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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 3, 2016

The Tampa Bay Times, the largest newspaper in the state, announced Tuesday it had purchased the Tampa Tribune. In a statement posted Tuesday to the Tampa Bay Times website, Paul Tash, the chair and CEO of the Times, said the purchase puts the paper “on solid financial footing and gives the Tampa Bay region an […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 3, 2016

Call them the Final 15. Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) officials are scheduled to select the remaining 15 delegates during the state party’s spring meeting next week. The meeting is scheduled for May 13-14 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Tampa. “With the RNC convention only months away, our spring quarterly meeting will be a significant […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 3, 2016

The report cards are out, and three dozen state lawmakers got top marks from one of Florida’s leading advocates for economic freedom. On Tuesday, Americans for Prosperity-Florida (AFP-FL) released its annual Economic Freedom Scorecard. To tabulate the grades, the organization recorded more than 4,300 individual votes on 59 legislative proposals. “A big part of our […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 3, 2016

An administrative court judge is leaving open the possibility that a third nursery in Northeast Florida can receive a license to grow and dispense medical marijuana. In an order Monday, Judge R. Bruce McKibben said Loop’s Nursery and Greenhouses cannot challenge the licenses given to Chestnut Hill Tree Farm and San Felasco Nurseries. However, McKibben […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 2, 2016

California Gov. Jerry Brown is calling on Gov. Rick Scott to stop the “silly political stunts and start doing something about climate change.” Scott is in California this week as part of a trade mission to Los Angeles, San Jose and San Francisco. The Associated Press reported Scott is scheduled to meet with 13 companies. He […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 2, 2016

Growing up in Mississippi, she spent many weekends in the independent bookstore in her hometown. She even considered opening up her own store a few years ago, but politics — and her career in the thick of it — got in the way. But with another campaign in the rearview mirror, Bradshaw has decided to […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 2, 2016

Want to know where Carlos Beruff has been since he announced he was running for U.S. Senate? There’s a map for that. On Monday, the Beruff campaign released a map — called the “Road to 67” campaign tracker — showing all of the counties he has visited since announcing his U.S. Senate bid in February. “Voters […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 2, 2016

Jackie Toledo has received enough signatures to secure a spot on the ballot. Toledo announced Monday she received enough verified signatures to qualify for the House District 60 race. Toledo, a small-business owner, said her campaign was able to get the necessary signatures in part because of a dedicated group of grassroots volunteers who helped […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 2, 2016

Hillary Clinton would defeat Donald Trump in Florida, but Floridians don’t have a favorable impression of either candidate. A new survey by business group Associated Industries of Florida found that Clinton would defeat Trump in Florida, 49 percent to 36 percent. The former Secretary of State leads the New York Republican in almost every demographic, […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 2, 2016

Democrat Patrick Murphy would defeat all of the major Republican U.S. Senate candidates in a general election match-up. According to a statewide survey by Associated Industries of Florida, Murphy comes out on top in head-to-head match ups against four of the Republican Senate candidates. The survey found the only candidate who could defeat Murphy is […]

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Donald Trump. Image via AP.

Tampa Bay Times purchases the Tampa Tribune

Florida GOP to pick final convention delegates during spring meeting

Three dozen lawmakers get A+ on AFP-FL’s 2016 Economic Freedom Scorecard

Judge: Nursery may be able to pursue medical pot license under new law

Jerry Brown to Rick Scott: “Start doing something about climate change”

Sally Bradshaw’s next chapter

Carlos Beruff launches ‘Road to 67’ campaign tracker

Jackie Toledo receives enough signatures to qualify in HD 60

Hillary Clinton tops Donald Trump in new Florida poll

Marco Rubio still best bet for Republicans to defeat Patrick Murphy in U.S. Senate race