Associated PressAugust 8, 2022
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Black farmers have been waiting more than five years after deal struck.
Tag: Lakeland LedgerElizabeth Martinez Strauss. Image via campaign.
Associated PressAugust 8, 2022
Peter SchorschNovember 21, 2020
5min944
Stargel will oversee a massive state budget, and that's a big deal for her Lakeland district.
Drew WilsonNovember 18, 2017
5min402
Outgoing state House member Neil Combee invoked a familiar statewide officeholder in an op-ed he submitted to the The Ledger, defending fellow Republican Josie Tomkow’s candidacy for the District 39 seat Combee is set to vacate next week. Combee is exiting the House Nov. 24 to start a new job as Florida’s State Director of the U.S. […]
Florence SnyderOctober 29, 2016
3min357
Everyone enters “the helping professions” with high ideals. Forty years later, some emerge as cynics who think it’s OK to “help” themselves if no one’s looking. Not Tim Glover. After decades in Polk County law enforcement, he has his ideals, and a well-earned front page shoutout from the Lakeland Ledger headlined “Officer writes red light […]
Bill RuftyAugust 11, 2016
3min346
The reporters, photographers and copy editors of The Lakeland Ledger overwhelmingly voted Thursday to be represented by the News Guild-CWA, Communications Workers of America, in contract negotiations with the paper’s owners, GateHouse Media. The vote, supervised by the National Labor Relations Board, was 23 for union representation and 3 against, setting off rumors of other […]
Bill RuftyAugust 11, 2016
3min217
Members of newsrooms all over Florida will be watching the reporters, photographers and copy editors of The Lakeland Ledger this afternoon as they vote on whether to be represented by the News Guild-CWA (Communications Workers of America). The union vote will be supervised by the National Labor Relations Board, which has indicated it will release the […]
Peter SchorschAugust 17, 2015
2min590
Former Ledger columnist Bill Rufty is joining Extensive Enterprises Media as Central Florida political correspondent for SaintPetersBlog and Florida Politics. Rufty has been with the Ledger since 1985, where, as political editor, he covered a wide range of beats, including local and state politics, the Lakeland City Commission, and the Florida Legislature. In April, Ledger editor […]
Phil AmmannJuly 17, 2015
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For those wanting a good real estate investment, the owners of the building where Lakeland’s Ledger newspaper is headquartered have put the building up for sale. As of Friday, the 181,720-sq. ft. office building lists with the Mansour Group of Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, one of the county’s largest real estate investment services firms. Located on West […]
Phil AmmannMay 31, 2015
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A group of local residents, including businessman Gregory Fancelli, have hired an attorney and a public relations firm in an effort to change the City of Lakeland to a strong-mayor form of government. If that should happen, writes John Chambliss of the Lakeland Ledger, Fancelli would not be opposed to Republican former state Sen. Paula Dockery […]
Ryan RayMay 11, 2015
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A battle between two Republicans is shaping up in Polk County-based House District 41, where Winter Haven Rep. John Wood won’t stand for re-election in 2016 because of term limits. To date, the open seat has attracted Polk County Commissioner Ed Smith as well as Sam Killebrew, a retired contractor who joined the race — a la Dick Cheney — after recruiting and […]