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Mitch PerryJanuary 12, 2015

Going into the 2015 Legislative session, advocates for Florida hosting more film and television productions are hoping that this is finally the year that a tax incentive package to lure Hollywood productions to the Sunshine State can become a reality. Florida’s Legislature allocated $296 million in film incentives in 2010 that was supposed to last […]

Ryan RayJanuary 12, 2015

Americans for Prosperity released a poll on Monday that shows substantial majorities of Floridians in favor of priorities backed by the Koch Brothers-funded political group. Among the top-line findings from the poll, available here: 73 percent of Floridians in support of school choice broadly construed, including 58 percent supportive of a voucher system in particular; […]

Mitch PerryNovember 24, 2014

On page three of your Tampa Bay Times this morning is a quarter-page ad paid for by Americans for Prosperity calling on Republican Congressmen Gus Bilirakis and Vern Buchanan to oppose wind subsidies. The ad says that “Extending the wind energy handout will cost $13 billion over the next decade,” with one photo of a […]

Bob SparksOctober 6, 2014

Few races for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives fall into the competitive category, but Florida has one of the top 10 most watched campaigns in the country. Democrat Gwen Graham’s challenge to Republican Rep. Steve Southerland for the Congressional District 2 seat is a political scientist’s dream. The numbers for District 2 paint […]

Guest AuthorApril 27, 2014

I’m privileged to live in the congressional district served by Mr. Anti-Poverty himself, U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland. The second-term congressman and former funeral home director, you should know by now, has made fighting poverty his No. 1 priority. In doing so, Southerland has embarked on a crusade to overhaul (some would say gut) the food […]

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Florida Politics' Drew Wilson a few pounds heavier and with a bit more hair next to Academy Award winner Sam Rockwell ... (guess who we're rooting for?).

New poll shows Floridians NOT supportive of tax incentives for film/TV productions

AFP Poll: Floridians want more economic, educational opportunity

Koch Brothers group calls on Gus Bilirakis and Vern Buchanan to oppose wind subsidies

Bob Sparks: Gwen Graham must overcome Steve Southerland and Barack Obama

Andrew Skerritt: Southerland’s stance on Obamacare inconsistent with his poverty campaign