Pictured Above: Sen. Jeff Brandes (left), R-St. Petersburg, said he was surprised that the governor rejected the bill. Rep. Ben Diamond, D-St. Petersburg, said he was “stunned” by the governor’s veto.
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Above photo: Rep. Ben Diamond, D- St. Petersburg, (right) issued an amendment to House Bill 423 calling for more public input and studies on how the bill would affect the USF
Above photo: At Friday’s town hall Jay Sokolovsky, a USF St. Petersburg anthropology professor, speculated a correlation between Regional Chancellor Sophia Wisniewska’s ousting and House Bill 423. Emily Wunderlich | The
By Jeffrey Waitkevich Several St. Petersburg officials are now calling for legislators to pump the brakes on a bill that would abolish the separate accreditations of USF St. Petersburg and