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Mitch PerryFebruary 18, 2015

Major League Baseball spring training camps have or will soon open up everywhere in the next week. In Tampa, that means pitchers and catchers for the New York Yankees report later this week, with the rest of the roster due next Wednesday. And that includes Alex Rodriguez, the disgraced star returning to the team after a year-long suspension, […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 18, 2015

Access to specialty physicians varies greatly depending on location but there will be an overall shortage of about 3,700 physician specialists by the year 2025 and rural areas will be the hardest hit, a study released Tuesday by the Teaching Hospital Council of Florida and the Safety Net Hospital Alliance shows. To abate the impending […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 17, 2015

After building an early lead among absentee and early voters, former Rep. Reggie Fullwood will now officially return to the Florida Capitol for Duval County’s House District 13. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the Jacksonville Democrat captured 57 percent of the vote to defeat Republican Lawrence “Jeff” Jefferson, who took 43 percent. Fullwood began the night with a lead in early […]

James CallFebruary 17, 2015

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Gov. Rick Scott’s call for to cut in half the Communications Services Tax got a unanimous send off at its first committee stop Tuesday; a Senate committee approved a 3.6 percent cut dropping it to 3 percent. Sen. Dorothy Hukill is sponsoring SB 110. Scott called for the cut in his budget recommendation last month, saying […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 17, 2015

Jeb Bush took to his Facebook page on Tuesday to denounce the executive actions Barack Obama took last November that were rebuked by a Texas judge (appointed by George W. Bush, when he was governor) Monday night. He wrote: Last year, the president overstepped his executive authority and, in turn, hurt the effort toward a […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 17, 2015

Jeb Bush took to his Facebook page on Tuesday to denounce the executive actions Barack Obama took last November that were rebuked by a Texas judge (appointed by George W. Bush, when he was governor) Monday night. He wrote: Last year, the president overstepped his executive authority and, in turn, hurt the effort toward a […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 17, 2015

FDOT spokeswoman Kris Carson tells the Tampa Bay Times’ Rick Danielson that Tampa City Council District 6 candidate Jackie Toledo did not have permission to film her campaign ad inside a construction zone along Interstate 275. “You just can’t go into a construction zone and film a commercial without letting DOT know,” Carson said Tuesday morning. […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 17, 2015

FDOT spokeswoman Kris Carson tells the Tampa Bay Times’ Rick Danielson that Tampa City Council District 6 candidate Jackie Toledo did not have permission to film her campaign ad inside a construction zone along Interstate 275. “You just can’t go into a construction zone and film a commercial without letting DOT know,” Carson said Tuesday morning. […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 17, 2015

The Senate Health Policy Committee plowed through a number of bills Tuesday, including a measure that continues regulation of pain management clinics as well as a bills relating to the Children’s Health Insurance Program and diabetes. Perhaps the most controversial bill the committee passed was one that it had to defer action on when it […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 17, 2015

While everyone is busy speculating about whether Jeb Bush will survive his immigration and Common Core positions in the modern Republican Party, new polling shows the one stance that could prove a deal breaker with GOP voters: his opposition to same-sex marriage. A new batch of 2016 primary polls from NBC News and Marist College […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 2.18.15 — Haters gonna hate (on A-Rod)

New study on physician workforce shows supply and demand by region and specialty

Reggie Fullwood easily wins House District 13 special election

Cell phone tax cut clears panel; TaxWatch says move will attract business

Jeb Bush says President Obama "overstepped" on immigration executive action

Jeb Bush says President Obama “overstepped” on immigration executive action

FDOT says Jackie Toledo didn't get permission to make ad on I-275

FDOT says Jackie Toledo didn’t get permission to make ad on I-275

Senate health panel OKs bills to continue pill mill regs, nix $30 million in hospital legal challenges

Surprising GOP voter turn-off: opposition to gay marriage