Maria Scruggs is stepping into the race to lead St. Petersburg. She got on the ballot by petition, not by paying a filing fee. She talks about her campaign in studio.

Also, an update on the Lightning playoffs, and the state attorney general’s expanding criminal investigation into artificial intelligence.

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