Arielle Stevenson
@stevensonreport.bsky.social
Writer. Florida person.
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and my piece tampamonitor.com/fyi/shotspotter/
ShotSpotter
A single collection of the issue for future reference.
tampamonitor.com
May 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
and my piece tampamonitor.com/fyi/shotspotter/
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Another item on the consent agenda this week is a request to fund ShotSpotter for another 3 years.
@stevensonreport.bsky.social had a great article last year on the issue
@stevensonreport.bsky.social had a great article last year on the issue
Tampa renews contract with controversial gunshot detection software, without additional public comment
...'the fact that we can just put something on the agenda and pass it is absolutely unconscionable.'
www.cltampa.com
May 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Another item on the consent agenda this week is a request to fund ShotSpotter for another 3 years.
@stevensonreport.bsky.social had a great article last year on the issue
@stevensonreport.bsky.social had a great article last year on the issue
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HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin.
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
April 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin.
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
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NEW: NOAA scientists are cleaning office bathrooms and reconsidering critical experiments after the Commerce Department failed to renew contracts for hazardous waste disposal, janitorial services, IT and building maintenance.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire
A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.
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April 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
NEW: NOAA scientists are cleaning office bathrooms and reconsidering critical experiments after the Commerce Department failed to renew contracts for hazardous waste disposal, janitorial services, IT and building maintenance.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
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Bill making it harder for Florida citizens to put amendments on the ballot heads to house floor www.cltampa.com/news/bill-ma...
Bill making it harder for Florida citizens to put amendments on the ballot heads to house floor
Critics said HB125 would effectively kill the citizen-led amendment process.
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March 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Bill making it harder for Florida citizens to put amendments on the ballot heads to house floor www.cltampa.com/news/bill-ma...
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NEW: There's a measure on Louisiana's ballot THIS SATURDAY that you should know about:
It sets the stage for state to prosecute more children as adults.
Very few voters are turning out so far, but this is hugely important: Part of Gov. Landry's agenda of incarcerating more kids.
It sets the stage for state to prosecute more children as adults.
Very few voters are turning out so far, but this is hugely important: Part of Gov. Landry's agenda of incarcerating more kids.
“Some of These Kids Are Already Lost When They’re Two Years Old” - Bolts
Louisiana leaders want more leeway to charge kids as adults. A measure on the March 29 ballot would enable lawmakers to move more teenagers into the adult criminal system.
boltsmag.org
March 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
NEW: There's a measure on Louisiana's ballot THIS SATURDAY that you should know about:
It sets the stage for state to prosecute more children as adults.
Very few voters are turning out so far, but this is hugely important: Part of Gov. Landry's agenda of incarcerating more kids.
It sets the stage for state to prosecute more children as adults.
Very few voters are turning out so far, but this is hugely important: Part of Gov. Landry's agenda of incarcerating more kids.
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From how Southern states built a prison labor system after the Civil War to the modern-day fights to end coerced work behind bars, we answer 10 reader questions about work behind bars with historian Robert Chase:
boltsmag.org/the-pas...
boltsmag.org/the-pas...
The Past and Present of Prison Labor: Your Questions Answered
A historian answers <i>Bolts</i> readers’ questions on the deep roots of forced labor in U.S. prisons, how it operates today, and efforts to challenge it.
boltsmag.org
March 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
From how Southern states built a prison labor system after the Civil War to the modern-day fights to end coerced work behind bars, we answer 10 reader questions about work behind bars with historian Robert Chase:
boltsmag.org/the-pas...
boltsmag.org/the-pas...
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No-cover punk concert will revisit the huge influence Brandon had on modern-day Ybor City
www.cltampa.com/music/no-cov...
www.cltampa.com/music/no-cov...
No-cover punk concert will revisit the huge influence Brandon had on modern-day Ybor City
Clairmel and Slap Of Reality are at The Bricks this weekend
www.cltampa.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
No-cover punk concert will revisit the huge influence Brandon had on modern-day Ybor City
www.cltampa.com/music/no-cov...
www.cltampa.com/music/no-cov...
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Glad to see Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This prominently on display at Powell's. A poignant and important book that is complex, powerful, and part memoir. Highly recommended. (I will be blocking liberally if you can't be respectful btw.)
February 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Glad to see Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This prominently on display at Powell's. A poignant and important book that is complex, powerful, and part memoir. Highly recommended. (I will be blocking liberally if you can't be respectful btw.)
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On Thursday, Feb. 27, the City of Tampa will commemorate the 65th anniversary of the sit-in during a 10 a.m. ceremony outside that former Woolworth on the corner of N Franklin and E Polk Streets. Here's the jump from the Tampa Tribune on March 1, 1960.
February 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
On Thursday, Feb. 27, the City of Tampa will commemorate the 65th anniversary of the sit-in during a 10 a.m. ceremony outside that former Woolworth on the corner of N Franklin and E Polk Streets. Here's the jump from the Tampa Tribune on March 1, 1960.
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Do the right thing: Revived play honors 65th anniversary of Tampa's Woolworth sit-in. David Warner, who actually plays Mayor Lane in the revival, has this story, from the inside of the production, in this week's edition of @cltampabay.bsky.social www.cltampa.com/arts/do-the-...
February 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Do the right thing: Revived play honors 65th anniversary of Tampa's Woolworth sit-in. David Warner, who actually plays Mayor Lane in the revival, has this story, from the inside of the production, in this week's edition of @cltampabay.bsky.social www.cltampa.com/arts/do-the-...
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Looking for something unrelated, but it's eerie how relevant this Tampa Tribune clipping from Jan. 9, 1960 is today. www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
February 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Looking for something unrelated, but it's eerie how relevant this Tampa Tribune clipping from Jan. 9, 1960 is today. www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
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Florida’s new immigration legislation doesn’t just force local governments to help ICE—it also steers $250 million in state funds toward law enforcement agencies to expand immigration enforcement efforts.
boltsmag.org/florida...
boltsmag.org/florida...
In Florida GOP’s New Immigration Crackdown, a Familiar Play of Overriding Local Democracy
Republicans are ramping up requirements that Florida’s local officials cooperate with ICE, and giving Ron DeSantis more cover to remove them from office if they don’t comply.
boltsmag.org
February 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Florida’s new immigration legislation doesn’t just force local governments to help ICE—it also steers $250 million in state funds toward law enforcement agencies to expand immigration enforcement efforts.
boltsmag.org/florida...
boltsmag.org/florida...
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Despite existential challenges, Tampa’s Versaggi Shrimp Co. continues to bring wild-caught seafood to Bay area tables
www.cltampa.com/food-drink/d...
www.cltampa.com/food-drink/d...
Despite existential challenges, Tampa’s Versaggi Shrimp Co. continues to bring wild-caught seafood to Bay area tables
The Tampa Tribune said that in 1969, the company had 33 boats. Today, just five boats call a single port authority dock home.
www.cltampa.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Despite existential challenges, Tampa’s Versaggi Shrimp Co. continues to bring wild-caught seafood to Bay area tables
www.cltampa.com/food-drink/d...
www.cltampa.com/food-drink/d...
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Which side are you on, boys?Which side are you on?
UPDATE: I heard from the firm, which told me that it made the decision to pause all content on its digital channels that could be interpreted as DEI-related out of an abundance of caution. More in the story.
Tampa councilwoman says pressure from a firm’s government client forced takedown of a video celebrating her Black-author bookshop www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-c...
February 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Which side are you on, boys?Which side are you on?
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In print this week for @orlandoweekly.bsky.social, Orlando police have arrested roughly 2 dozen homeless people for sleeping on public property since Jan. 1, when a state law allowing people to sue for failing to enforce a statewide camping ban took effect. www.orlandoweekly.com/news/orlando...
February 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In print this week for @orlandoweekly.bsky.social, Orlando police have arrested roughly 2 dozen homeless people for sleeping on public property since Jan. 1, when a state law allowing people to sue for failing to enforce a statewide camping ban took effect. www.orlandoweekly.com/news/orlando...
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Q&A: Before St. Pete book talk, 'Alligator Tears' author Edgar Gomez talk immigrants, hard truths, and heart www.cltampa.com/arts/qanda-b...
Q&A: Before St. Pete book talk, 'Alligator Tears' author Edgar Gomez talk immigrants, hard truths, and heart
He's at Tombolo Books on Wednesday, Feb. 11.
www.cltampa.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Q&A: Before St. Pete book talk, 'Alligator Tears' author Edgar Gomez talk immigrants, hard truths, and heart www.cltampa.com/arts/qanda-b...
Thrilled to share this interview I did for @cltampabay.bsky.social with Florida writer Edgar Gomez about his new memoir, Alligator Tears, which was publiahed just yesterday! Hear him speak tomorrow, 2/12 at 7 p.m., at St. Pete’s Tombolo Books.
Q&A: Before St. Pete book talk, 'Alligator Tears' author Edgar Gomez talk immigrants, hard truths, and heart
He's at Tombolo Books on Wednesday, Feb. 12.
www.cltampa.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Thrilled to share this interview I did for @cltampabay.bsky.social with Florida writer Edgar Gomez about his new memoir, Alligator Tears, which was publiahed just yesterday! Hear him speak tomorrow, 2/12 at 7 p.m., at St. Pete’s Tombolo Books.
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Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.
boltsmag.org/califor...
boltsmag.org/califor...
On Solitary Confinement, California Officials Side With the Prison System—Again
Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.
boltsmag.org
February 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.
boltsmag.org/califor...
boltsmag.org/califor...
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Looking at @tampamonitor.com, and Doby and Jackson Houses, symbols of city's Black heritage, are on council agenda this week
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tampamonitor.com/tampa-city-c...
This Week 1-23-28
Digging into the Tampa City Council agenda for 1-23-25.
tampamonitor.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Looking at @tampamonitor.com, and Doby and Jackson Houses, symbols of city's Black heritage, are on council agenda this week
tampamonitor.com/tampa-city-c...
tampamonitor.com/tampa-city-c...
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Joe Biden grants clemency for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who is imprisoned an hour north of Tampa www.cltampa.com/news/joe-bid...
Joe Biden grants clemency for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who is imprisoned an hour north of Tampa
There was never any evidence that Peltier killed FBI agents.
www.cltampa.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Joe Biden grants clemency for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who is imprisoned an hour north of Tampa www.cltampa.com/news/joe-bid...
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Florida voters approved redistricting reforms in 2010. Now, conservative judges could erase those safeguards entirely. The legal battle is one of several threats to voting rights we are watching this year:
boltsmag.org/voting-...
boltsmag.org/voting-...
On Voting Rights, Eight Legal Battles to Watch in 2025
From the continued threats against the Voting Rights Act to new restrictions on mail ballots and voter registration, courts will have a lot of opportunities to shape democracy this year.
boltsmag.org
January 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Florida voters approved redistricting reforms in 2010. Now, conservative judges could erase those safeguards entirely. The legal battle is one of several threats to voting rights we are watching this year:
boltsmag.org/voting-...
boltsmag.org/voting-...