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Associated PressJuly 16, 2016

The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times local): 10:40 p.m. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says he supports Donald Trump‘s call to “temporarily suspend immigration from countries where terrorists’ influence and impact represents a threat to the United States.” Pence spoke Friday on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” giving his first TV interview since Trump […]

Drew WilsonJuly 14, 2016

The Rod Smith campaign released its third ad in the Senate District 8 campaign Thursday, and this one takes direct aim at his opponent, Republican Rep. Keith Perry. “In North Central Florida, our economy and way of life depend on safe water,” Smith says in the ad. “My opponent Keith Perry voted to ignore local […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerJuly 14, 2016

With Florida Republicans heading to their national convention in Cleveland next week and the Florida Democrats following with their convention a week later in Philadelphia, we caught up with Florida Democratic Party Chair Allison Tant. She, along with Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, opened a field office for Hillary Clinton’s campaign in downtown Tallahassee Thursday evening. What do […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 13, 2016

Health officials said they would do the best they can to fight the spread of Zika if the Senate doesn’t approve a $1.1 billion spending plan, but said the money is needed to help agencies slow the proliferation of the disease. The Senate is expected to vote once again on the House-approved spending bill this […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerJuly 12, 2016

State Rep. Doug Broxson is joining Mike Hill on the Northwest Florida airwaves, as his campaign announced the Gulf Breeze Republican is launching his first television ad in the Senate District 1 primary campaign. Broxson’s spot emphasizes his work in the Legislature, including efforts on behalf of the military and veterans, as well as his […]

Associated PressJuly 11, 2016

Presidential battleground states were supposed to be swarming with Republican Party workers by now. “We’ve moved on to thousands and thousands of employees,” party chairman Reince Priebus declared in March, contrasting that with the GOP’s late-blooming staffing four years earlier. “We are covering districts across this country in ways that we’ve never had before.” That […]

Associated PressJuly 9, 2016

Wanda Melton has voted for every Republican presidential nominee since Ronald Reagan in 1980, but now the Georgia grandmother plans to cross over to support Democrat Hillary Clinton. “I’m not a real fan of Hillary,” Melton says from her office in Atlanta. “But I think it would just be awful to have Donald Trump.” She […]

Associated PressJuly 7, 2016

The U.S. government on Thursday tentatively approved scheduled commercial airline service to Havana from 10 American cities, further bridging the gulf between countries as close as an hour flight but long kept at a greater distance by the Cold War. The decision is another long stride in President Barack Obama‘s effort to normalize U.S.-Cuba relations. […]

Mitch PerryJuly 7, 2016

Even before they began operating in Tampa, a coterie of Tampa Bay area Republicans have championed ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft. Those state Representatives include Jeff Brandes, Jamie Grant and Dana Young. In a fundraising pitch sent to supporters in her bid for the state Senate District 18 seat this fall, Young boasts about the work Republicans […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 6, 2016

One week after declaring a state of emergency in four Florida counties, Gov. Rick Scott is calling on President Barack Obama to do the same. In a letter Wednesday, Scott requested Obama declare a federal emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act because of the “public health and safety threats […]

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Mike Pence with Donald Trump on blocking some immigration

Rod Smith drops 3rd ad in SD 8, taking direct aim at Keith Perry

In Tallahassee, Allison Tant talks Cleveland, Mike Pence and Patrick Murphy’s A-game

Marco Rubio says inaction on Zika funding is ‘inexcusable’

Doug Broxson drops first TV ad in SD 1 campaign

A lot of holes in GOP presidential ground game in key states

College-educated whites put hole in Donald Trump coalition

U.S. gives tentative OK to flights to Cuba from 10 U.S. cities

Email insights: Dana Young touts her support of Uber and Lyft in fundraising pitch

Rick Scott requests federal state of emergency declaration in response to algae blooms