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By Mitch Perry Tampa SHARE While Florida’s investor-owned utilities have expanded their solar generation in recent years to the extent that the state now ranks as the leader in solar capacity in the Southeastern U.S., it still lags when it comes to offering residents and businesses the ability to put solar on their roofs, a new report released Thursday says. What You Need To Know The report takes aim at Florida's owner-invested utilities for not doing enough to encourage rooftop solar for hom...

A step in the right direction By Staff | Jul 7, 2021 While Florida’s politicized Parent’s Bill of Rights bill grabbed headlines and split mostly along party lines, another parental rights bill long in the works finally — finally and unanimously — was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Ron DeSantis. SB 590, aka the School Safety bill, went into effect Thursday. Its intention is to better assure — note we did not say guarantee — parents the right to be involved in their child’s healthcare, especially in times of crisis. Or perceived crisis, for the bill directly addresses what some s...

Tampa Bay prepares for Fourth of July first, Elsa second Many bay area residents focused on getting ready for Independence Day over the storm. Some managed to do both.     Garrett Adams, 23, and Daylon Shepherd, 22, plan to throw a house party from their Tampa home this Fourth of July. [ Josh Fiallo ] Updated 3 hours ago While Florida remains in the path of the stubborn but uncertain Tropical Storm Elsa, which briefly gained hurricane strength, Tampa Bay residents spent Saturday focused on their real priority: Getting ready to celebrate the Fourth of July. “We’ll worry about t...