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Mitch PerryMarch 23, 2017

(Update – The House of Representatives has announced that there will be no vote tonight on the GOP health care plan). In the hours left before Congress’ scheduled vote on the American Health Care Act, President Donald Trump and GOP House leadership were doing whatever it took to get the 216 votes necessary for passage of the bill. […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 7, 2016

Outgoing Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty “is vying to become the next head” of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, according to a Wednesday news report. SNL Financial, relying on unidentified sources, reported on its website that McCarty “spent recent weeks discussing his potential candidacy with several other insurance commissioners … and is now confident that he has […]

Phil AmmannOctober 12, 2015

Clearwater state Sen. Jack Latvala was the special guest at a fundraiser for Republican business executive Gary Price in his bid for Senate District 23. The theme of the $100-a-ticket lunch, held at The Grandezza in Estero, was that Tallahassee is broken and new leadership is required. The event drew an audience of about 100. Price, who […]

Mitch PerryJuly 21, 2015

Florida Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Murphy seems determined to get virtually every Democratic mayor in the state to back his candidacy for 2016. Those on a new list of endorsements are Palm Bay Mayor William Capote, Tamarac Mayor Harry Dressler, Bonita Springs Mayor Ben Nelson Jr., Palm Beach County Mayor Shelley Vana, and Lauderhill Mayor Richard Kaplan. “I […]

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American Bridge slams Mario Diaz-Balart for ‘selling out’ to support GOP health care plan

Report: Kevin McCarty in the running for NAIC top post

At lunch forum, SD 23 hopeful Gary Price says new leadership is coming

Patrick Murphy snares more mayoral endorsements in Democratic Senate race