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Mitch PerryAugust 8, 2017

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With Rick Kriseman trailing Rick Baker in the latest poll of St. Petersburg’s mayoral race, the Florida Democratic Party is paying for a new ad linking the former mayor with President Donald Trump. Whether national politics will trickle down to the local level is something the Kriseman team is banking on, though it hasn’t been reflected yet in […]

Mitch PerryAugust 7, 2017

Andrew Learned, one of six Democrats who has filed to run in Florida’s 15th Congressional District, is up with a digital ad touting his candidacy. CD 15 is currently held by Republican Dennis Ross. A Navy veteran who was stationed in Bahrain and now runs GradePower Learning in Valrico, this is the 30-year-old Learned’s first […]

Mitch PerryAugust 3, 2017

No one in Florida has worked harder than Desmond Meade to expand felons’ voting rights. Starting in 2015, Meade and his organization, the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, have blanketed the state, collecting signatures to place on the ballot an initiative that would overturn the automatic ban on felons voting. Although the group fell short for the […]

Mitch PerryAugust 3, 2017

A measure that would make hearing aids available over the counter passed the U.S. Senate on Thursday. The measure, co-sponsored by Sarasota Republican Vern Buchanan, was included in a broader bill to fund the Food and Drug Administration, which passed the Senate in an 94-1 vote. “This bill could help improve the quality of life for nearly […]

Mitch PerryAugust 3, 2017

Darryl Rouson says that he was legitimately undecided days before the Florida Senate would vote on whether to place a measure on the 2018 ballot to increase Florida’s homestead exemption. A late amendment that would exempt 29 of the state’s poorest counties from being affected by the loss of property tax revenues ultimately led him […]

Mitch PerryAugust 2, 2017

In front of the West Perrine Health Center in Miami, Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell officially announced her candidacy for Florida’s 26th Congressional District, where she hopes to take on Republican incumbent Carlos Curbelo next year. Although Curbelo is considered extremely vulnerable in the Democratic leaning district that stretches from Miami to Key West, Mucarsel-Powell is the first […]

Mitch PerryAugust 1, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott has named Mike Griffin, a well-regarded local leader and current chair of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, to the Tampa Port Authority. While announcing Griffin’s appointment, Scott took a shot at the agency over reports of excessive spending. “Recently, I was concerned to see media reports detailing wasteful spending by the executives at Port […]

Mitch PerryAugust 1, 2017

Land O’ Lakes business owner and banker Ardian Zika is the latest Republican to file to run for the Pasco County state House seat being vacated by term-limited Richard Corcoran. The 37-year-old Zika was born in the former Yugoslavia and emigrated to the U.S. from Kosovo in 1997. “I’m the product of American exceptionalism and […]

Mitch PerryAugust 1, 2017

With medical marijuana legal in Florida and the Department of Health now mandated to begin issuing medical marijuana treatment center licenses and identification cards for qualifying patients and caregivers this fall, more businesses involved in the growing cannabis industry are coming to the Sunshine State. Signal Bay, Inc., a leading provider of cannabis testing and advisory […]

Mitch PerryJuly 31, 2017

Donald Trump is imposing sanctions directly on Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro after a vote Sunday that many see as a step toward rewriting his country’s constitution. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is completely behind the sanctions, saying it’s time for the U.S. to “consider cutting off imports of Venezuelan oil.” The directive from the Treasury Department […]

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Democratic ad attempts to link Rick Baker to Donald Trump

Andrew Learned launches digital ad for CD 15 bid

ACLU plans to spend millions on campaign to restore felons’ voting rights surprised Desmond Meade

Senate passes Vern Buchanan bill making hearing aids more affordable

Darryl Rouson’s past used against him by local official during homestead expansion debate

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell ready to take on Carlos Curbelo in CD 26

Rick Scott names Mike Griffin to Tampa Port Authority, slams agency’s wasteful spending

Pasco businessman Ardian Zika to run for House District 37 seat

Cannabis lab tester Signal Bay now in Fort Lauderdale market

Bill Nelson says U.S. should consider cutting off Venezuelan oil imports