USFSP loses $75M for science facility, stakeholders react

State funding for the University of South Florida’s proposed Environmental and Oceanographic Sciences Research and Teaching Facility (EOS) seemed like a done deal until one stroke from the governor's veto pen on Thursday put the $80 million project in flux.

The interdisciplinary center, set to adjoin the College of Marine Science on the St. Petersburg campus, was touted as a transformative project that would help make the campus an international destination for environmental and oceanographic research. The facility enjoyed broad, bipartisan backing from university stakeholders, area business leaders and state and local government officials.

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Emergency rental assistance programs close: What happens now?

For Bruce Bussey, Pinellas County - and by proxy, St. Petersburg - exhausting its emergency rental assistance funding is bittersweet, although probably more bitter than sweet.

Pinellas announced May 26 that its lifeline to struggling area renters closed to new applications. The program enjoyed a successful run, distributing over $48 million and assisting over 5,400 households since it launched in March 2021. On the other hand, Bussey, community development manager for the county, knows there are potentially thousands more residents in need, facing a problem that shows no signs of abating.

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