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Gov. Rick Scott appointed Brian Katz to the Florida Housing Finance Corp., an agency focused on affordable housing opportunities for state residents.

Casa Ramos is set to open in a week in Tampa Palms. The Mexican restaurant will occupy a 6,411-square-foot space that previously held Sushi Tsu Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar at 15363 Amberly Drive near the Shoppes at Amberly plaza, the Tampa Tribune said.

Tampa Bay Water has hired the CEO of the Cape Fear Utility Authority in North Carolina as its general manager.

The City of Tampa's solid waste collection schedule will be altered this weekend for Seminole Heights residents due to the Memorial Day weekend holiday.

Gary Alvord, the Florida prison inmate who lived on death row longer than anyone else in America, has died of natural causes.

The latest bid to revive Channelside Bay Plaza was cut off at the knees Tuesday by an unlikely culprit: the Tampa Port Authority itself.

"When that happened, I felt that confirmation," Juan said. "This is the relationship that I want to be in.

Researchers have long believed that people's risk-taking tendencies are genetic and unchanging.

AVI-SPL was awarded a contract to provide audio visual and conferencing support for the Tampa Convention Center.

At JPMorgan Chase's annual shareholders' meeting in Tampa a year ago, the bank's CEO and chairman of the board, Jamie Dimon, was embarrassed when a close shareholder vote nearly stripped him of his chairman's job in the wake of the corporation's so-called "London Whale" trade loss, which ultimately cost Chase $6.2 billion.

Flash Flood Watch expires at 7:00 PM on 5/21, issued at 9:29 AM Kiamichi Christian Mission, OK The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including nine children.

The Rev. Terry Jones is planning to burn 2,998 Qurans on Sept. 11 in Tampa, though the exact location of the event has not been announced.

Pasco County officials are reporting some good news when it comes to the area's tax rolls.

Feldman Equities Inc. and Tower Realty Partners recently completed four leasing transactions at Wells Fargo Center in downtown Tampa.

UPDATE: The secretary of the Florida Lottery showed up in Zephyrhills on Monday, talking about what's next for the $590 million Powerball jackpot winner.

Cancer survivors and their families are invited to get fit during a free 12-week program at all Tampa YMCA branches , including the Brandon Family YMCA, at 3097 South Kingsway Road in Seffner; the Campo Family YMCA, at 3414 Culbreath Road; and the Plant City Family YMCA, at 1507 YMCA Place.

Roberta Bonoff, new owner of Creative Kidstuff, a toy store chain based in Minneapolis.

Gov. Rick Scott on Monday will veto a 3 percent increase in Florida college tuition and approve $65 million in extra Medicaid funding to hospitals that provide much of the care to the poor, including Jackson Memorial in Miami and Broward Health in Fort Lauderdale.

Kids are invited to learn about Florida's past through archaeology and the clues left behind by ancient societies Monday, May 20 at 6 p.m. at the North Tampa Branch Library, 8916 N. Boulevard, Tampa.

Republicans on the Hillsborough County Commission have twice refused in the past two years to even discuss changing their district boundaries to make it easier for a Hispanic to win a seat.