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Mitch PerryFebruary 8, 2015

It’s severely early to be handicapping the 2016 GOP presidential contest, but if pollsters are going to spend money surveying voters about who they like in the scrambled field, well, it’s going to be news. A survey published Sunday morning from New Hampshire shows Jeb Bush taking a slight lead over other potential GOP candidates in […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 6, 2015

If and when former Olympic hero turned reality TV personality Bruce Jenner does make his transition to becoming transgender, she would become the most famous personality in America to do so yet. Transgendered people in the U.S. are certainly having their moment in popular culture, what with the success of Amazon’s Transparent, which has been hailed by […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 6, 2015

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday urged all Floridians who are customers of Anthem to take extra measures in monitoring their credit. The company, one of the nation’s largest health care insurers, stored the Social Security numbers of 80 million customers without encrypting them. Hackers then broke into their database, the largest-ever computer breach […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 6, 2015

Jeb Bush is the front-runner for the nation’s first primary election to be held next January in New Hampshire. The WMUR Granite State Poll by the University of New Hampshire shows Bush with 17 percent support, followed by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker with 12 percent, and Chris Christie, Rand Paul and Mike Huckabee are at 9 […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 6, 2015

Sen. Bill Nelson says that the Muslim world is now coming together to fight ISIS, in the wake of the attention given to the video showing Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh being burned alive after being captured by the group. Jordan has certainly raised its efforts, promising an “earthshaking response” to his killing. That nation’s fighter jets […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 5, 2015

Contrary to reports, the Republican Party of Florida is doing just fine, newly elected Party Chairman Blaise Ingoglia said Thursday night. Speaking with state committee members on a conference call, Ingoglia said that despite the fact that political committees representing the Senate and Gov. Rick Scott both pulled cash out of the RPOF’s coffers as his victory […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 5, 2015

Contrary to reports, the Republican Party of Florida is doing just fine, newly elected Party Chairman Blaise Ingoglia said Thursday night. Speaking with state committee members on a conference call, Ingoglia said that despite the fact that political committees representing the Senate and Gov. Rick Scott both pulled cash out of the RPOF’s coffers as his victory […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 5, 2015

This morning we’ll learn how serious Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam believe in being independent agents, and not just handmaidens to the leader of their party, Gov. Rick Scott. Today’s Cabinet meeting at the Florida State Fairgrounds in east Tampa could be interesting, or maybe […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 5, 2015

This morning we’ll learn how serious Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam believe in being independent agents, and not just handmaidens to the leader of their party, Gov. Rick Scott. Today’s Cabinet meeting at the Florida State Fairgrounds in east Tampa could be interesting, or maybe […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 4, 2015

More than 1.3 million Floridians have enrolled or re-enrolled in so-called Obamacare plans through the federal health insurance marketplace, which puts the Sunshine State at the top of the list for number of residents using the federally run exchange to purchase insurance, federal officials said on Wednesday. Nationally, nearly 7.5 million consumers selected a plan […]

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Lake Mary’s team celebrates in the eighth inning of the Little League World Series Championship game against Taiwan. Florida won in eight innings 2-1. Image via AP.

New Hampshire Bloomberg poll has Jeb Bush up, but barely

Frank Artiles bill on transgendered people getting piss-poor reviews

More timely than ever, the Florida Center for Cybersecurity at USF opens

Jeb Bush leads in first major poll of New Hampshire voters

Bill Nelson weighs in on ISIS, arming Ukraine and Baileygate

New RPOF Chair Blaise Ingoglia assures state committee members, "The party has funds"

New RPOF Chair Blaise Ingoglia assures state committee members, “The party has funds”

Mitch Perry Report for 2.5.15 – Pressure's on Jeff Atwater, Pam Bondi and Adam Putnam in Tampa today

Mitch Perry Report for 2.5.15 – Pressure’s on Jeff Atwater, Pam Bondi and Adam Putnam in Tampa today

Florida residents use federal exchange more than any other state