Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Drew WilsonNovember 18, 2015

The National Press Foundation said Wednesday that its newly minted Innovation in Journalism Award goes to the Tampa Bay Times. The Times earned the award for its “Failure Factories” series, first published in early August, which investigated how the Pinellas County School Board turned five schools in the county’s black areas into among the worst […]

Peter SchorschNovember 16, 2015

So much for Blaise’s Blunder … After a few hiccups and a barrage of negative attention from Florida’s political media, namely the Tampa Bay Times’ Adam Smith and, to a lesser extent, POLITICO Florida’s Marc Caputo, the Florida GOP’s Sunshine Summit was a smashing success. Fourteen presidential candidates and four U.S. Senate candidates spoke to more than 2,500 attendees. Three […]

Phil AmmannNovember 15, 2015

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times – Florida cannot afford Scott’s corporate welfare Gov. Rick Scott is campaigning to make Florida the king of corporate welfare. He toured the state last week to promote his $1 billion tax cut that would primarily benefit big business. On top of that, […]

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 […]

Phil AmmannNovember 8, 2015

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Florida need to test all rape kits Florida has failed thousands of sexual assault victims by allowing rape kits to go untested throughout the state. Officials have long known they have a serious problem, but they grossly underestimated its scope. Florida Department […]

Phil AmmannNovember 1, 2015

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Times recommends: Gerdes, Garrett, Wheeler-Brown for St. Petersburg City Council A new pier on the waterfront is on the way, a building boom continues downtown and universal curbside recycling is here. St. Petersburg is on a roll, but there remain challenges — […]

Guest AuthorOctober 25, 2015

It’s already been a sad week for black bears in Florida. On Saturday, the first day of the big Florida black bear hunt, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission stopped the hunting in Central Florida after 99 bears were killed, just one under the quota for that region’s weeklong season. Statewide, 207 bears were […]

Phil AmmannOctober 25, 2015

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Benghazi hearings aimed at politics, not policy The Republican show trial over Benghazi lived up to the worst fears this week as House conservatives pummeled former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a naked effort to damage her campaign for president. Nine […]

Peter SchorschOctober 22, 2015

The latest edition of the 4th Floor Files talks with lobbyist Shawn Foster, a government relations consultant with Sunrise Consulting Group. Foster represents about a dozen clients – mostly in the Tampa Bay area – including the Florida Blueberry Growers Association, Sarasota County and the city of Brooksville. Here is the file on Shawn Foster. […]

Phil AmmannOctober 18, 2015

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Let investigation play out before setting Hillsborough transit referendum If the Go Hillsborough transit initiative goes anywhere, city and county leaders have to quickly focus on the right priorities. They should concentrate on creating a robust, detailed plan they could sell to […]

Tag: Tampa Bay Times
The Yankees organization is generous with Helene relief in Florida. Image via AP.

Tampa Bay Times receives Innovation in Journalism Award for “Failure Factories” series

With successful Sunshine Summit, Blaise Ingoglia makes critics eat crow

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers

Report: Tampa Police write more tickets than other agencies

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers

Michael Sainato: Black bears, good science on losing end as hunt begins

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers

4th Floor Files talks with Shawn Foster about fried chicken, gratitude and ballin’ with Bousquet

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers