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Florida voters approve Amendment 2, boosting minimum wage to $15 an hour
With this passage, Florida’s Amendment 2 will gradually raise Florida’s current minimum wage of $8.56 to $15 by 2026.
McKenna Schueler
McKenna Schueler is a freelance journalist based in Tampa, Florida. She regularly writes about labor, politics, policing, and behavioral health. You can find her on Twitter at @SheCarriesOn and send news tips to mkaschueler@gmail.com.
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Over 150 Florida businesses endorse raising Florida’s minimum wage to $15 an hour
Amendment 2 needs 60% of the vote to pass.
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s 2020 recommendations for Hillsborough and Pinellas Tax Collector
Nancy Millan and Joe Saportas.
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s 2020 recommendations for Florida Amendments: ‘Yes’ on 2, ‘No’ on everything else
Yep, most are bad. But one of them is pretty good.
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s 2020 recommendations for Florida District Court of Appeals
Basically a ‘No’ on everyone except Morris Silberman.
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay recommends a ‘No’ vote to retain Carlos Muñiz as Justice of the Supreme Court
Please, please, please vote ‘No.’
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s 2020 recommendations for Hillsborough Soil & Water Conservation
It’s Doug Rivero and Sonja Brookins for us.
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Bill Yanger is Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s 2020 recommendation for Hillsborough County Judge
Yanger has strong ties to the community, as someone active in local organizations such as the Hillsborough Early Childhood Council and Bayshore Little League.
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s 2020 recommendations for Hillsborough County School Board
We’re all in for Washington, Vaughn, Combs and Gray.
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s 2020 recommendations for Hillsborough County Commissioners
Kemp, Myers, and Cohen get the CL stamp of approval.
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay recommends Andrew Warren for State Attorney
During his tenure, he’s expanded substance abuse and mental health courts that serve to promote treatment and rehabilitation for eligible offenders.
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s 2020 recommendations for Hillsborough and Pinellas Sheriff
Santana’s been unafraid to use the term “systemic racism” and supports a police-social work program.
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s 2020 recommendations for Florida State House of Representatives
Valdes, Harrington, Jenkins and more.
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s 2020 recommendations for Florida State Senate
Not every candidate is perfect, but here are our picks.
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s 2020 voting guide
Who and what to vote for this election season.
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s 2020 recommendations for US House of Representatives
Our picks for Tampa Bay area US House of Representatives candidates.
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s 2020 recommendations for Hillsborough and Pinellas Property Appraiser
Go with Bob “Coach” Henriquez and Trevor Mallory.
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‘It’s clearly an economic and a racial injustice’: Tampa Bay activists rally for Florida’s $15 minimum wage boost
More than 1.5 million workers of color would see this pay increase, with Black and Latinx women standing to gain the most.
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Progressive Florida State Rep. candidate Jessica Harrington says she’s ready to finish what she started in HD64
“We have been doing this work for years. Our community is ready for change, not more of the same.”
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ anti-protest bill isn’t law yet, and here’s how it can be stopped
But without a Democratic majority in Florida’s Senate, it seems pretty likely the legislation will indeed pass.