to counter Trump’s moves in court."},{"_id":"G5QHA5AVPJFKJPWUC24UJRAKVA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"They’re now preparing for Trump to act on Project 2025 recommendations for some of the nation’s largest and most important health programs, including Medicaid and Medicare, and for federal health agencies."},{"_id":"SD2QW72MQJCMBBUOBKR6WIAZMA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“There has been a lot of planning on the litigation side to challenge the executive orders and other early actions from a lot of different organizations,” said Noah Bookbinder, president of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a watchdog group. “Project 2025 allowed for some preparation.”"},{"_id":"XZICVC6BN5GHDMCXFCILEASZZQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The plan, for example, calls for state flexibility to impose premiums for some beneficiaries, work requirements, and <a href=\"https://www.cbo.gov/budget-options/60896\">lifetime caps or time limits</a> on Medicaid coverage for some enrollees in the program for low-income and disabled Americans, which could lead to a surge in the number of uninsured after the Biden administration vastly expanded the program’s coverage."},{"_id":"2E3WRLP4ERGOHCTVDDR3ZEOSOI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“These proposals don’t directly alter eligibility for Medicaid or the benefits provided, but the ultimate effect would be fewer people with health coverage,” said Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at KFF, a health information nonprofit that includes KFF Health News. “When you erect barriers to people enrolling in Medicaid, like premiums or documenting work status, you end up rationing coverage by complexity and ability to pay.”"},{"_id":"GPA7VUJI7VCFJNJLGJ74UA46TQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Congressional Republicans are contemplating a budget plan that could result in <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/12/congress/house-budget-draft-00002390\">hundreds of billions of dollars</a> being trimmed from Medicaid over 10 years."},{"_id":"WMVAW5WF4VCPNG4J3VQPFMTWQ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Project 2025 called for expanding access to <a href=\"https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/key-flaws-of-short-term-health-plans-pose-risks-to-consumers\">health plans that don’t comply</a> with the Affordable Care Act’s strongest consumer protections. That may lead to more choice and lower monthly premiums for buyers, but unwitting consumers may face potentially massive out-of-pocket costs for care the plans won’t cover."},{"_id":"TKXEQSRDNVDWLOGWNK6PFVNOT4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"And Project 2025 called for halting Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood affiliates. The organization, an important health care provider for women across the country, gets roughly $700 million annually from Medicaid and other government programs, based on <a href=\"https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/bf/a3/bfa35e39-14e5-43c3-8192-de42ed9309f1/2024-ppfa-annualreport-c3-digital.pdf\">its 2022-23 report</a>. Abortion made up about 4% of services the organization provided to patients, the report says."},{"_id":"36BWD3L6CFGLXM2YNCGZOT5BAA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The administration’s steps to scrub words such as “equity” from federal documents, erase transgender identifiers, and <a href=\"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1886102414194835755\">curtail international medical aid</a> — all part of the Project 2025 wish list — have already had sweeping ramifications, hobbling access to health care and eviscerating international programs that aim to prevent disease and improve maternal health outcomes."},{"_id":"HYXW3UFAZRHFTI5X7DUY7OUFHY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Under a <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/memorandum-for-the-secretary-of-state-the-secretary-of-defense-the-secretary-of-health-and-human-services-the-administrator-of-the-united-states-for-international-development/\">memorandum issued in January</a>, for example, Trump reinstated and expanded a ban on federal funds to global organizations that provide legal information on abortions."},{"_id":"36QN32V32NCXBBDYSM37R3EO6M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Studies have found that the ban, known as the “global gag rule” or “Mexico City Policy,” has stripped millions of dollars away from foreign aid groups that didn’t abide by it. It’s also had <a href=\"https://ghrp.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41256-019-0113-3\">a chilling effect</a>: In Zambia, one group removed information in brochures on contraception, and in Turkey, some providers stopped talking with patients about menstrual regulation as a form of family planning."},{"_id":"PWZETC5NBNG6HD6PZ2Z6LCZEEA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Project 2025 called on the next president to reinstate the gag rule, saying it “should be drafted broadly to apply to all foreign assistance.”"},{"_id":"HICT3MMJNVCU3HHEXR522V2PUI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Trump also signed an executive order rolling back transgender rights by <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-children-from-chemical-and-surgical-mutilation/\">banning federal funds</a> for transition-related care for people under age 19. <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/\">An order he signed</a> also directed the federal government to recognize only two sexes, male and female, and use the term “sex” instead of “gender.”"},{"_id":"M3DVBD6L7JCDZKGDDAOSM5HY4E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The Project 2025 document calls for deleting the term “gender identity” from federal rules, regulations, and grants and for unwinding policies and procedures that its authors say are used to advance a “radical redefinition of sex.” In addition, it states that Department of Health and Human Services programs should “protect children’s minds and bodies.”"},{"_id":"HWMY63O57JF35C36EBXUYOIGSE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“Radical actors inside and outside government are promoting harmful identity politics that replaces biological sex with subjective notions of ‘gender identity,’” the Project 2025 road map reads."},{"_id":"6K52YJY7TVFUXKEVCOFKTJ46B4","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"QOG2OP3VGBGG5LSME77D2ZRYXM"},"type":"raw_html","content":"<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-table\" data-src=\"visualisation/21719665\"><script src=\"https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21719665/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"table visualization\" /></noscript></div>\n\n"},{"level":2,"_id":"7U24Q5CS4NFV7GK35RRV2ZDNDI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"header","content":"<b>Data Disappears</b>"},{"_id":"4EOMXN4JFFB5LM6OWZXY5VJEJQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"As a result of Trump’s order on gender identity, health researchers say, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href=\"https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/removal-pages-cdc-website-brings-confusion-dismay\">took down online information</a> about transgender health and removed data on LGBTQ+ health. A federal judge on Feb. 11 ordered that much of the information be restored; the administration complied but <a href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/data-research/facts-stats/transgender-people.html\">added notices to some webpages</a> labeling them “extremely inaccurate” and claiming they don’t “reflect biological reality.”"},{"_id":"E56O3THZ2NCBTA2GAGDOPSPUQY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The CDC also delayed the release of information and findings on bird flu in the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Federal workers have said they were told <a href=\"https://healthexec.com/topics/healthcare-management/healthcare-policy/cdc-reportedly-instructed-ban-words-including-gender-and-transgender\">to retract papers</a> that contain words such as “nonbinary” or “transgender.” And some hospitals suspended gender-affirming care such as hormone therapy and puberty blockers for youths."},{"_id":"JKVLYHZ4GBEDFFKC7HGFSJLLKQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Advocacy groups say the orders discriminate and pose barriers to medically necessary care, and transgender children and their families have filed a number of court challenges."},{"_id":"3CYAFKAXMRGJZP7DPGLEWSL62E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Lawyers, advocates, and researchers say implementation of many of Project 2025′s health policy goals poses a threat."},{"_id":"GHM4P4VVTVFBXAL4IIQE3S2HCY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“The playbook presents an antiscience, antidata, and antimedicine agenda,” according to a <a href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2824058\">piece last year</a> by Boston University researchers in JAMA."},{"_id":"IU2CR43Z7FG3TLL2OXEFLQCI7I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The Project 2025 blueprint sets out goals to curb access to medication abortion, restructure public health agencies, and weaken protections against sex-based discrimination. It would have seniors enroll by default in Medicare Advantage plans run by commercial insurers, in essence privatizing the health program for older Americans. And it calls for eliminating coverage requirements for Affordable Care Act plans that people buy without federal subsidies, which, insurance experts say, risks leaving people underinsured."},{"_id":"XEDN3GX6VNFUFCD5654QPS2NHE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“It’s the agenda of the Trump administration,” said Robert Weissman, a co-president of Public Citizen, a progressive consumer rights advocacy group. “It’s to minimize access to care under the guise of strict work requirements in Medicaid, privatizing Medicare, and rolling back consumer protections and subsidies in the Affordable Care Act.”"},{"_id":"LFIXL4XBURGTTD2S5HRMKP2NQY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The White House didn’t respond to a message seeking comment. Conservatives have said implementation of the project’s proposals would curb waste and fraud in federal health programs and free health systems from the clutches of a radical “woke” agenda."},{"_id":"QEH2A3MDQNEMXMDNKCWPC2ET5Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“Americans are tired of their government being used against them,” Paul Dans, a lawyer and former director of Project 2025, <a href=\"https://www.heritage.org/press/project-2025-reaches-100-coalition-partners-continues-grow-preparation-next-president\">said last year</a> in a statement. “The administrative state is, at best, completely out of touch with the American people and, at worst, is weaponized against them.”"},{"_id":"Z4VJSA4O5NEULGNYR2SO5ZCUHM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Dans did not return messages seeking comment for this article."},{"_id":"HXMDKZIWTVHXLMUXKSYW2YR37Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The Heritage Foundation has sought to separate itself and Project 2025 from Trump’s executive orders and other initiatives on health."},{"_id":"PLN2T6VISVDVXDDVQU7UCVAGCU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“This isn’t about our recommendations in Project 2025 – something we’ve been doing for more than 40 years. This is about President Trump delivering on his promises to make America safer, stronger, and better than ever before, and he and his team deserve the credit,” Ellen Keenan, a spokesperson for Heritage, said in a statement."},{"_id":"FNHWTJZT3FC2HCHJZRHGFZWWQ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/health-brief-project-2025-department-of-life-hhs/\">Versions of the document</a> have been produced roughly every four years since the 1980s and have influenced other GOP presidents. Former President Ronald Reagan adopted about two-thirds of the recommendations from an earlier Heritage guide, the group says."},{"_id":"3ETRFGXT2NFS3LA66TINTLC4GE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"In some instances, the Trump administration hasn’t just followed Project 2025′s proposals but has gone beyond them."},{"_id":"TW5RD24QRRBP3PUSKUD7N5TUSA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The document called on the next president to scale back and “deradicalize” the U.S. Agency for International Development, an independent federal agency that provides foreign aid and assistance, including for many international health programs. The administration hasn’t just scaled back USAID. Trump adviser Elon Musk bragged on his social media platform, X, that his “Department of Government Efficiency” fed the agency “<a href=\"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1886307316804263979?lang=en\">into the wood chipper</a>,” physically closing its offices and putting nearly all its staff on administrative leave while ending funding for its programs and disseminating misinformation about them."},{"_id":"AKIE5GGL4JFAVE7Z6TRAU2ILKU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"But the administration risks waning public support if it adopts the project’s goals to upend U.S. health care and health policy. Almost 60% of voters said they felt negatively about Project 2025 in a September <a href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/poll-project-2025-broadly-known-severely-unpopular-voters-rcna172660\">poll by NBC News</a>."},{"_id":"XOYNAS4VLJDLTBHN26TEZE2LPI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“Project 2025 was never a thought exercise; it was always a blueprint,” said Ally Boguhn, a spokesperson for Reproductive Freedom for All, an abortion rights group. “We’re only a few weeks into his presidency, and it’s setting the groundwork for even more.”"},{"_id":"KUSLFGRO6JFZPBXQG2IZD3WW6M","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"7UEHWJYBEZBR7CUYEVNTRMKJDU"},"type":"divider"},{"_id":"V36GC74Q4BF4HOUTYGJT54C6QA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us\"><i>KFF Health News</i></a><i> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism 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