* USF has announced plans to launch the state’s first college of AI and Cybersecurity.
* The unemployment rate for Tampa Bay is 2.9%–the same as the state of Florida’s. The U.S. rate is 3.6%.
* The Wall Street Journal recently named Tampa Bay the nation’s 4th “hottest job market.” Tampa added about 12,000 jobs in the past year.
* Tampa City Council gave initial approval to a $600 million project that would transform the Tampa Heights YMCA site into a multi-use district.