The Scoop for Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.

The Special Municipal Runoff Election in District 5 begins this week

 Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer is reminding voters who live in the City of Tampa District 5 that in-person early voting for the Special Municipal Runoff Election between Naya Young and Thomas Scott.

A 30-year New College professor denied emeritus status

A vocal critic of the school’s 2023 conservative restructuring was denied emeritus status, an honorary title for retiring faculty. She and others call it retaliation from the school’s president and Governor DeSantis ally, Richard Corcoran.

Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society sues USF

The students say that USF is violating their Free Speech rights on campus.

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