When should Pinellas lift its mask mandate?
As fatigue grows over mask requirements, the Pinellas County Commission on Thursday decided to wait to discuss a vote on lifting the requirement until gathering more data.
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Hostess Sarah Wilson (left) welcomes Jessica Rajcula, 29, of Dunedin and Amber Catanzaro, 32, of Clearwater, at Palm Pavillion Beachside Grill & Bar, on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020 in Clearwater. [ MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times ]
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Nearly 10 months after Pinellas County enacted a mask mandate to stem the spread of coronavirus, commissioners Dave Eggers and Kathleen Peters said Thursday itâs past the time to schedule a vote on whether to end it.
That demand for a recount of Hillsborough s 2020 elections? Never mind
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Stop collecting extra sales tax, Hillsborough businesses told
The state Department of Revenue instruction follows final court order voiding the transportation surtax
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Mailers promoting a 1 percent sales tax for Hillsborough County residents to fund transportation projects, which voters approved in November 2018. The Department of Revenue told businesses Tuesday March 16 to stop collecting the tax.
Updated Mar. 16
TAMPA â The penny on the dollar sales tax for Hillsborough County transportation officially expired Tuesday.
The state Department of Revenue instructed approximately 35,000 Hillsborough businesses to stop collecting the tax in a notice published on its web site Tuesday morning.
It means the sales tax charged on goods and services drops from 8.5 percent â what had been the highest rate in the state â to 7.5 percent.
Hillsborough court rejects bid to overturn commission rezoning denial
The plaintiffs wanted permission to build up to 899 homes on farm land in the rural enclave of Balm in south county.
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Hillsborough is updating the community plans for the rural areas around Balm and Wimauma in southern Hillsborough County. This week, a Hillsborough Circuit Court judge denied a legal challenge to the county s commission 2019 decision rejecting a rezoning proposal to turn agricultural land in Balm into an 899-home development. [ Hillsborough County ]
Updated Mar. 11
TAMPA â The authority to allow someone to turn farmland into single-family home lots rests with the Hillsborough County Commission enforcing its comprehensive land plan, a circuit judge ruled this week, in denying a challenge to a rejected rezoning in 2019.