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Mitch PerryApril 30, 2017

Democratic hopes to retake the House in 2018 received a boost Sunday, with the announcement that longtime South Florida Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen will not run for re-election. “There was no epiphany. There was no moment, nothing that has happened that I’ve said, “I’ve got to move on,’” Ros-Lehtinen, who represents Florida’s 27th Congressional District, told […]

Mitch PerryDecember 16, 2016

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 PerryOctober 27, 2016

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While discussing U.S. policy in Syria during the Senate debate between Marco Rubio and Patrick Murphy in Davie on Wednesday night, Rubio one-upped his Democratic opponent by chiding him for saying that the Kurdish resistance fighters known as the Peshmerga were fighting in Iraq, not Syria. Now a Democratic Representative and Iraq veteran is calling on Rubio to […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 15, 2015

A rising tide lifts all boats; nowhere is that more apparent than recent changes to South Florida’s political journalism. Case in point; reporter Patricia Mazzei is now a new political writer at the Miami Herald. Mazzei has covered Miami’s political scene since 2007. This weekend, she became the successor to Marc Caputo, who recently departed for […]

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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen will not run for re-election in 2018

Mitch Perry Report for 12.16.16 – Friday follies

Iraq veteran says Marco Rubio insulted Kurdish forces in Senate debate

Patricia Mazzei named political writer at Miami Herald

After brutal storms, Gov. DeSantis declares state of emergency, activates Florida National Guard