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Mitch PerryOctober 26, 2017

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On Thursday, the Tampa Police Department released a new video from the night of the first shooting in Seminole Heights. Law enforcement hopes releasing the video will help identify the person interim Police Chief Brian Dugan now calls a “person of interest.” At one point, the video shows the person running. “In my opinion, it gives […]

Mitch PerryOctober 26, 2017

St. Petersburg’s failure to notify the public on a recent sewage discharge is receiving intense criticism from a state lawmaker who helped pass legislation that requires the public be informed within 24 hours of such a release. After Hurricane Irma hit the Tampa Bay area the night of Sept. 10, the following day the city reported […]

Mitch PerryOctober 26, 2017

For the third consecutive day, Rick Baker‘s campaign is working to keep Rick Kriseman chief of staff Kevin King in the news cycle. This time, they are seizing on a Tampa Bay Times editorial published Thursday calling on Kriseman to unseal court records regarding King’s arrest sixteen years ago. In 2001, as a 22-year-old Pinellas County substitute schoolteacher, […]

Mitch PerryOctober 26, 2017

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman is “a little disappointed” by how this year’s mayoral election is becoming the most expensive in the city’s history, with final totals likely to rise above $3 million. “When you really think about it, what that $3 million could have done if we were spending that money on something else,” […]

Mitch PerryOctober 26, 2017

Mathew Thomas is more than familiar with cybersecurity. For the past 14 years, he has been a software developer after graduating from the University of Texas Tech with a degree in Mathematics. Now a Democrat running against Gus Bilirakis in Florida’s 12th Congressional District, Thomas says Congress needs to pass a federal bill to prevent the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 26, 2017

The Florida Commission on Ethics announced Wednesday it has found no probable cause that Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Hillsborough County Commissioners Ken Hagan and Sandy Murman violated the state’s Code of Ethics. The commission’s investigation surrounded activities related to the Go Hillsborough effort. Go Hillsborough was a years -in-the-making proposal that would have placed a […]

Mitch PerryOctober 25, 2017

If Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine does indeed enter Florida’s gubernatorial sweepstakes (as is predicted), he’ll have one award none of his opponents can touch. The French Legion of Honor, to be precise. During a Tuesday night ceremony at the residence of Gérard Araud, the French Ambassador to the U.S., the 55-year-old Levine was presented with the insignia […]

Mitch PerryOctober 25, 2017

Two years after the Florida Legislature approved allowing Floridians online voter registration, registertovoteflorida.gov went live October 1. In 2015, state lawmakers provided the Secretary of State’s office $1.8 million to encourage him to support online registration, agreeing to delay implementation until Sunday. On Wednesday, Maria Matthews, Division Director for the Secretary of State’s office, told the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 25, 2017

Cutler Bay Democrat Kionne McGhee‘s bill to create a slavery memorial on Florida’s Capitol grounds advanced in another House committee Wednesday. The Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee approved McGhee’s proposal (HB 67). The bill officially calls for the Department of Management Services, based on upon recommendation of the Florida Historical Commission, to create and establish […]

Mitch PerryOctober 25, 2017

After a nearly two-year search, Hillsborough County officials apparently settled on a location they would like Tampa Bay Rays to entertain a possible relocation. Maybe. As the Tampa Bay Times reports, Hillsborough Commissioner Ken Hagan identified a 14-acre site in the southern part of historic Ybor City, with the northern edge starting three blocks south of 7th […]

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‘Person of interest’ in new video could be Seminole Heights killer, Tampa police say

Kathleen Peters blasts Rick Kriseman administration after most recent sewage spill

Rick Baker campaign again calls to release Kevin King court records

Rick Kriseman ‘disappointed’ by $3M price tag for St. Pete mayor’s race

CD 12 hopeful Mathew Thomas warns election hacking is a federal issue

Bob Buckhorn, Hillsborough commissioners cleared in ethics probe

Philip Levine receives French Legion of Honor for climate change work

With a few hiccups, Florida online voter registration up and running

House moves measure to create slavery memorial

Rick Kriseman still bullish on the Rays staying in St. Pete