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Mitch PerryDecember 13, 2017

Every day of the year, Americans are shot to death by either current or former domestic partners. From 2012 to 2017, Hillsborough County experienced 61 domestic violence homicides, with over 200 such deaths in Florida last year alone. Citing those statistics, Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren vowed Wednesday to take action, saying he refused to […]

Mitch PerryDecember 13, 2017

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Linda Sarsour, national co-chair of the 2017 Women’s March, has endorsed Ahmad Saadaldin in the House District 58 race in Hillsborough County taking place Dec. 19. “Temple Terrace Seffner Plant City Thonotosassa LISTEN UP. VOTE for Hussam Ahmad for State House,” Sarsour wrote on her Facebook page Tuesday. “There are only 5 days left of voting. […]

Mitch PerryDecember 13, 2017

Pinellas County Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday to commit the City of Dunedin and the Toronto Blue Jays to a 25-year contract, which would keep spring training in town. But the vote came with sharp criticism from some board members. The county will commit $41.7 million toward the $81 million renovation project, a revision […]

Mitch PerryDecember 12, 2017

Placing a constitutional amendment up for a vote can be problematic when the proposal itself might be unconstitutional. That’s what Lisa Carlton, the chair of the Constitutional Revision Commission’s Declaration of Rights Committee, concluded on Tuesday, when she said she could not support expanding the rights of grandparents to visit their grandchildren. “I think that […]

Mitch PerryDecember 12, 2017

While red-leaning states like Oklahoma, Texas, Georgia and Louisiana have made significant criminal justice reforms over the past decade, Florida’s GOP-led Legislature has stood still. Thirty-three states have implemented such reforms since 2007, while Florida’s prison population continues to grow, with the state now spending more than $2.4 billion a year to incarcerate nearly 100,000 people […]

Mitch PerryDecember 12, 2017

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As one of only five Democrats on the joint Senate-House Tax Conference committee charged with reconciling the two GOP-passed bills, Kathy Castor is the only representative from Florida. And like most members of her party, Castor has serious objections about the legislation, as detailed in a new letter to Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, the conference committee chair. “The tax […]

Mitch PerryDecember 12, 2017

A Democrat-aligned super PAC is taking aim at Adam Putnam with a new website called ProblemPutnam.com. American Bridge, launched by David Brock in 2010, says it intends on informing Floridians over the next year about what it contends has been Putnam’s priorities in public office since first being elected more than 20 years ago: “Sweet deals […]

Mitch PerryDecember 11, 2017

Last week, Minnesota Sen. Al Franken announced he would soon resign from office following multiple reports of women accusing him of groping and forcibly kissing them. Immediately after, some rank and file Democrats said Franken was a sacrificial lamb, so the party could go all-in attacking President Donald Trump and Alabama Sen. candidate Roy Moore for […]

Mitch PerryDecember 11, 2017

With just four days left before the 2018 Affordable Care Act sign-up deadline, the Tampa Bay area’s two Democrats — Charlie Crist and Kathy Castor — met Monday at St. Joseph’s Hospital in West Tampa to get the word out before they head back to Washington. “Time is short,” said Castor, repeating her frustration that […]

Mitch PerryDecember 11, 2017

A former U.S. Senator, a former U.S. Attorney, several former state lawmakers and a host of other Republican insiders are on the 34-member state financing team for Republican Attorney General candidate Ashley Moody. The team’s membership was released Monday. The 42-year-old former Hillsborough County circuit judge is one of four Republicans vying for the nomination […]

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Andrew Warren announces plan to ‘aggressively’ disarm domestic abusers

Women’s March national co-chair backs Ahmad Saadaldin for HD 58

Pinellas moves forward with commitment to keep Toronto Blue Jays in Dunedin

Proposal to expand grandparents visitation rights temporarily postponed

Tampa panel talks criminal justice reform ahead of Session

Kathy Castor offers a list of objections to GOP tax bill

American Bridge takes aim at Adam Putnam

Kathy Castor: If Al Franken must go, so should Blake Farenthold

Charlie Crist, Kathy Castor call for Obamacare sign-ups as deadline looms

Heavy hitters in Ashley Moody’s finance team