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In this edition: Hurricane Idalia arrives tomorrow. Plus, can more small housing units help relieve Tampa’s housing crisis?
Saving Butterflies and a Week's Worth of Farmers' Markets
Plus, Tampa police officer suspended, and you really should meet Arrow.
 • Judith M. Gallman
Going to the Ballot to Overcome the Abortion Ban
Plus an interview about the Florida Master Naturalist Program
 • Judith M. Gallman
Hiking the Length of Florida in a Season
Plus, an interview with Stacey Matrazzo of the Florida Wildflower Foundation — and adios from the Bay Area Navigator.
 • Judith M. Gallman
How the Florida Property Insurance Game is Played
Plus, bird baiting, legislative updates, and Casey DeSantis for governor?
 • Stephen Buel
How the Media Stokes Hyperpartisanship
Plus, Tampa Bay's best news roundup, the week's weather, and the Bay Area Navigator 25.
 • Stephen Buel
A Tale of Two Trail Sisters
Plus, a fabulous new Italian bistro, where to sponsor an animal, and alligators in the bathtub!
 • Judith M. Gallman
New Restaurants, Community-Building Bookstores, and My Failed Visit to the Gun Show
Meanwhile, DeSantis urges Americans to defy public health guidance even as cases of respiratory syncytial virus increase in Florida.
 • Stephen Buel
A New Tampa Film Festival, Bad Ass Coffee, and Fallout From the Latest GOP Debate
Wild Rover Film Festival will feature mockumentaries and honor military veterans.
 • Judith M. Gallman
Mayor's Tax Fails, Future Hurricane Strengthens, and Insurers Tally Losses
Plus, Homegrown Hillsborough wants to hear from you, and 4 questions with photographic historian Chip Weiner
 • Stephen Buel
State Approves New College Entrance Exam, Bulls Win a Football Game, and Goats Do Yoga
Plus, the weather outlook, important civic meetings and the week in local stocks.
 • Stephen Buel
'The Expectation is That We've Lost Over 2,000 Manatees'
An interview with Kimberleigh Dinkins of Save the Manatee Club. Plus, Halloween mayhem in Ybor City.
 • Stephen Buel
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