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Mitch PerryMarch 26, 2015

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The organizers behind Saturday’s Tampa Pride Festival and March received a commendation this morning from the Tampa City Council, 48 hours before the big event takes place in Ybor City. It’s the first of its kind in Tampa since 2002, but longtime community members acknowledge that event 13 years ago was somewhat disappointing. In the […]

Mitch PerryMarch 26, 2015

In the immediate aftermath of her stunning loss to Guido Maniscalco in the Tampa District 6 City Council runoff on Tuesday, Jackie Toledo said that the media coverage of her campaign was unfair and had “made a big difference” in the final results. That coverage included the unforced errors on her part that brought her […]

Mitch PerryMarch 26, 2015

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Jon Stewart and his comedy writing team over at The Daily Show has never lacked for content when it comes to mocking Florida, so it was a natural that the Comedy Central franchise would take note of the recent report that Gov. Rick Scott has banned the terms “Climate change,” and “Global warming,” from use […]

Mitch PerryMarch 26, 2015

Jon Stewart and his comedy writing team over at The Daily Show has never lacked for content when it comes to mocking Florida, so it was a natural that the Comedy Central franchise would take note of the recent report that Gov. Rick Scott has banned the terms “Climate change,” and “Global warming,” from use […]

Mitch PerryMarch 26, 2015

I wrote several stories regarding polls in Florida on Wednesday, and in one of those stories I wrote briefly about Marco Rubio‘s plan to replace Obamacare. As we all know, the GOP has been castigated for being nattering nabobs of negativism (to trot out that golden oldie written by Pat Buchanan and uttered by Spiro […]

Mitch PerryMarch 26, 2015

I wrote several stories regarding polls in Florida on Wednesday, and in one of those stories I wrote briefly about Marco Rubio‘s plan to replace Obamacare. As we all know, the GOP has been castigated for being nattering nabobs of negativism (to trot out that golden oldie written by Pat Buchanan and uttered by Spiro […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 25, 2015

Budget chief Sen. Tom Lee said on Wednesday that tax cuts and member projects will be put on hold in the Senate until there is a resolution of whether Florida will receive additional Medicaid supplemental funding to help pay hospitals, federally qualified health centers and Medicaid HMOs. After a marathon seven-plus-hour meeting where the committee […]

James CallMarch 25, 2015

Wednesday at the state Capitol we learned that when the House and Senate begin talking to each other about a state budget what the focus of the discussion will be. We’ve watched the respective leaders draw lines in the sand. And we’ve seen the positions harden. And now, as we approach the midpoint of the […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 25, 2015

While they are far apart on Medicaid funding, both the House and Senate budgets have money enough to fund more residency slots to train physicians to help abate a looming shortfall in specialties such as psychiatry, general surgery, thoracic surgery and rheumatology. The House budget appropriates nearly $3.8 million in total funds for graduate medical […]

Mitch PerryMarch 25, 2015

Tuesday a Public Policy Polling survey showed that a majority of Floridians wanted neither Jeb Bush nor Marco Rubio to run for president in 2016. That was so yesterday. Literally. A new poll released Wednesday morning from St. Leo University shows quite the opposite: Sixty-three percent of Floridians want Bush to run for president, and 58 […]

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Organizers prepare for Tampa Pride event on Saturday

Rose Ferlita hopes Jackie Toledo learns from mistakes, runs again

Daily Show takes hilarious shot at Rick Scott's ban on "Global warming"

Daily Show takes hilarious shot at Rick Scott’s ban on “Global warming”

Mitch Perry Report for 3.26.15 — How viable is Rubio’s plan to replace the ACA?

Mitch Perry Report for 3.26.15 — How viable is Rubio's plan to replace the ACA?

No supplemental Medicaid dollars? Then no tax breaks says Senate budget chief

The day that was in Florida politics — March 25

House, Senate budgets take baby steps to funding additional doctors’ residencies

New poll says Floridians DO want Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio to run for president