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Mitch PerryJune 2, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott signed a new law Friday allowing for the creation of memorials for boys who died from abuse at the now-closed Dozier School for Boys as well as abuse survivors. The bill sets aside $1.2 million to build two memorials regarding the boys who lived and died at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys. […]

Mitch PerryJune 2, 2017

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While there are many things both Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill want to accomplish, Kathy Castor laments the business of Congress has slowed considerably by what she calls a “cloud” over the Trump administration’s possible collusion with Russia during last year’s election. “What an atmosphere it is,” the Tampa Democratic congresswoman said in opening […]

Mitch PerryJune 2, 2017

Ashley Moody, who served a Hillsborough judge for more than a decade until resigning abruptly in late April, has filed as a Republican candidate for Attorney General. Moody was elected to the 13th Judicial Circuit in 2006 at the age of 31, becoming the youngest judge in Florida. Moody is a 1996 graduate of the University […]

Mitch PerryJune 1, 2017

Bill Gunter, a pastor of the Redeemer Community Church in New Port Richey, will make a second run for the Florida Legislature, seeking the House District 37 seat being vacated next year by term-limited Richard Corcoran. “Our great President Donald J. Trump has inspired me with his leadership and direction over the past year,” Gunter said in a statement. I will fight […]

Mitch PerryJune 1, 2017

Elle Rudisill, an assistant state attorney for the 6th Judicial Circuit in Pinellas/Pasco county since the fall of 2014, announced Thursday that she will seek the House District 37 seat in Pasco County to be vacated by term-limited Richard Corcoran in 2018. “Today, I embark on an incredible journey of running as a Conservative Republican candidate for […]

Mitch PerryJune 1, 2017

Although Polk County Republican Rep. Dennis Ross easily won Florida’s 15th Congressional District each of the four times he’s been on the ballot since 2010, Democrats seem particularly energized in challenging him when he runs for re-election next year. As previously reported by FloridaPolitics.com, no fewer than five Democrats have already filed to run in a primary […]

Mitch PerryMay 31, 2017

Sarasota Republican Vern Buchanan wants the Department of Justice to begin paying the victims of Bernie Madoff‘s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme with some of the recovered funds. In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Buchanan points out that the victims of Madoff’s crime have yet to receive a penny from the $4 billion victim fund […]

Mitch PerryMay 31, 2017

Republican House District 66 hopeful Berny Jacques is touting a new endorsement in his bid to succeed term-limited Larry Ahern. The backing comes from former Largo Police Chief John Carroll, who serves as a member of the Largo City Commission. “I am pleased to endorse Berny Jacques as a candidate for the Florida House of Representatives, District 66,” Carroll said Tuesday. “Berny […]

Mitch PerryMay 30, 2017

Sarasota Republican Congressman Vern Buchanan wants President Donald Trump to keep the United States in the Paris Agreement, the landmark climate change document officially ratified last year by the U.S. and 194 other signatories. Although Trump said this past weekend that he was still considering whether to remain in the pact, Axios reported this weekend that it’s […]

Mitch PerryMay 30, 2017

Hopeful of a wave election next year, Democrats are targeting several GOP-controlled congressional districts in Florida for 2018, but the 15th Congressional district seat held by Lakeland’s Dennis Ross so far is not one of them. Not yet, anyhow. However, don’t tell that to Democrats in the district, which encompasses parts of Polk, Hillsborough and […]

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Rick Scott OKs two memorials for Dozier School abuse deaths, rebury victims

Kathy Castor: Investigations on Russia, Trump administration are ‘cloud’ over D.C.

Former Hillsborough Judge Ashley Moody launches bid for Attorney General

Bill Gunter taking another stab at HD 37 seat

Pinellas-Pasco prosecutor Elle Rudisill announces HD 37 run

Activist group targets Republican Dennis Ross for ‘Putin us off’

Vern Buchanan tells Justice Department ‘pay up’ for Bernie Madoff victims

Berny Jacques earns another solid endorsement for HD 66 bid

Vern Buchanan wants Donald Trump to keep U.S. in Paris climate accord

Navy Veteran Andrew Learned the latest Democrat to file to challenge Dennis Ross in CD 15