Associated PressDecember 7, 2019
11min296
“I think there’s no doubt that the center approach is getting another look right now."
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Associated PressDecember 7, 2019
Staff ReportsAugust 26, 2018
7min222
The Democratic Party has begun conversations with television networks about a series of presidential primary debates in 2019, a top party official has told The Associated Press. The talks are “in the very early stages,” according to the official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The […]
Mitch PerrySeptember 14, 2017
4min212
Right now, Bob Buckhorn is simply too busy to take stock. But in the next few weeks, after most of the cleanup efforts have been finished following Hurricane Irma’s blow Sunday night, Tampa’s mayor says there will be time to take stock of lessons learned for when another major storm makes its path toward the Bay area. […]
Mitch PerryAugust 9, 2017
3min1012
Two Central Florida first-year members of Congress — Stephanie Murphy and Darren Soto — are joining former U.S. Rep. Jim Davis and a group of Democrats determined to extend the party’s reach to centrist voters. In what reads like an update of the earlier center-leaning Democratic Leadership Council, New Democracy has the explicit mandate to expand the party’s appeal, both demographically and […]
Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2017
6min367
Showing support for the Muslim community, Bob Buckhorn attended prayer services Friday at an east Tampa mosque. Afterward, Tampa’s mayor ripped into President Donald Trump‘s executive order banning travel into the U.S. by citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries. “This city has your back,” Buckhorn told congregants packed into the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay mosque. “I don’t care what this President did […]