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In Florida, the bill using mobile phones in elementary and middle schools from Bell to Bell recently sailed through the state legislature.Justin D. Martin (Cliff McBride)Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the law on May 30th. The same bill requires high schools in six Florida districts to adopt a ban during the next academic year and prepare a report on its effectiveness by December 1, 2026.Chighaf Bakour (Alex Marg | USF)Parents are split on this issue. According to a report from Education Week, many parents want their children to have a phone for safety reasons and as a result they don’t support…

The new data depicts a strict portrait of current US Immigration Customs (ICE) practices. The agency detains the majority of individuals with no serious criminal history, but captures only a few undocumented immigrants convicted of violent crimes.1. CatoInstitute: 65% of ice detainees were not criminally convictedFrom October 1, 2024 to June 14, 2025, internal ice data shared with the Cato Institute: ICE processed 204,297 books, of which 133,687 (65%) had no criminal convictions. More than 93% of detainees were not convicted of violent crimes, and about 90% lacked a conviction for violent or property crimes. Of those convicted, most convictions…

Rich flavour and resourcefulness are two markers of soul food, with its foundations lying in the traditions and foodways of the Southern Black community, and at the deeper roots of the African diaspora. Its pioneers used what they were available, making many things from ingredients that were often spurred in other kitchens, and today, sown tail dishes from the nose to nature, where world-class chefs see “reinterpretation” and/or “elevated” take. It expresses the cultural significance and broad respect of soul food. But for most fans, soul food is perfect when it’s old school. I remember the taste of scooping up…

The International Space Station won more international space stations Thursday morning, with astronauts from three countries arriving and making their first visit to the orbital lab on a private Axiom Space Ax-4 mission flying through the SpaceX Crew Dragon. Commanding the visitor’s crew is Peggy Whitson, a former NASA astronaut and currently an Axiom Space employee who is making his fifth trip to the station. She leads India’s Shuvansch Shukla, Poland’s Swos Uznaski, and Hungary’s Tibor Kapu. The quartet, released by the Kennedy Space Center, made a 28-hour approach to the station, which docked at 6:31am early Wednesday. This is…

I’ve heard bad ideas in nearly 30 years of reports from the Tampa Bay Times, but pasting a convention center on the Tropicana Field site might be the worst. The Stalin era has been thinking about recipes for creating dead spaces from tourism, urban planning, growth and much-needed public property.St. Petersburg and Pinellas County are jointly considering whether to place a convention centre on the TROP site as part of a remake of the historic gas factory district. The news would have locked in the new combined community following the collapse of new stadium deals with the Tampa Bay Rays.…

All Florida GOP Congress members voted for the House tax edition of the “big, beautiful bill.”Within the bill, it extends the current Trump tax cuts, which have been praised by many conservatives. But former Trump economist Steve Moore says Congressional Republicans aren’t doing enough to cut government spending.Moore praised the tax proposal from Republicans in the US Senate as a much better bill than the House. “In many ways, this (Senate) version is a sophisticated improvement from the House bill. Most importantly, it makes Trump’s tax cuts virtually all permanent in 2017. It also eliminates some of the troubling aspects…

st. PETERSBURG – Later Tuesday night, new entertainment drank about 200 people, jeered, screaming at Ferg’s sports bar and grilled in unison.The mostly female crowd was packed into folding chairs and metal bleachers, and watched the drama unfold on an 18 x 12-foot screen. They defeated beer and chicken wings while they applauded and clenched their faces. Sometimes they booed. After all, this is a sports bar. Sorry about the Tampa Bay Rays, but there’s a new game in town. “Love Island USA” Fever goes beyond bars, restaurants and clubs in Tampa and St. Pete. It was helpful that the…

Kennedy Under Stars, an after-hours event at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, has been publishing themes for a quarter of a century. It is set up for Y2K nostalgia. The event is set at 6:30pm on August 30th and will have access to many of the attraction’s exhibits, including SpacePort KSC, Shuttle Fire Experience, Space Shuttle Atlantis, as well as the Stargaze Experience through a telescope provided by Florida Tech’s Ortega Observatory. Plus, there are activities inspired by the recent century, including video DJs at Rocket Garden, a techno DJ dance party at NASA Central, mini golf under the…

As the Tampa Bay region grows rapidly, so will the demand for smarter, more inclusive ways to move people. Penchen (USF)Andrew Wang (Andrew Wang)In response, the Hillsboro Regional Transport Bureau introduced the Hart 1 bus line, which had no fares in January. This 15-minute journey between downtown Tampa and the University of South Florida is more than a new mobility option. This is a visionary policy aimed at restructuring travel habits, and it is the growth of the community they live in.This initiative raises some timely questions:What are the changing habits of free high-frequency transport among students, workers, and those…

Newspaper readers generally want the truth. This week’s medication is taken with warnings in the life of a newspaper columnist, thanks to my decision to take a two-day vacation. The best banana pudding – ever? ‘yes! ‘Please say it’s my colleague. I split the diff between rows A and B…and in my hurry I landed on one that timed out nicely: National Chocolate Pudding Day (June 26th). The chocolate pudding from scratch I guessed was very easy to climb and perhaps widely appreciated. Because there is very little acceptable reason for not liking chocolate pudding. It’s smooth, creamy, cool and…