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Mitch PerryJuly 22, 2017

While it won’t go into effect for another year and a half, the expected passage of a Florida constitutional amendment expanding the homestead exemption is already giving local officials severe headaches. On the 2018 ballot, Amendment 1 asks voters to approve an expansion of the homestead exemption from $50,000 to $75,000 of the first $100,000 […]

Mitch PerryJuly 21, 2017

House Speaker Richard Corcoran is proud to hear the Trump administration is escalating crack down on undocumented immigrants is only going to crank up in the coming months, and he says the Legislature will attempt to do their part in 2018. The Pasco County Republican, still very much contemplating a run for governor next year, […]

Mitch PerryJuly 21, 2017

Consumer protection attorney Ryan Torrens is quite aware that he’s not an established political presence, but he says that should be an argument for his fledgling candidacy to become Florida’s next Attorney General. “Look, I get it,” the 32-year-old told an audience who gathered Friday morning at Tampa’s Oxford Exchange to hear the Hillsborough County […]

Mitch PerryJuly 19, 2017

A day after an attempt by Senate Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act crashed and burned, Lakeland GOP Congressman Dennis Ross blasted members of his own party, saying he’s “sick of the excuses.” “The Senate has failed the American people and abandoned voters who were promised that they would repeal and replace the disastrous Obamacare. […]

Mitch PerryJuly 19, 2017

A group of House Democrats is asking the FBI to review whether first daughter and White House Adviser Ivanka Trump omitted information from her security clearance application when she joined the administration as an unpaid White House adviser. Broward/Palm Beach Representative Alcee Hastings is among the 22 signers of a letter to acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe. Democrats want McCabe to investigate […]

Mitch PerryJuly 19, 2017

Florida death row inmate Ralph Wright Jr. was released from state prison Tuesday, two months after the state Supreme Court exonerated him in the 2007 killings of his ex-girlfriend and their baby boy. The release of the former Air Force Sergeant makes him Florida’s 27th exonerated death row survivor, and the 159th person exonerated from death […]

Mitch PerryJuly 19, 2017

The Florida Democratic Party is taking Adam Putnam to task a day after the Agricultural Commissioner and gubernatorial nominee mocked an anti-National Rifle Association protest held in Tampa. “Classic progressive move,” Putnam wrote on his Facebook page on Monday. “Desperate attempt to limit our 2nd Amendment rights.” Listed below his comment was a link to […]

Mitch PerryJuly 17, 2017

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Bill Nelson took to the floor of the U.S. Senate Monday to decry what he calls a “war on science.” At the same time, the Florida Democrat all but called out Rick Scott as a climate change denier. Nelson is looking at a likely challenge from Florida’s governor and his speech was undoubtedly an indication of […]

Mitch PerryJuly 17, 2017

Illeana Ros-Lehtinen’s decision to not seek another term representing Florida’s 27th Congressional District has spurred six Democrats to enter the 2018 contest. Among those Democrats is Michael A. Hepburn, a senior academic adviser for the School of Business at the University of Miami. He lost a 2014 primary election against Daphne Campbell for the state House. […]

Mitch PerryJuly 17, 2017

The national crime rate in the U.S. has been steadily declining since for two decades and is currently at its lowest rate since 1968. Likewise, Florida’s crime rate has dropped over the past few decades, but it is still 15 percent higher than the national average. And its imprisonment rate is 23 percent higher than the […]

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Tampa local officials bemoan expected expansion of Florida homestead exemption

Richard Corcoran proud of Trump’s efforts to crack down on undocumented immigrants

Ryan Torrens, political outsider running for Attorney General, says he’s what Florida Democrats need

Dennis Ross blasts GOP Senate in wake of ACA debacle

Alcee Hastings wants FBI investigation of Ivanka Trump security clearance

Ralph Wright Jr. becomes twenty-seventh death row prisoner in Florida to be exonerated

Florida Democrats slam Adam Putnam for Facebook comment about anti-NRA protest in Tampa

In Senate floor speech, Bill Nelson takes aim at Rick Scott and GOP’s ‘war on science’

Congressional hopeful Michael Hepburn boasts of already receiving more than 1,700 contributions

Report: Florida’s imprisonment rate is 23 percent higher than the national average