Kratom is everywhere in Florida. Touted as an all-natural remedy for chronic pain and opioid addiction, the virtually unregulated substance is sold at gas stations, cafes, smoke shops and online. A 2023 Times investigation took a closer look at the industry: tampabay.com/deadlydose
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Looking for dinner plans? Our food critic recently revisited an old favorite spot in Dunedin: The Restorative. The restaurant opened in 2017 and has impressed critics and diners alike in the years since, with an ever-evolving menu of creative New American fare. All these years later, she was still thoroughly impressed, and surprised by the competitive prices: https://trib.al/dXCZZfC
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This fall, Tampa Bay will receive its first cohort of 35 freshly trained educators from Teach for America — the organization’s first expansion since 2016 into a new U.S. region. Hillsborough public schools have among the highest teacher vacancy rates in the state, with more than 1,000 positions unfilled on the district website: https://trib.al/eCOm157
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Last year's budget season was a tough one for the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, which slashed some low-ridership routes. This year, the outlook is brighter: https://trib.al/XEx5gv3
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New state rules that dictate everything from how a condo building is maintained to how condo associations are governed have gone into effect. Here's what you need to know about Florida's changing condo laws: https://trib.al/ZUbpEVp
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The Department of Financial Services has reopened applications for the My Safe Florida Home program, which gives free home inspections and cash to upgrade windows, exterior doors and garage doors and strengthen roofs. This year’s funding prioritizes senior citizens and low-income residents: https://trib.al/pzfEYkb
Applications reopen for Florida’s $10,000 home hardening program
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Wright’s Gourmet House has been sold. Find out what’s next for the Tampa restaurant: https://trib.al/nKMfVIf
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Steven Tauber, now a vice provost at USF, and his wife donated a $1 million estate gift to create scholarships for political science and international studies students: https://trib.al/mL55AcL
Longtime USF professor gives $1M back to school for scholarships
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Clearwater residents living in North Beach have gotten used to excessive rain and high tides overwhelming their neighborhood's drainage system. City officials now have a $100 million plan to prevent future flooding there: https://trib.al/d8CwZXI
Clearwater has a $100 million plan to prevent this neighborhood from flooding
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🥖 The complimentary bread basket is endangered. Many restaurants find it more financially and environmentally sustainable to charge for higher quality bread or to ditch the predinner tradition altogether. Here’s a list of nonchain restaurants in Tampa Bay offering up a labor of “loaves”: https://trib.al/ryie7YG
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