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Mitch PerryOctober 27, 2015

Although Bill Nelson hasn’t officially come out to run for re-election in 2018, he has done nothing to indicate that he won’t be doing so, and Monday Nelson flat out said he would run again in 2018. In a statement announcing the departure of longtime chief of staff Pete Mitchell, Nelson wrote, “Pete will pursue opportunities […]

Ryan RayOctober 20, 2015

A months-long process of the U.S. Department of Agriculture transferring 3,800 acres of land to Florida A&M University came to an end Tuesday, as the nation’s largest historically black college formally took over the Hernando County tract. For more than 80 years, the site was home to the USDA’s Subtropical Agricultural and Research Station until it was […]

Ryan RayOctober 7, 2015

Most of Florida’s 29 U.S. representatives in Washington, D.C., signed a letter to a high-ranking Army official on Tuesday calling for federal action to help revive the ailing Apalachicola River. Twenty-two members of Congress – an evenly-divided 11 Republicans and 11 Democrats – wrote Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy of their concern with newly released […]

Associated PressOctober 6, 2015

Florida lags behind other states in using federal mortgage assistance money to help desperate homeowners facing foreclosure, and Florida has only drawn on half of the $1 billion available, according to a critical report released Tuesday. The report by the Special Inspector General for Troubled Asset Relief Program said only 22,400 homeowners have been helped […]

Frank TorresOctober 6, 2015

Mayors Buddy Dyer of Orlando and Teresa Jacobs of Orange County are heading to Washington D.C on Wednesday to promote the region as part of the “Orlando. You don’t know the the half of it.” initiative. Both mayors will meet with members of Florida’s congressional delegation, as well as other federal officials, to discuss the region’s growing modeling and simulation […]

Mitch PerryOctober 2, 2015

No doubt some Florida Republicans must have scoffed about how “clueless” Donald Trump was when they heard his remarks regarding the relationship between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio in New Hampshire on Wednesday night. “They hate so much. They hate more than anybody in this room hates their neighbor,” Trump said, adding “It’s political bulls_”. Now […]

Ryan RaySeptember 28, 2015

Former Vice President Al Gore – the man who came just 527 Floridian votes away from becoming president in 2000 – on Monday headlined a gathering of some 1,000 climate change activists and researchers in Miami, the nation’s ground zero when it comes to sea level rise and the political controversy surrounding it. Gore gave an updated […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 20, 2015

On Friday, St. Petersburg Democratic Representative Dwight Dudley filed his bill (HJR 201) that would establish a bipartisan redistricting commission in Florida, which would be responsible for drawing political boundaries for Congress and the state legislature. It’s an issue that’s been discussed for years in Florida, but has come to the forefront in the aftermath of the […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 15, 2015

No, Hillary Clinton is not losing the race for the Democratic Primary, not if you take the Real Clear Politics average of the national spread between her and Bernie Sanders. She’s up overall by 21 percentage points. But in the first in the nation voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire? It’s a completely different […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 14, 2015

It’s too early to decide how many Syrian refugees should be allowed into the United States, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said Monday to a question from Florida Politics. “To be determined,” he said when asked how many he thinks the U.S. should accept. The burden should be shared by all European nations, he said. Bowing […]

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Aerial photo courtesy Jesse Biter.

Bill Nelson all but announces 2018 re-election bid for U.S. Senate

Gwen Graham lauds USDA 3,800-acre land transfer to FAMU

22 members of Florida’s U.S. delegation call on feds to reconsider Apalachicola River plans

Federal report: Florida lags in disbursing foreclosure aid

Buddy Dyer and Teresa Jacobs head to D.C. to promote Orlando

Mitch Perry Report for 10.2.15 – On Jeb and Marco

Al Gore headlines climate change activism conference in Miami

Dwight Dudley files bill that would lead to independent redistricting commission

Mitch Perry Report for 9.15.15 – Bernie Sanders does Liberty University

It’s too soon to decide U.S. quota for Syrian refugees, Bill Nelson says