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Dog bites man, who says it's not a story? The suppressed Los Angeles Times investigation finally surfaces. latimes.com/business/story…

Kim was brilliant, funny, generous, charming and kind. And if you were up to no good, he was the absolute last person you ever wanted showing up at your door. Los Angeles Times

This was a nice surprise to see today after last week’s award announcement. Congratulations to a deeply deserving Tampa Bay Times team. 🎉 …

Tim Burke — indicted last month on federal charges for obtaining video outtakes of Tucker Carlson’s interview with Ye — wants to be described as a journalist. But should he be? My column: tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

Large corporations are evicting tenants at higher than average rates, court data shows.

Teghan Simonton and I followed one family in real time as they were forced to vacate their home. Read more in the fourth installment of Buying up the Bay

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A must read, ICYMI.

This is bananas. Good work, Justin Garcia and Mark Katches.

Ahead of Sunshine Week, I wrote about how Tampa’s fire department handled a recent request for public records. They called the cops on us. tampabay.com/news/tampa/202…

I recently had the cops called on me after I requested to inspect public records in person at the Tampa fire rescue headquarters. Mark Katches wrote this column about how it all went down. And my long hair made it into the story... Tampa Bay Times
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Progress Residential owns 4,000 + homes in Tampa Bay. Critics say the company has grown too big too fast, often at the expense of renters.

Local tenants told us their stories of what it's like to rent from a private equity-backed landlord.

tampabay.com/news/real-esta…

DeSantis’ team spent $160M on his presidential bid in 2023.
Story w/ Langston Taylor and Ivy Nyayieka, the late night FEC crew tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

In Tampa Bay's already costly and competitive market, corporate investors have bought thousands of homes.

We found entire blocks owned by companies linked to Wall Street and private equity.

From me + Rebecca Liebson, Part 1 of our series:
tampabay.com/news/real-esta… via Tampa Bay Times

Publix overtook CVS to become Florida's second-biggest dispenser of opioids in 2019, according to DEA data. But while Florida sued CVS and others over their role in the opioid crisis, it has not included Publix in any legal action. w/Ian Hodgson
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I wonder: Did anyone in the NYT newsroom ask “would we be as obsessed about this if the candidate were a man?”

nytimes.com/2024/01/24/us/…

Trustworthy journalism and local reporting is more essential than ever. But it’s a tough business. What’s happened today at the Los Angeles Times is a gut punch felt by journalists everywhere. Our hearts go out to those who lost jobs and to everyone there who is fighting on.

And we were thrilled to have you as a Rebele intern!

Richly deserved honor for Rick Stroud.

Legendary …