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Mitch Perry Report 7.10.14: Why Medicaid expansion will continue to be a key...
A number of groups, and not just Democrats, have been lobbying the Florida Legislature to reconsider its refusal to support expanding Medicaid here, which would provide health care to an additional...
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Narain stands out in HD61 Debate at Hillsborough LGBTA event
Florida's House District 61 seat encompasses much of the urban core of Tampa, and is looking for new representation with the term-limited retirement of Betty Reed this fall. Three of the four people...
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Activists protest SCOTUS decision on Hobby Lobby case in Tampa
Approximately two dozen activists gathered in front of the federal building in downtown Tampa this afternoon to vent their anger at the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the Hobby Lobby case that ended...
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Mitch Perry Report 7.11.14: Judge throws out two Florida voting maps, but who...
The way some Florida political observers see it, it's a bit of a surprise that Circuit Judge Terry Lewis found only two congressional districts in Florida in violation of the 2010 "Fair Districts"...
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Bill Nelson: Sequester cuts led to immigration border crisis
There's been a lot of discussion in the past couple of weeks about causes of the immigration crisis along the Southwest Texas border, but mandated federal budgets due to the sequester hadn't been...
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White House report states that 1 out of 5 Floridians still lack health insurance
Physicians and residents of the Sunshine State are urging Florida’s elected leaders to accept federal funding for healthcare as Floridians and business in the state is affected. Doctors for America...
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In Tampa, Charlie Crist says he became a Democrat because Republicans "lost...
On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the George Zimmerman 'not guilty' verdict, Charlie Crist said at a political candidates forum in Tampa this afternoon that "we gotta fix it," when asked his...
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United for Care gets the message about medical marijuana out in St. Pete
Around two dozen citizens came to hear representatives from organizations raise awareness about medicinal cannabis at Mad Hatters Ethnobotanical Tea Bar in St. Petersburg last week. The educational...
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Mitch Perry Report 7.14.14: World Cup won't get bigger ratings in 2018
As I write this, we don't know if the ratings in the U.S. for yesterday afternoon's World Cup final will exceed the 18.22 million who tuned into the U.S.-Portugal game from three weeks ago, but...
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In Tampa, Perry Thurston & George Sheldon tag team to blast Pam Bondi
A lot has been made this year about how, once again, Florida Democrats appear outgunned when it comes to the Cabinet races. While the party has had to rely on a former Republican to challenge Rick...
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Bill Nelson co-sponsoring bill banning e-cigarette TV ads
Electronic cigarettes have been promoted for years as a healthier alternative to tobacco, and while the jury is still out on that, what's not in question is that Big Tobacco is getting completely...
View ArticleDemocrats try to make hay out of typical Rick Scott presser
Rick Scott was in Largo this morning, where he was queried about that flap from a week ago, where on-duty law enforcement officers were asked to participate in a Scott campaign event in Tampa, an...
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Family & supporters of Tariq Abu Khdeir unhappy with Kathy Castor
Tariq Abu Khdeir, the 15-year-old Palestinian-American high school student from Tampa who was brutally attacked by Israeli police forces over a week ago while observing a protest in response to his...
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Mitch Perry Report 7.15.14: Arms race on medical marijuana initiative heats up
Recently a Democratic Party political consultant told me that every day it appears that the battle over medical marijuana to be voted on in November is becoming more and more a "swinging dicks"...
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Andrea Brunais to appear at Inkwood to tout new Florida political novel
Former Florida political reporter Andrea Brunais has just written a new novel called Mercedes Wore Black, which we will feature in this week's paper out on Thursday. But we want to let you know that...
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Tampa taxi driver gives his take on background checks
Last week in Washington D.C., a New York City-based CEO had a harrowing experience riding UberBlack, where he claimed he was held against his will in a high-speed chase story that made national news...
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Buckhorn in L.A.: "I don't want to be the mayor of some white-bread Southern...
Tampa has historically always been a racially diverse city, and never moreso than today. Latinos make up approximately 25 percent of the population in greater Hillsborough County, and blacks account...
View ArticleFirst Brandes campaign ad slammed immediately by Judithanne McLauchlan
Just hours after Jeff Brandes began airing his first television ad of the year in his Senate District 22 seat race against Democratic challenger Judithanne McLauchlan, the USFSP political science...
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Mitch Perry Report 7.16.14: Mark Woodard a shoo-in to be next Pinellas...
Memo to the approximately three dozen or so applicants for the Pinellas County Administrator's position — the odds that you may get that gig have dropped precipitously over the past 24 hours if your...
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Uber calls in Rudy Giuliani to audit its background checks policy
Yesterday we reported on the musings of one particular taxi cab driver in Tampa, discussing the differences in scrutiny of drivers between Hillsborough County and Pinellas. While the Hillsborough...
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