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The private fundraising website created to pay to move a Confederate monument in Hillsborough County saw a surge of contributions over the past 48 hours, but still has only raised a total of $7,025, far short of its $100,000 goal. Most of the contributions came in after the racially-motivated violence Saturday in Charlottesville...

After the Hillsborough County Commission originally voted to maintain a controversial Confederate statue, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers both called on commissioners to remove the statue, which they did in a re-vote last...

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Two days after losing the fight to keep a Confederate monument in front of a Tampa courthouse, a group advocating to preserve the status quo is lashing out at Tampa mayor Bob Buckhorn and Hillsborough County Commissioner Sandy Murman. On Wednesday, Hillsborough Commissioners voted 4-2 to remove the statue, called “Memoria In Aeterna,” and send it to the Brandon Family Cemetery. That decision came four weeks after the board originally voted 4-3 to...

As of Friday morning, about $3,000 had been raised to move the Confederate statue off Hillsborough County property. The Confederate monument, which currently stands outside the old Hillsborough County courthouse, has been the centerpiece of a contentious debate for weeks. Commissioners recently voted 4-2 to move the statue to...

Four weeks after the Hillsborough County Commission voted to keep a controversial Confederate monument outside the courthouse annex, commissioners have changed their minds. In a 4-2 vote Wednesday, “Memoria In Aeterna” will now likely be relocated to the Brandon Family Cemetery. Earlier in the day, county officials said the owner of that facility came forward...

For 106 years, Memoria in Aeterna, a monument to Confederate soldiers, has stood in downtown Tampa as a reminder of the city’s Southern roots and, for many, a history of slavery and oppression. But on Wednesday, after 3½ hours of impassioned pleas from the public and contentious debate from the dais...

As they prepare to vote again today on the fate of Tampa’s Confederate monument, a majority of Hillsborough County commissioners now say they support removing it from its downtown location. Still to be decided is where to put it. But one potential hurdle, the cost of relocating the statue, has been taken care of: A prominent Tampa lawyer has volunteered to cover those...