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Drew WilsonMarch 14, 2016

Brian Hodgers increased his lead over the other three Republicans running for House District 52 with $6,750 in contributions last month. “Our conservative message is hitting a nerve in our community, and I’m very grateful for the folks who want to be part of our campaign,” Hodgers said in a news release. “I look forward […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 14, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott is declaring a legislative victory despite the fact that the Legislature shot down most of his top priorities during the 2016 Session. Scott spent Monday on a five-city swing as part of his “Million, Billion Jobs Victory Tour.” During stops in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Myers, the Naples Republican talked about […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 14, 2016

Former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown and former President Bill Clinton have an intertwined political history. Brown had worked in the Clinton administration, and then when Brown was running for re-election, Clinton came to town to work a fundraiser/supporter event before Brown’s narrow loss. The two men were together again Monday, at a church in Northwest […]

Mitch PerryMarch 14, 2016

Poised to take home Florida’s 99 delegates on Tuesday night, Donald Trump held a town-hall meeting at the Tampa Convention Center before about 1,000 people on Monday afternoon, where he acknowledged that he’s ready to close out the primary season and begin pivoting toward Hillary Clinton. “If we win Florida, and we win Ohio, we can go […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 14, 2016

U.S. Sugar is hitting back over claims that sugarcane farmers are to blame for the harmful Lake Okeechobee discharges. The Army Corps of Engineers has been releasing water from Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie rivers for about a month. The releases came after a wetter-than-normal January. South Florida officials have said the […]

Melissa RossMarch 14, 2016

The Jax for Bernie Sanders campaign is circulating a video that shows an unidentified man on a bicycle taking down Bernie Sanders campaign signs. You can check out the short clip on YouTube. According to the poster, “This occurred less than 10 minutes from the Jacksonville campaign office. People have been complaining to the office […]

Ryan RayMarch 14, 2016

Former President Bill Clinton paid a visit to the state capital Monday afternoon to campaign for his wife at the nation’s largest historically black college, Florida A&M University. Hillary Clinton, looking to clinch the Democratic presidential primary in the face of the surging Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, also sent her daughter Chelsea through the Sunshine state last week to […]

Mitch PerryMarch 14, 2016

Sean Shaw, who lost a bitterly fought contest to fellow Democrat Ed Narain in the House District 61 race in 2014, said Monday he’ll run again for the seat now that Narain in running for state Senate. “Ed Narain has been a fantastic Representative for our district,” said Shaw in a prepared statement. “I had […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 14, 2016

In Duval County 93,487 voters, 17 percent of all registered voters, participated in early voting/vote by mail for the Presidential Preference Primary. Vote by mail drew 39,467 of them, and 53,789 were early voting, while 231 votes were provisional. Of 205,093 Republicans, 51,830 of them voted before Tuesday: That’s 25.27 percent turnout. Enthusiasm, thus far, […]

Ryan RayMarch 14, 2016

The office of U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham released footage of the freshman lawmaker zooming over her Panhandle congressional district on Monday as part of a signature Graham family “Workday,” this time with the Air Force in Congressional District 2’s Tyndall Air Force Base. Graham sat in the cockpit of a T-38 trainer aircraft, traveling the North Florida gulf […]

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Brian Hodgers widens fundraising lead in HD 52 race

Rick Scott calls 2016 with Legislature “a very good Session”

Bill Clinton, Alvin Brown serve up comfort food in Jacksonville

In Tampa, Donald Trump says he’s ready to take on Hillary Clinton

U.S. Sugar says cane farmers not to blame for dirty water flowing from Lake O

Caught in act: Bernie Sanders supporters take video of Jacksonville man stealing their candidate’s signs

Bill Clinton campaigns for Hillary Clinton in Tallahassee

Sean Shaw to run for Tampa House District 61 seat

Duval County early voting skews GOP

Gwen Graham takes to skies for Air Force Workday