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Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 4, 2018

Ron DeSantis painted a grim picture of Florida’s future if voters don’t put him in the Governor’s mansion this November. The former North Florida congressman made his pitch to a group of about 150 supporters Thursday at the Italian Club in Ybor City. The rally featured live music from a Wayne Newton look-alike. DeSantis’s first-grade teacher […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 27, 2018

Shortly after earning the “firm” endorsement of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis took the stage at the 2018 Future of Florida Forum to make his case and lambaste his Democratic opponent, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum. “Andrew Gillum has been mayor of Tallahassee for four years. In each of those four […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 17, 2018

St. Petersburg ranks among the top in the nation on integration policies affecting newcomers, including immigrants, according to a new national assessment of policies and socioeconomic outcomes, Mayor Rick Kriseman announced Monday. Immigrants in the St. Pete area pay $549.5 million in taxes every year, according to the inaugural New American Economy Cities Index. The […]

Ryan NicolAugust 9, 2018

It’s another round in Philip Levine‘s war of words against Donald Trump, as the Democratic candidate for Governor is out with a second ad taking aim at the President. “Levine vs. Trump: Round 2” targets Trump over multiple past controversies, contrasting Levine’s actions against those of Trump. “Trump ridicules people with disabilities, locks up the […]

Ryan NicolAugust 7, 2018

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is out with her first TV ad in her campaign to oust incumbent U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo in Florida’s 26th Congressional District. The ad is named “One South Florida” and highlights Mucarsel-Powell’s immigrant roots along with the diversity of the community she seeks to represent. “We have different stories and we come from […]

Ryan NicolAugust 7, 2018

David Richardson, a Democrat running for Florida’s 27th Congressional District, is out with a Spanish-language TV ad hitting one of the more controversial topics this campaign season: Abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Richardson calls for the end of the organization in the ad, titled “ICE,” arguing it’s done more harm than good. A […]

Scott PowersAugust 1, 2018

Three sitting members of Congress, four challengers, two primary rivalries and two potential general election showdowns were on display Tuesday night at a congressional forum. The result was mostly cordiality, with many of the sparks provided from candidates furthest on the left and right, Chardo Richardson and Wayne Liebnitzky. The evening forum at the Orlando Science Center co-sponsored […]

Drew WilsonJuly 30, 2018

Fort Myers police officer Adam Jobbers-Miller died Saturday, one week after Wisner Desmaret allegedly shot him while Jobbers-Miller was answering a call at Marathon gas station. The shooting, now killing, has turned into a flashpoint that cuts across many political issues, namely immigration, mental health and pretrial release. Desmaret, 29, is a Haitian immigrant who […]

Danny McAuliffeJuly 10, 2018

At least one Democrat between the state House and Senate is calling for the abolishment of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE. Other Democrats, meanwhile, are hesitant to say ‘abolish,’ but seem to agree that the scope of the agency’s work should be revisited and narrowed. Calls to stop the agency began […]

Jacob OglesJuly 7, 2018

A Homestead detention center housing immigrant minors denied entry to U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo. The Miami Republican says he cleared his visit through proper channels but still was not allowed to check on the status of the children at the facility, many of whom were separated from adults at the border. Curbelo expressed outrage on Twitter […]

Tag: immigration

In Tampa, Ron DeSantis blasts Andrew Gillum for ‘liberal agenda’

Slamfest: Ron DeSantis lambastes Andrew Gillum at Chamber forum

St. Pete among tops in nation as immigrant-friendly

Philip Levine goes on another round of attacks against Donald Trump

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell ad highlights immigrant roots: ‘We are one South Florida’

David Richardson calls to abolish ICE in Spanish-language ad

Dark horses provide sparks in Orlando congressional forum

Fort Myers shooting highlights cracks in patchwork pretrial release system

Democratic legislators weigh in on #AbolishICE

Carlos Curbelo outraged, denied entry to Homestead detention center