Candidates: James McLynas Eliseo Santana Moderated by Mitch Perry, Political Reporter for Spectrum Bay News 9 Topics include: Reason for Running, Core Function, Trust & Accountability, Critical Issues, Resume, the Budget, Equity
The Tampa Bay Chamber has released its 2020 Legislative Agenda. Download the 2020 Local/Federal Legislative Agenda Download the 2020 State Legislative Agenda
The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce hosted a trip to Washington D.C. this week for members interested in meeting with government entities and their representatives. Before the trip 25 Chamber members pledged to invest in the advancement of our ...
July 22, 2019 On July 15th and 16th, 30 Chamber representatives and staff members were in Washington DC meeting with several government entities and advocating on behalf of the Tampa Bay business community. The first meetings were held at the ...
The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce and Emerging Leaders of Tampa Bay are excited to announce that on Monday, March 11th they will hold a Mayoral Run-off Debate between Jane Castor who received 48% of the votes on the March 5th election, and David ...
Health Care was the topic at last week’s Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting. Committee members had a robust discussion with Chamber member Hospital representatives regarding the 2019 Session. House leadership has made it clear that ...
The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the selection of Corcoran & Johnston as the Chamber’s legislative representative before the Florida legislature and executive offices. Corcoran & Johnston, founded by ...
Hillsborough County voted "Yes" Tuesday on investing in our transportation and education needs. The transportation referendum passed with 57.27% of the votes, with 281,632 people voting "Yes." The education referendum passed with 56.35%, with ...
In alignment with the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce’s Vision 2026 plan, local candidate interviews were conducted and filmed to inform voters on where candidates stand on issues important to the Tampa Bay business community. Each ...
The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce voted in their Board meeting this morning to support the Hillsborough County School Board Resolution 2018-05 for a one-half cent sales tax. This tax would help to provide our students with a suitable and ...
The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce voted in their Board meeting this morning to support the transportation tax referendum, joining community partner the South Tampa Chamber of Commerce, who voted on Monday to support the referendum. “The ...
The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce hosted its 2018 Political Hob Nob featuring a straw poll vote conducted by the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office. Attendees could vote at computer stations or on their smartphones using a ...
The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce hosted its 2018 Political Hob Nob featuring a straw poll vote conducted by the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office. Attendees could vote at computer stations or on their smartphones using a ...
Last week, members of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with senior leadership from the Department of Transportation, the White House, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as well as members of the Florida ...
The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce wrote the seven Board of County Commissioners today to express support of item B12 on the Wednesday June 20th Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners meeting agenda to extend the public-private partnership ...
The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce reaffirmed support for the concept of the Tampa Bay Rays staying in Tampa Bay and supports the Ybor City location for the team in a letter of support that was unanimously approved by board members at the April ...
On September 21, 2017, based on a unanimous recommendation from its Public Policy Council, the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce’s Executive Committee unanimously voted to not support the City of Tampa’s 2018 budget millage rate increase ...
Tell the Mayor what you think is important Mayor Bob Buckhorn wants to hear from the community about what they think is important for the future of the City of Tampa and its residents. How do autonomous cars understand the road? On the Alphabet ...
President announces new policy on travel to Cuba Today, President Trump announced changes in the rules that allows Americans to travel to Cuba. The new restriction reverse some of the changes made by President Obama. Florida House Speaker talks ...
Governor Rick Scott announces budget deal Governor Scott agrees to sign the $82.4 billion state budget after reaching deal with Corcoran, Negron Changes in regulations on travel to Cuba could come soon Insiders believe President Trump may soon make ...
President releases infrastructure plan and budget proposal This week, President Trump released his $ 1 trillion infrastructure plan as well as his proposed budget. Along with the plan, a “statement of principles” with the promise of ...
Possible impact of Homestead Exemption ballot measure on city budget The City of Tampa’s CFO, Sonya Little told City Council this week that the impact to the city budget could be close to $6 million dollars. Many Floridians still awaiting ...
Bill eliminating the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission passes During the last week of session, the Florida Senate passed a local bill that will eliminate the PTC, the only like agency in the State of Florida. The bill will be ...
Ridesharing bill passes Senate The Florida Senate voted this week to pass a bill that will allow a statewide regulation for ridesharing in Florida. Florida State Senator Artiles resigns After a long week of controversy over a conversation with ...
Today, the Florida Senate passed legislation that will allow for statewide regulation of ridesharing. The same bill passed the Florida House earlier this legislative session. Statewide regulation has been a top priority for the Greater Tampa ...
Mayor Buckhorn delivers a different State of the City Address This week, Mayor Bob Buckhorn gave his annual State of the City address. Focusing on a different perspective of Tampa, the Mayor talked about unity within the community. Want to hear ...
Florida House and Senate far apart on budgets This week the Florida House and the Florida Senate released their budgets and will begin to vote on them next week. So far, the budgets remain $2 billion dollars apart. The House budget currently is ...
Fight for Tourism continues Industry experts continue to talk about the need for tourism dollars in Florida. A recent move by the Florida House will reduce Visit Florida and make it difficult for the agency to continue to promote the state’s ...
Florida House and Senate begin to talk about health care Despite the ongoing debate in Washington, the Florida House and Senate are looking at a series of bills and ideas that they hope will offset some of the state Medicaid cost. Governor continues ...