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Mitch PerryNovember 28, 2017

Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan is “optimistic” a man with a gun at a McDonald’s restaurant in Ybor City Tuesday afternoon could be linked to four recent killings in Seminole Heights. Dugan said his agency received a tip at 2:45 p.m. of a man was brandishing a gun at the McDonald’s on E. 13th Avenue. The […]

Mitch PerryNovember 28, 2017

Libertarian candidate Alison Foxall is accepting campaign contributions via digital bitcoin currency. The House District 72 hopeful is one of a number of political candidates who have solicited contributions from the cryptocurrency, which was first created in 2009. Rand Paul accepted bitcoins during his 2016 presidential campaign, as has Colorado Democratic Rep. Jared Polis and […]

Mitch PerryNovember 28, 2017

At an anti-poverty conference, state Sen. Jeff Brandes said that, if possible, he thinks it could be beneficial for the Legislature to work on policies that encourage millennials to marry before having children, though he acknowledged that’s unlikely to occur. “The regulatory effects from that would be game-changing,” the St. Petersburg Republican said during the […]

Mitch PerryNovember 28, 2017

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When Democrat John Edwards ran for president in 2004, he gained traction in the primaries by talking about “two Americas” — one wealthy and powerful, the other poor and weak. The Occupy Wall Street movement followed in 2011, which introduced into the lexicon the derisive term “the one percent,” a reference to the upper elite who […]

Mitch PerryNovember 28, 2017

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U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo is being applauded for supporting the GOP tax plan in a new ad produced by American Action Network. The District 26 Republican is one of the most vulnerable House incumbents in the nation and has been the subject of several TV and radio ads this year by the group, which has […]

Mitch PerryNovember 27, 2017

Cynthia Oster, who has been serving as the in-house attorney for the soon-to-be dismantled Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission, has been named by Gov. Rick Scott to serve as a judge in Hillsborough County Court. The 47-year-old Oster’s official position, which she has held for the past 17 years, was Senior Assistant County Attorney in Hillsborough. […]

Mitch PerryNovember 27, 2017

Jacksonville Republican Rep. and Attorney General candidate Jay Fant said Monday that he agrees with Sen. Marco Rubio‘s declaration over the weekend that the sexual misconduct allegations against Sen. Al Franken are so egregious that the Minnesota Democrat should resign immediately. “Senator Franken has already admitted to mistreating women in a way that would be offensive to […]

Mitch PerryNovember 27, 2017

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Former Florida Congressmen David Jolly and Patrick Murphy resume their fall college speaking tour in St. Petersburg. The tour — called “Why Gridlock Rules Washington” — continues Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. on the 2nd floor at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg Student Center. It will be televised live in the Tampa Bay area and Orlando […]

Mitch PerryNovember 27, 2017

The four men running in the special election in House District 58 next month will meet up in a candidates’ forum Monday, Dec. 4, in Temple Terrace. Republican Lawrence McClure, Democrat Jose Vazquez, Libertarian Bryan Zemina and non-party-affiliated Ahmad Saadaldin are running in the election Dec. 19 to select a successor to Republican Dan Raulerson, […]

Mitch PerryNovember 27, 2017

UPDATED: Brevard County Democratic Executive Committee Chair Stacey Patel is officially a candidate for the Florida Democratic Party Chair. “We can build a party people can believe in,” Patel writes in a post on Medium.com in announcing her candidacy Monday morning. “We can be the party that represents economic, social, and environmental justice for all, […]

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Tampa Police ‘optimistic’ on possible break in Seminole Heights murders

Florida House candidate accepting campaign contributions in bitcoin

Jeff Brandes on how criminal justice reform can address generational poverty

Florida Chamber hosts Tampa conference on poverty in Florida

American Action Network airing new ad praising Carlos Curbelo’s support of GOP tax plan

Hillsborough PTC attorney Cindy Oster named to county court

Jay Fant: I agree with Marco Rubio. Al Franken must go

David Jolly, Patrick Murphy to meet again at USF St. Pete

HD 58 debate scheduled Dec. 4 in Temple Terrace

Stacey Patel enters race for Florida Democratic Party chair