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A.G. GancarskiMay 2, 2016

In a Friday afternoon conversation with FloridaPolitics.com, State Attorney Angela Corey wanted to focus on the positive. Corey said she was “excited about the campaign” on multiple occasions during the conversation, reiterating her intention to bring the “same positive energy” to her race for re-election to a third term as she had to her time […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 1, 2016

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Daniel Horton is bowing out of the Senate District 39 race, but don’t count the Democrat out of politics quite yet. On Sunday, the Key West Citizen reported that Horton has decided to challenge Rep. Holly Raschein, a Key Largo Republican, for the House District 120 seat. Horton told the paper that he had gotten […]

Anne LindbergApril 30, 2016

Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch took a field trip Friday to the cemetery pond where three teenage girls drowned in a stolen car. The drowning happened about 3:50 a.m. March 31. The girls, who were being followed by Pinellas sheriff’s deputies, turned into Royal Palm North Cemetery, 2600 Gandy Blvd. and drove into a pond. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 30, 2016

Jonathan Tallman has received enough signatures to secure a spot on the ballot. The Niceville Republican announced Saturday he received enough verified signatures to qualify for the House District 4 race. Harrison, a businessman, is vying to replace Rep. Matt Gaetz in the Florida House. “I want to run Florida more like a business and […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 30, 2016

Rep. Shawn Harrison has received enough signatures to secure a spot on the ballot. The Tampa Republican announced Saturday he had received enough verified signatures to qualify for the House District 63 election. Harrison, who was first elected to the state House in 2014, is running for re-election. “We’re excited to have reached our goal […]

Associated PressApril 30, 2016

New laws to clean up spring break in Panama City Beach drove students elsewhere in March. Now business leaders are reporting big losses. The Bay County Tourist Development Council says bed tax collections plunged from $2 million in March 2015 to $1.2 million last month. Those bed tax collections are down about 13 percent overall […]

Peter SchorschApril 30, 2016

The drumbeat of Democratic endorsements for Ben Diamond‘s state House campaign continued Saturday with St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman announcing his support of the first-time candidate. “Ben Diamond’s candidacy for the Florida House is great news for St. Petersburg, District 68, and all of Florida,” Kriseman said. “His love of people and knowledge of the policymaking process will […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 30, 2016

HD 13 incumbent Reggie Fullwood is running for re-election unopposed, yet the Jacksonville Democrat’s hardest battles this year appear to be in courts of law. Fullwood faces federal charges on 10 counts of wire fraud and four counts of failure to file federal income tax returns, and now he has a circuit civil case to go along with […]

Peter SchorschApril 30, 2016

Orange County Commission candidate Betsy VanderLey responded Friday to reports that she had been hit by multiple liens for unpaid taxes in the mid-1990s, by saying they liens were the results of mistakes made by the state at that time. State records do not back up that defense, though little is available from the tax claims filed against […]

Anne LindbergApril 29, 2016

A small group of activists gathered at the Pinellas County Courthouse Friday afternoon to protest the deaths of three black teenage girls who drowned last month in a stolen car. The mixed-race group shouted slogans that included “Jail the killer cops!” and demanded reparations for the girls and other African-American teens that, they said, died […]

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Angela Corey prepares for a tough re-election campaign

Daniel Horton drops out of SD 39, running in HD 120 instead

Ken Welch: Sheriff not at fault for drowning deaths of 3 teen girls

Jonathan Tallman receives enough signatures to qualify in HD 4

Shawn Harrison receives enough signatures to qualify in HD 63

Spring break was a bust at Florida beach after drinking ban

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman endorses Ben Diamond for state House

Reggie Fullwood named as defendant in auto negligence case, claims mistaken identity

Betsy VanderLey describes 22-year-old tax liens as state errors

Activists protest ‘police murder’ at Pinellas Courthouse over death of 3 teen girls