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Drew WilsonMarch 21, 2016

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Pasco County citizens raised more than $9,000 for a New Port Richey ranch as part of a charity drive set up by Tax Collector Mike Fasano. “Kiddy Up Ranch would like to thank our wonderful tax collectors staff and the people of our community for their fundraising efforts,” said Kiddy Up Ranch founder Tammy Harting. […]

Associated PressMarch 14, 2016

A potentially far-reaching trial that will determine whether the Florida Legislature is shortchanging public schools is starting in a Tallahassee courtroom. In the lawsuit filed six years ago, education groups and parents from Duval and Pasco counties contend the Legislature and state officials have not provided enough money to the state’s schools as required under […]

Ryan RayJanuary 6, 2016

In a show of force behind Sen. Wilton Simpson‘s bid for the newly-redrawn SD 10, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam, and CFO Jeff Atwater all came out with endorsements of Simpson on Wednesday. “We need Wilton Simpson back in the State Senate, and that is why I am enthusiastically endorsing his 2016 re-election campaign,” said Bondi. […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 5, 2016

Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano said Tuesday’s resignation of Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty means Floridians will be “losing one of their greatest advocates.” Fasano, a former longtime Republican state lawmaker, issued a news release shortly after news broke that McCarty would be leaving the post he’s held since 2003. “During my many years as a state legislator, […]

Phil AmmannNovember 12, 2015

Pasco County legislators and officials join to help needy families prepare fresh, nutritious meals this holiday at the 2015 Farm Share Holiday Food Giveaway. Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano joins state Sen. John Legg and state Reps. Richard Corcoran and Amanda Murphy and Sheriff Chris Nocco to host the 9 to 11 a.m. Dec. 11 giveaway. […]

Associated PressNovember 9, 2015

An analysis by The Tampa Bay Times showed that Tampa police wrote more tickets last year than sheriff’s offices in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties combined and more per capita than cops in Jacksonville, Miami, St. Petersburg and Orlando, the state’s four other largest cities. And no other law enforcement agency in the state arrests […]

Peter SchorschOctober 25, 2015

After his testimony in front of the Senate panel on redistricting Friday, a lot of Alachua, Pasco, Sarasota and Volusia voters probably wish Clearwater Republican Jack Latvala was their senator, too. Latvala doesn’t sit on the Senate Reapportionment Committee and instead had to sign up to speak during the panel’s public comment time. During his […]

Jim RosicaOctober 22, 2015

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Making the Tampa Bay region look like a game of Twister, Senate Rules Chairman David Simmons late Thursday filed his own proposed map redrawing the state’s Senate districts. For instance, Simmons’ map creates a 16th District that takes in about the same area currently represented by GOP Sen. Jack Latvala of Clearwater, not by jumping the bay, […]

Marc YachtJuly 8, 2015

Walkin’ Lawton Chiles may be the last of Florida’s governors who cared about Florida through action. He showed genuine concern for local families. During his tenure, necessary human service programs expanded, the environment had effective regulatory programs, public health flourished with strong programs regulating food service, sanitation, infectious disease, and maternal and child health. I […]

Ryan RayApril 20, 2015

Doug Dodd and his friend “the Little General” aka Lance Barabas began like a lot of high school kids in Tampa and outlying Pasco County these days: At get-togethers after wrestling practice they would drink beer, smoke a little pot and maybe dabble in something harder. Hardly wholesome to be sure, but as Guy Lawson in Rolling Stone writes, […]

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Mike Fasano-led charity drive nets $9K for New Port Richey ranch

Failing grade? Trial over Florida’s schools finally starts

3 Florida Cabinet members among big-name pols endorsing Wilton Simpson in SD 10

Mike Fasano sticks up for resigning state insurance commissioner

Pasco leaders announce Farm Share Giveaway, so families can prepare fresh holiday meals

Report: Tampa Police write more tickets than other agencies

Must-watch: Jack Latvala blasts proposed Senate maps in committee testimony

David Simmons files map for Senate redistricting

Marc Yacht: Florida takes a slow, sad slide under Rick Scott

Band of teenage Tampa wrestlers was 3-man pill mill