A.G. GancarskiJuly 12, 2022
5min0
A new national survey tells an increasingly familiar story.
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A.G. GancarskiJuly 12, 2022
Mitch PerryJanuary 24, 2018
4min1291
Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, returns to Florida later this week when she joins fellow Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and others for a town hall on the recently enacted GOP tax reform plan. The event is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 25 at the Student Union-House Chambers on […]
Mitch PerrySeptember 18, 2017
4min1429
Sarasota Congressman Vern Buchanan said Monday he intends to support the federal-state program that provides health coverage to millions of children in lower-and middle-class families. The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is up for renewal at the end of this month. “This important program provides peace of mind to families that if their children get sick, they […]
Mitch PerryMay 11, 2017
7min389
On Election Night 2016, at approximately 7:45 p.m., Steve Schale was at an Orlando brewpub. The Democratic strategist opened his laptop to review his state’s election returns. “It’s in real bad shape,” Schale told Hillary Clinton pollster John Anzalone and campaign consultant Jim Margolis in a phone call. “What the f**k are you talking about,” Anzalone asked disbelieving, according to “Shattered,” a riveting look behind the scenes […]
Mitch PerryMarch 23, 2017
5min273
(Update – The House of Representatives has announced that there will be no vote tonight on the GOP health care plan). In the hours left before Congress’ scheduled vote on the American Health Care Act, President Donald Trump and GOP House leadership were doing whatever it took to get the 216 votes necessary for passage of the bill. […]
Mitch PerryDecember 20, 2016
6min241
Among the 2017 priorities that the Hillsborough County Regional Transit Authority’s government liaison, Cesar Hernandez told board members on Monday, one would be to continue to push for anything that can push autonomous vehicle technology forward in the new year. In case you’re not familiar with the whole driverless car concept, you should know that the Sunshine State, led by […]
Mitch PerryDecember 16, 2016
6min569
Although Alan Grayson will no longer be a sitting member of Congress in a few weeks, he’s given his congressional colleagues a road map to try to keep Donald Trump accountable with the filing of two new bills. The Orlando firebrand announced Friday that he had filed legislation that would require the IRS to release […]
Mitch PerryDecember 16, 2016
5min188
Good morning to you all on this, the last Friday MPR I’ll be filing in 2016 … Good news for those of us on the Affordable Care Act: While the GOP-led House of Representative promise to repeal the ACA within the first 100 days of the Trump administration, the date that the provisions of the […]
Mitch PerryNovember 28, 2016
8min563
Did President Obama’s latest executive actions regarding Cuba policy in October incite hardline exiles to vote for Donald Trump in large enough numbers to help him win Florida? That belief was pushed by some in the immediate days after the election, and is getting more life from a Hillary Clinton supporter who knows the Cuban exile community very well in the wake of Fidel […]
Mitch PerryNovember 22, 20167min180
There’s no doubt Rudy Giuliani will get some meaty position in the upcoming Donald Trump administration, because the dude was loyal as hell to the president-elect throughout the past year. Chris Christie, on the other hand, may be looking at bupkes. The New Jersey governor was one of the first mainstream Republicans to endorse Trump, […]