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Free prison phone call funding makes the Florida budget for a second time
DeSantis vetoed the measure last year.
Mitch Perry
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St. Pete Rep. Michele Rayner forming law firm with two other House members
She’s still running for Florida Senate next year.
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Tampa Mayor Jane Castor says local cops should not be engaged in ICE raids
She’s hosting the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Tampa, which votes this week on a resolution against the raids.
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Florida congressman introduces legislation to make ICE more accountable
Rep. Maxwell Frost argued that ICE agents are abusing the rule of law, skirting due process, and targeting nonviolent working people.
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Josh Weil is counting on Pinellas voters for his U.S. Senate bid
He’s focused on fixing the Florida Democratic party and funding voter registration in Pinellas and Miami-Dade.
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Florida TaxWatch calls on DeSantis to veto $8.5M USF complex as ‘budget turkey’
That project would include a new USF Police Department office and the Tampa campus’ Emergency Operations Center.
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‘He will not be the Republican nominee in 2028’: GOP group wants to build a safe place for Florida ‘Never Trumpers’
Our Republican Legacy held its first national committee meeting last month in Washington. D.C.
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Federal trial over Bay area’s allegedly racially-gerrymandered Senate seat wraps in Tampa
A three-judge panel will now consider the arguments.
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Bay area Sen. Danny Burgess avoided testifying in gerrymandering lawsuit by asserting legislative privilege, says ACLU
The trial is expected to conclude on Thursday.
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Witness in gerrymandering trial says race was a major factor in creation of Tampa Bay’s Senate District 16
SD 16 includes a portion of South St. Petersburg before stretching across Tampa Bay to join a substantial part of Hillsborough County.
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Senate candidate Tamika Lyles says she’s being discriminated against and the Florida Democratic Party is ‘promoting’ another candidate
Lyles’ campaign on Tuesday issued a lengthy statement expressing its anger.
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Former Republican David Jolly has officially entered the race for Florida governor—as a Democrat
The 52-year-old Pinellas County resident is the first major Democratic candidate to enter the race.
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Solar industry group says Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful’ bill could kill nearly 22K jobs in Florida
President Donald Trump’s budget request, released on May 2, 2025, proposes slashing $21 billion in unspent funds from the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law for renewable energy.
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Latest initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida now has enough petition signatures for a judicial review
Its ballot language and financial impact will be scrutinized by the Florida Supreme Court.
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Democratic candidate for Florida Attorney General rails against power companies, stolen wages and more
José Javier Rodríguez says, ‘I made my career taking on the corrupt and powerful.’
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‘The legacy will be a dark legacy’: Rep. Maxwell Frost reacts to Elon Musk’s last day at the White House
Frost said Musk’s efforts reveal that a ‘corporate slash and burn mentality is not how you run a country.’
