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Mitch PerryMarch 16, 2015

This past week 14 states filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the Obama administration, which is trying to counter a Texas judge’s preliminary injunction blocking the executive order on immigration Obama issued in November. Florida and 25 other Republican-led states have sued the administration over the order. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen‘s ruling last month put on […]

Mitch PerryMarch 10, 2015

Marco Rubio looks to be in good shape for his re-election chances for the U.S. Senate next year, at least against South Florida Democratic U.S. Reps. Patrick Murphy and Debbie Wasserman Schultz. A Mason-Dixon poll released Tuesday shows Rubio with double digit leads over both Democrats. Against Murphy, he’s on top 50% to 38%. Against Wasserman Schultz, […]

Mitch PerryMarch 6, 2015

It’s been written about ad nauseum about the lack of a strong Democratic bench in Florida. That certainly was the case in 2014, when the party had to resort to a flawed former Republican to become its gubernatorial nominee against an equally flawed current Republican. That’s why Bob Buckhorn began raising campaign funds for a […]

Mitch PerryMarch 5, 2015

Florida will be short nearly 7,000 doctors by 2025 if more residency programs are not created throughout the state to keep up with demand, according to a study released by the Florida Safety Net Hospital Alliance and the Teaching Hospital Council last month. Physicians trained in psychiatry, general surgery, rheumatology, cancer treatment, and thoracic surgery will likely […]

Mitch PerryMarch 5, 2015

The question one has to ask after reading just the summary of the Justice Department report on the goings-on with the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department is: How many other municipal law enforcement agencies act this way in America? If you want the headline from Wednesday to read that Justice concluded that the Ferguson PD violated no federal laws in […]

Mitch PerryMarch 5, 2015

The question one has to ask after reading just the summary of the Justice Department report on the goings-on with the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department is: How many other municipal law enforcement agencies act this way in America? If you want the headline from Wednesday to read that Justice concluded that the Ferguson PD violated no federal laws in […]

Mitch PerryMarch 4, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday that if the state and the federal government can’t come to an agreement on Florida’s Low Income Pool (LIP) program, he won’t supplement the program with state funds. “Florida taxpayers fund our federal government and deserve to get a return on their investment,” Scott wrote in a letter to President Barack […]

Mitch PerryMarch 4, 2015

Mayor Bob Buckhorn may be neutral about the idea, but the business community is all in when it comes to the possibility of Tampa landing a Cuban consulate. Last week, the board of directors of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce unanimously endorsed re-establishing a secure Cuban consulate in the Tampa/Hillsborough County area when relations […]

Mitch PerryMarch 3, 2015

The most lackluster campaign that this reporter has covered in his 15 years living in Tampa comes to a conclusion tonight — at least for most of the candidates vying to win the five Tampa City Council seats up for election. There’s not much drama. Though there has been a lot of coverage of the […]

Mitch PerryMarch 2, 2015

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Forty-two Democratic U.S. House members and seven senators intend to boycott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, but Kathy Castor won’t be among them. A list of those Democratic representatives who won’t be attending the speech include some of their most progressive members, a list that at […]

Tag: Kathy Castor

Kathy Castor helps attorneys get ready for immigration changes

New poll shows Marco Rubio, Jeff Atwater lead Dems in 2016 Florida Senate race

Mitch Perry Report for 3.6.15 — Democrats lack of bench strength transcends Florida

Kathy Castor teams up with Republican to address looming doctor shortage

Mitch Perry Report for 3.5.15 — Ferguson’s ugly legacy

Mitch Perry Report for 3.5.15 — Ferguson's ugly legacy

Kathy Castor on LIP program and observing the ACA on trial at the Supreme Court

Tampa Chamber supports bringing Cuban consulate to Tampa

Mitch Perry Report for 3.3.15 — Democracy now in Tampa

49 Democrats to miss Netanyahu speech, but Kathy Castor won’t be one of them