Brightline's long-awaited expansion into the Tampa area is one step closer to reality as local officials toured the rail company's facilities on Monday.
Brucie Boonstoppel said she’s only felt a few rare moments of peace since the death of her 20-year-old son — one of two people killed in a shooting in Ybor City early Sunday morning. She said she felt it while reading comforting words from family and friends, and again when she went to a funeral home Wednesday to make arrangements for Harrison Boonstoppel. But that feeling came crashing down .
Tampa International Airport is aiming to make electric air taxis a possibility. On Thursday, the airport hosted Florida’s first test flight of an electric vertical takeoff and landing plane, more commonly known as eVTOLs or electric air taxis. It was also the first demonstration in the U.S. at a major airport, which officials said was symbolic of the region’s history as the birthplace of .