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 ...
Elected Florida Secretary of State Senator Aaron Bean offered a joint resolution this week that would allow voters to decide if the office of Secretary of State should be an elected position again. Florida House begins to work on budget cuts ...
Tampa, Fla. (September 22, 2016) – On Sunday, September 18th Mayor Buckhorn joined Interim Mayor of Lanzhou, China, Guangping Duan, and signed a historic Sister Cities agreement to foster culture, commerce and investment from the City of ...
By Michael Maurino, Director of Government Relations, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce Meet the candidates at Hob Nob! The election season heats up at the 2016 Political Hob Nob on Monday, August 1 at the Tampa Hilton Downtown. As of today, 37 ...
By Michael Maurino, Director of Government Relations, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce Meet the candidates at Hob Nob! The election season heats up at the 2016 Political Hob Nob on Monday, August 1 at the Tampa Hilton Downtown. Meet and greet the ...
By Michael Maurino, Director of Government Relations, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce TBX rolls ahead: Early Thursday morning, the Hillsborough Metropolitan Planning Organization approved the inclusion of the Tampa Bay Express project in their ...
By Michael Maurino, Director of Government Relations, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce #YesTo20: The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is encouraging the community to support a 20-year, half-cent sales tax referendum for ...
The United States and Cuba will officially reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies on July 20. In doing so, we have turned the page on 50 years of acrimony between our two countries. The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce has been an ...
By: Michael Maurino, Government Relations Coordinator, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce completed a survey of more than 2,500 people on transportation issues, and found that respondents seek an improved ...
By Leonardo Dosoretz, Voice Committee Member On Monday, July 28, 2014, Florida Governor Rick Scott took a ride in a driverless car on the Selmon Expressway as part of an ongoing trial for the new technology. The event reflects the evolving nature of ...
Justin Laden, Public Policy / Voice Committee Member Young professionals want more out of the Tampa Bay area – more options and more influence. This was the unanimous message that Emerge Tampa Bay members and other young Bay area ...
I would personally like to invite you to join us for the Tampa Bay Trade Mission to Chile scheduled for December 1 – 5, 2014. This mission marks the first official activity of the Tampa Bay Export Alliance, a partnership between the Tampa ...
By: Allison Wallrapp, Voice Committee Member Tampa Bay residents may soon have a more robust set of options when it comes to public transportation. Last week, Hillsborough County made public the documents outlining their initial plan to overhaul ...
Chamber President & CEO Bob Rohrlack released the statement below on the Congressional District 13 race:“With the passing last year of Congressman Bill Young, the Tampa Bay area lost a tireless fighter for MacDill Air Force Base. While we ...
Tampa, FL - The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce hosted Governor Rick Scott's visit with local business leaders on Thursday, January 9. Over 50 business leaders discussed business issues with the Governor, covering topics such as transportation, ...
Tampa Chamber Delegation Returns from Historic Trip to Cuba Trip reconnects historic US gateway to Cuba Tampa, Fla. – A delegation of members of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce took a historic experiential learning trip to Cuba from ...
Group seeks to strengthen job creation and innovation through improved access to international talent The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce today announced its participation in “Business for Skilled Worker Immigration,” a coalition of ...
The Tampa/Hillsborough International Protocol and Trade Council (Council) is pursuing its endeavors in setting up the Tampa/Hillsborough County area as a key international trade location. In association with the City of Tampa, Hillsborough County, ...
With the addition of Deborah Wilkinson, Executive Director of the Tampa/Hillsborough International Protocol and Trade Council, the Chamber, part of the Council is in the process of rolling out a new direction for Tampa’s Protocol and Trade ...
The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce officially launched TampaMediaCenter.com, a website that features local stories of interest, spotlighting local businesses, business leaders and institutions. “Our community has a wealth of success ...
The 2012 Tampa Bay Host Committee for the Republican National Convention recently redesigned and launched a new website with new Tampa Bay videos to better promote the Tampa Bay region to the nation and world. To help people get to know the Tampa ...
The Faces of Tampa Bay, a volunteer recruitment campaign by the 2012 Tampa Bay Host Committee for the Republican National Convention, launched today with a press announcement on site at Tampa International Airport. A reflection of the diversity in ...
Bob Rohrlack, president and CEO of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce was appointed by Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon to the Government Efficiency Task Force for a term ending June 16, 2012. The Task Force was established in 2007 to develop ...