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Mitch PerryJune 17, 2017

President Donald Trump told a crowd in Miami Friday he was keeping a campaign promise to roll back the “terrible and misleading deal” the Obama administration made with the Castro government in Cuba in 2014. Two hours later, U.S. Representative Kathy Castor told reporters that the work of engaging the Tampa Bay area and the communist island will […]

Mitch PerryJune 16, 2017

The attempted assassination Wednesday morning of Louisiana Republican Congressman Steve Scalise in suburban Washington D.C. has shaken the nation. Certainly, lawmakers now realize how vulnerable they are to mentally unstable people with access to firearms who disagree with them politically. At Friday’s Tampa Tiger Bay Club, five members of the Hillsborough County Legislative Delegation were asked their […]

Mitch PerryJune 16, 2017

It was a tough room for House Speaker Richard Corcoran. Speaking before an unfriendly crowd of public school supporters in Tampa, Corcoran doubled down on his support of an education bill that creates a new system of charter schools to replace underperforming public schools. On Thursday, Corcoran stood beside Rick Scott in Orlando as the Governor signed the controversial […]

Mitch PerryJune 15, 2017

Incoming Senate Minority Leader Jeff Clemens announced Thursday the creation of a new campaign to help get more Democrats elected to the Florida Senate in 2018 and beyond. “Flip Florida Blue” will set out initially to invest resources to win the special election in Miami-Dade’s Senate District 40 seat formerly held by Hialeah Republican Frank Artiles, […]

Mitch PerryJune 15, 2017

Rick Scott signed SB 800, the Senate companion to House Democratic Leader Janet Cruz’s HB 1191, putting medication synchronization into law. What’s that, you ask? Many patients, especially those with chronic conditions who may have been prescribed medications from different specialized physicians, currently face various refill dates and multiple trips to the pharmacy each to maintain their prescribed […]

Mitch PerryJune 15, 2017

Last week, the GOP-led House of Representatives voted to repeal many of the stricter regulations enacted after the 2008 financial crisis. It was part of a desire to roll back rules that they say have hurt banks, restricted consumer growth and slowed economic progress. Democrats disagree, as each one voted against the bill. “I think the memories […]

Mitch PerryJune 15, 2017

President Donald Trump is nominating Sharon Day, a former Republican National Committee co-chair from Fort Lauderdale, to be his ambassador to Costa Rica. Day recently stepped down from her role at the RNC, a position she held since 2011. She’s served on the Executive Committee of the Broward County Republican Party since 1994, and in 1996 was […]

Mitch PerryJune 15, 2017

Although modest in scope, Tampa Bay area lawmakers and business officials are happy that Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation (SB 1672) they believe is the first step toward creating a regional network to push for transit. The bill changes the actual title of TBARTA. It will now be the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority (it used […]

Mitch PerryJune 15, 2017

While Florida has the highest percentage of senior citizens in the nation, when it comes to elder care, the Sunshine State is one of the worst in the country, according to a newly released AARP national study. The report, Picking Up the Pace of Change: A State Scorecard on Long-Term Services and Supports for Older […]

Mitch PerryJune 14, 2017

Polk County Congressman Dennis Ross is one of four members of the Florida GOP delegation on the baseball team attacked by a gunman Wednesday morning in Alexandria, Virginia, but he wasn’t at today’s practice. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot, and multiple congressional aides were also hit by a gunman with a rifle who opened […]

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Kathy Castor vows Cuba-Tampa Bay engagement will continue, despite Donald Trump’s rollback

House Republican Dan Raulerson wants everyone to own a gun

In Tampa, Richard Corcoran faces hostile crowd angry about school bill

Florida Democrats announce new vehicle to try to get more of them elected to state Senate

Rick Scott signs Janet Cruz-sponsored bill letting patients make fewer drug store trips

Kathy Castor puts faith in Senate GOP to resist completely repealing Dodd-Frank

Sharon Day nominated to serve as U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica

With law now in place, Tampa Bay region moves closer to regional transit

AARP: Florida one of worst states for long-term needs of elderly, disabled

Dennis Ross is on GOP congressional baseball team, but wasn’t at practice where shots were fired