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Staff ReportsOctober 20, 2018

The Republican State Leadership Committee, a national group that works to elect GOP candidates to state legislatures, recently recognized Land O’ Lakes Republican Ardian Zika in its “18 in ’18 Races to Watch” List. Zika, a first-time candidate for public office, is the Republican nominee in House District 37. The Pasco County-based seat is currently […]

Peter SchorschOctober 20, 2018

Hillsborough County Commission candidate Todd Marks and Tampa state Rep. Jackie Toledo, both Republicans, are holding a fundraising reception Sunday during the first gubernatorial debate. The joint event is being hosted at the home of Amalie Oil Co. exec Harry Barkett and his wife, Carmen, starting at 7:00 p.m. The invitation for the fundraiser lists a […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 19, 2018

Floridians (and visitors) now have a way to know how much red tide is affecting the state’s beaches. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in coordination with other state and local groups, launched a new tool Friday that predicts the levels of respiratory irritation present on beaches affected by airborne toxins associated with red tide. […]

Drew WilsonOctober 19, 2018

Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay has been awarded a pair of grants totaling $750,000 to fund its efforts to help residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed during Hurricane Irma last year. The funds came to the non-profit organization by way of a $500,000 grant from the American Red Cross and a $250,000 grant from Volunteer Florida, […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 19, 2018

The University of South Florida School of Architecture and Community Design’s Florida Center for Community Design and Research (FCCDR) is teaming up with community partners to come up with resiliency strategies to deal with climate-related impacts to Florida including red tide, toxic algae blooms and hurricanes. The groups will develop ideas on how to build […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 19, 2018

A group serving the Tampa Bay area African-American community is backing Hillsborough County’s transportation initiative. The Florida Sentinel Bulletin, a bi-weekly newspaper, endorsed the All For Transportation referendum in its Friday edition. The publication isn’t considered a major player in the Tampa Bay market, but it is a key media arm of the African-American community […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 19, 2018

The Florida Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee this week sent out a demeaning attack ad against Democrat Amanda Murphy, who faces Ed Hooper for Senate District 16 in north Pinellas. On one side is the image of a young girl wearing a larger than life bow on her head while crying. Next to her, it says, “career […]

Drew WilsonOctober 19, 2018

Former Republican Rep. Ed Hooper and Former Democratic Rep. Amanda Murphy are locked in a dogfight according to a new poll of the race for open Senate District 16 seat. The St. Pete Polls survey, conducted Oct. 18, found Hopper leading Murphy by a basket 19 days out from the election, 48-46 percent with 6 […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 18, 2018

St. Petersburg City Council agreed to remove an onerous requirement that consultants working on the city’s sewage problems send all reports to council at the same time they share them with staff members. The vote came during a Committee of the Whole meeting Thursday ahead of City Council’s regular board meeting. Consultants complained the requirement […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 18, 2018

Republican Congressman Dennis Ross is backing Ross Spano as his successor, Spano announced Thursday. Conservative Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd also endorsed Spano. Spano, a current Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives, is running for Florida Congressional District 15 covering parts of north Hillsborough and Polk Counties including Brandon, Plant City, Bartow and […]

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Listen to Tom Leek's first radio ad.

GOP group names Ardian Zika an up-and-comer to watch

Todd Marks, Jackie Toledo holding gubernatorial debate watch fundraiser

Red tide weekend update for Pinellas beaches

Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay lands $750K in hurricane recovery grants

Kathy Castor announces climate change coalition with USF

Black community newspaper backs Hillsborough transportation initiative

Conservative committee sends ‘sexist’ Amanda Murphy attack mailer

Ed Hooper leads Amanda Murphy by a hair in SD 16 dogfight

St. Pete City Council gives preliminary OK to scale back sewage reports

Ross Spano nabs backing from incumbent Dennis Ross, Polk Sheriff Grady Judd