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Ryan RayJanuary 14, 2015

As with any majority-party legislative leadership race, the Senate presidency battle between Clearwater state Sen. Jack Latvala and state Sen. Joe Negron of Stuart is going to cost a lot of money. Neither hopeful has been a slouch raising it, according to end-of-year finance reports. Latvala’s Florida Leadership Committee took in about $75,000 in December […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 13, 2015

St. Petersburg-based political strategist Cesar Fernandez announced today that he will soon be working for Uber in their public policy and communications division in Miami. “Very excited to announce a new chapter in my life today: I have joined the Public Policy team at Uber!” the 25-year-old Fernandez wrote on his Facebook page. “I am […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 13, 2015

After years of failure, the Florida Legislature in 2013 finally passed a ban on texting while driving, joining the majority of states who already had passed such legislation addressing the issue of Americans obsession with their smartphones. But even its biggest supporters admitted that bill was modest at best. If fact, the current law is so […]

Peter SchorschDecember 4, 2014

For a moment there, it looked like it was time to pull the plug. It was time to call the priest and ask him to deliver the last rites. For a moment there, state Sen. Jack Latvala’s ambitions to be president of the Florida Senate in 2016-18 were in their death throes. This past November, […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 8, 2014

Labor Day is at least a week into the rearview mirror, so the white pants should be closeted away until next June. The kids are back at school, football has returned to the tube, and, even in Florida, the temperature has dropped a degree or two. In other words, elections are less than two months away. […]

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