Cheapest gas prices: Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater
3 months ago
As gas prices in Florida and across the country surge to new wallet-squeezing levels, cash-conscious drivers are keeping their eyes peeled to save a few pennies a gallon. But there's no need to burn money trying to find the best deal. RELATED: Getting more out of your gas mileageBelow, you'll find the 10 lowest-priced stations today in the Tampa Bay area along with a gas price map and a look Read more ...
Budget conference: House, Senate zoom ahead with boost to Daytona 500, gas tax cut
3 months ago
In a last-second finish, House and Senate budget negotiators agreed to insert a provision giving an estimated $6 million tax break for the Daytona 500 into the large tax cut bill. The tax cut bill also contains sales tax holidays for a variety of items, including a one-month moratorium on the state’s 25-cent gas tax, starting Oct. 1, which is estimated to save drivers $200 million. Top House budget writer Read more ...
Caught on video: Car hits man inside convenience store
3 months ago
MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - A convenience store customer on Florida’s east coast is lucky to be alive after a car crashed through the door, sending him flying into store shelves. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened on Hutchinson Island Monday. The 21-year-old driver told deputies she meant to hit the brake, but missed. While first responders tended to him, deputies say he asked if the beer Read more ...
Cheapest gas prices: Orlando, Daytona, Kissimmee, Sanford
3 months ago
As gas prices in Florida and across the country surge to new wallet-squeezing levels, cash-conscious drivers are keeping their eyes peeled to save a few pennies a gallon. But there's no need to burn money trying to find the best deal. Below, you'll find the 10 lowest-priced stations today in the Orlando area along with a gas price map and a look at what a gallon cost in the recent Read more ...
Budget conference: Lawmakers to restock absent broadband funds with COVID-19 dollars
3 months ago
State budget writers have put pen to paper on a plan to fill a broadband expansion program established last year, designating $400 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to expand high speed internet access in Florida. But because that funding hasn’t arrived yet, lawmakers stripped the dollar amount from the bill, instead leaving the framework to provide funds at a later date. With $3.5 billion in funds eventually coming to Read more ...
Downtown Fort Myers condo project scrapped, hotel planned instead
3 months ago
Fry had intended to build The Place on First, which would have been 15 luxury residences combined with office space. FTM Downtown Hotel LLC has yet to announce the construction timetable to build or even the branding of the future hotel. The problem with that was the project was heavily reliant on two floors of office space. When the new hotel project gets going, there will be one complication. There’s Read more ...
The Institute for Global Compliance (IFCG) is in The Final Stages Of Approval as a 501.c3
3 months ago
Institute For Global ComplainceDorris Wood, Founder of the MLMIA, & Donna Marie Serritella Are Proud to Announce The Launch of the Institute For Global ComplianceWe believe Compliance makes or breaks a company. The Institute will be the dominant voice for Sales & Marketing Compliance education and training worldwide. In the majority of the cases, this could have been prevented with the right oversight and education. Donna Marie established Direct Selling Read more ...
Mega MIllions results for 03/08/22; 1 winner of $126 million jackpot
3 months ago
LANSING, MI – One ticket sold won the $126 million Mega Millions jackpot for the drawing held on Tuesday, March 8. The Mega Millions numbers for March 8: 7-18-38-58-64The Gold Mega Ball: 24The Megaplier: 3Mega Millions winners for March 8:· While there was a grand prize winner, no one matched all five white balls drawn to win $1 million. Mega Millions is played in 44 states, plus the District of Read more ...
Budget conference: Lawmakers agree on how to spend $3.5 billion in federal COVID-19 stimulus funds
3 months ago
Construction projects at colleges, a program to install broadband internet infrastructure in rural areas, projects to protect against the impact of climate change, and land conservation programs were the main winners of a deal sealed Wednesday evening by lawmakers to spend nearly $3.5 billion in federal COVID-19 stimulus funds. The money was approved by Congress last year to help states cope with the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more ...
City of Tampa to expand its new rental assistance program
3 months ago
TAMPA, Fla. — A pilot program in Tampa that will provide rental assistance for those in need has become so popular since going live a week ago that Mayor Jane Castor’s administration will request an additional $4 million from the city council to fund it on Thursday. Rental costs in the Tampa Bay area have increased exponentially over the past year and become a “crisis,” the mayor says. The Rental Read more ...