Staff ReportsJuly 23, 2021
43min1428
Cuba keeps Capitol Hill abuzz.
Tag: Faith Olivia Babis
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36min1360
From Cuba to Dreamers, immigration moves front and center this week.
Staff ReportsJuly 16, 202141min1668
Free Wi-fi for Cuban protesters? The U.S. can make it happen.
Jacob OglesJuly 16, 2021
5min1465
'For the Vice President to reserve an hour to meet with the disabled community is a big deal.'
A.G. GancarskiMay 12, 2019
8min1623
The Governor says plastic straw bans haven't "harmed the state's interest."
Jacob OglesDecember 17, 2018
6min1111
Two advocacy groups are suing Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration, contending changes in the state’s Medicaid waitlists discriminate against the elderly and the poor. Justice in Aging and Southern Legal Counsel contend in a recently-filed class-action lawsuit that consolidating waitlists for certain Medicaid services effectively prevent low-income older adults and individuals with disabilities from obtaining […]
Jacob OglesNovember 6, 2018
4min434
Republican Joe Gruters gets a promotion to state Senate, after defeating Democratic opponent Faith Olivia Babis in Florida Senate District 23. Gruters led in Sarasota County with 53 percent of the vote over Babis’ 47 percent, with all early and absentee votes and 28 percent of precincts counted. In the slice of Charlotte County within […]
Jacob OglesOctober 28, 2018
9min291
Republican state Senate candidate Joe Gruters knows his success this year relies on the strength of the GOP ticket as a whole. “We’re trying to drive turnout for the entire team,” he said. As the 10-year chairman of the Republican Party of Sarasota, Gruters knows the importance of lifting the entire slate more acutely than […]
Jacob OglesOctober 10, 2018
5min360
Democrats running in the Sarasota-Bradenton area banded together at an event organized by the progressive group Indivisible. State Rep. Margaret Good, the incumbent in state House District 72, and Democratic Congressional candidate David Shapiro, who thus far mustered a serious campaign for Florida’s 16th Congressional District, rallied the crowd of activists from both Indivisible’s Northeast […]
Peter SchorschSeptember 26, 2018
6min320
Florida Democrats touted some impressive poll numbers in Republican-leaning state Senate races last week, but now that the sunshine pumping has worn off it looks like there’s some serious flaws in those numbers. To recap, the Florida Democratic Party pointed to a handful of Change Research polls that showed showing Melissa “Mel” Martin leading incumbent Sen. Dorothy […]