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Click the play button to hear from Judith Turner of Florida Cooperative Empowered Economic Development (CEED). Over the past weeks, the Catalyst has been introducing each of the...
As the race for the Florida state senate seat for District 24 heats up, Republican incumbent Jeff Brandes and Democratic challenger Lindsay Cross display clear differences...
A crowd of hundreds gathered to see Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum speak in St. Petersburg at St. Petersburg College’s Gibbs Campus Friday morning. The line...
Click the play button to hear from Ericka Leigh of Sewn Apart. Over the past weeks, the Catalyst has been introducing each of the organizations competing in the 2018...
Click the play button to hear from Mary Briton of The Portico. Over the coming weeks, the Catalyst will be introducing each of the organizations competing in the 2018...
Click the play button to hear from Charlotte Anderson of Pinellas County Urban League. Over the coming weeks, the Catalyst will be introducing each of the organizations competing...
A string of murder-suicides took place across the Tampa Bay area during the final week of September. The violence started in Lakewood Ranch, where husband James...
Click the play button to hear from Autism Shifts board member Marilyn Reyes Burrows. Over the coming weeks, the Catalyst will be introducing each of the organizations competing...
To affordably rent a median market rate home in Pinellas County, a minimum wage employee would have to work 148 hours per week. That’s more than 21...
Click the play button to hear from Indi-ED founder Christine Laurenzi. Over the coming weeks, the Catalyst will be introducing each of the organizations competing in the 2018 Social...
