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Mitch PerryJanuary 30, 2015

Presidential elections only come around once every four years, and the Oscars don’t pull in the numbers nearly like they used to, so the Super Bowl has become truly the premiere American event over the past few decades. And that event is much longer than the 3 1/2 hours that the game is actually played on […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 29, 2015

OK, let’s game this out… U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is giving all indications that he will announce sometime in the spring his decision whether he will run for president. Last Friday, Rubio kicked off an election-strategy powwow at Miami Beach’s Delano Hotel by announcing a fundraising team that looked like a presidential campaign-in-waiting, reports Marc Caputo […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 29, 2015

Pinellas County transit users are set to suffer some potentially crippling cuts to services as early as 2017 if something isn’t done to help the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority soon. The group has identified some minor tweaks here and there – like raising fares and increasing tax revenue – that could push cuts back until 2018, but […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 29, 2015

Pinellas County transit users are set to suffer some potentially crippling cuts to services as early as 2017 if something isn’t done to help the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority soon. The group has identified some minor tweaks here and there – like raising fares and increasing tax revenue – that could push cuts back until 2018, but […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 29, 2015

OK, let’s game this out… U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is giving all indications that he will announce sometime in the spring his decision whether he will run for president. Last Friday, Rubio kicked off an election-strategy powwow at Miami Beach’s Delano Hotel by announcing a fundraising team that looked like a presidential campaign-in-waiting, reports Marc Caputo […]

James CallJanuary 29, 2015

Florida ranks among the worst in the nation when it comes to providing residents with stable, decent-paying jobs, according to a report by the Corporation for Enterprise Development. Thirty-two percent of jobs in Florida are in occupations where the median annual pay is below the poverty line of $23,283 for a family of four. In CFED’s […]

James CallJanuary 29, 2015

Florida ranks among the worst in the nation when it comes to providing residents with stable, decent-paying jobs, according to a report by the Corporation for Enterprise Development. Thirty-two percent of jobs in Florida are in occupations where the median annual pay is below the poverty line of $23,283 for a family of four. In CFED’s […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 29, 2015

Trying to seize the momentum to normalize relations with Cuba, a bipartisan group of lawmakers in Washington intend to introduce legislation next week to remove the travel ban on Cuba that has been in place for more than 50 years. On Monday, Congressman Mark Sanford (R- South Carolina) and Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) will introduce […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 29, 2015

At the Associated Press’ annual legislative planning meeting in Tallahassee on Wednesday, House Speaker Steve Crisafulli tossed a wet blanket on the coalition of businesses in Florida pushing for the state to expand Medicaid in 2015, saying,”House still stands where we stood before: We do not plan to do anything on Medicaid expansion.” Advocates for Medicaid expansion […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 29, 2015

A Miami Herald investigation of Florida child deaths is among the finalists for the 2015 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting from Harvard University. Announcement of six contenders came today from the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. “Innocence Lost” was the March 2014 series recounting more than […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 1.30.15 -So when does the Super Bowl come back to Tampa?

Peter Schorsch: Charlie Crist in 2016?

Tampa mayor’s push for special taxing district could be St. Pete transit win

Tampa mayor's push for special taxing district could be St. Pete transit win

Charlie Crist in 2016?

Asset & Opportunity scorecard paints bleak picture for Florida workers

Asset & Opportunity scorecard paints bleak picture for Florida workers

Bipartisan bill to end ban on U.S. travel to Cuba introduced in Congress

At Tampa presser, Rick Scott avoids responding to question on Medicaid expansion

Miami Herald named finalist for Harvard investigative reporting award