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Michelle Rayner’s legislative aid Upton Fisher puts in bid for his former boss House seat
Fisher, a Navy vet, wants to keep fighting Gov. Ron DeSantis’ conservative agenda in Tampa Bay.
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Tampa Monitor: East Tampa, VM Ybor’s J.C. Newman Cigar Co., among topics for Thursday CRA meeting
Next week council is off with the celebration of Juneteenth.
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Tampa Monitor: Timeline of construction of city fire station No. 24 again irks councilmembers
The conversation isn’t over, the item will be returning on June 26th for another scheduled update.
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New Florida law targeting undocumented immigrants remains blocked by federal court
Attorney General James Uthmeier argued that enforcement should at least temporarily be allowed.
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Federal court clears way for City of Naples to restrict ‘Pridefest’ drag show
City officials want the show held indoors and open to adults-only.
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Controversies over Florida university presidents continue at FAMU
The latest dispute over Marva Johnson’s five- year contract at the HBCU is over how she will earn her pay.
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University of Florida trustees stand by controversial choice of Santa Ono for college president
His nomination being denied by the State University System Board of Governors.
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‘Make Big Sugar’s Profits Healthy’: Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ contains ugly favor for Florida polluter
The feds already prop up our sugar industry with expensive government subsidies.
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Florida’s Republican lawmakers want voters to let them pump up the rainy day fund in case of recessions
The proposal couldn’t go before voters until November 2026
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Tampa drivers for Breakthru Beverages among those on strike this week
According to the Teamsters, the open-ended strike involves roughly 170 Breakthru employees across Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Fort Myers, Pensacola and Tallahassee.
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Florida’s attorney general wants a federal court to take another look at the state’s drag show law
Previous rulings argued the law violated Hamburger Mary’s First Amendment rights.
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Federal judge won’t temporarily halt most of Florida’s new ballot initiative restrictions
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker’s ruling allows Florida to proceed with enforcing most of HB 1205, one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ top priorities for this year’s legislative session.
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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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PSTA gets $4.8M to bring Cross Bay Ferry back in 2026, possibly with two boats
HART handed over its federal treasure chest.
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Marco Rubio is working to bring home man wrongly deported to El Salvador
Bringing ‘C’ back would contradict the Trump administration’s long-running argument in the courts and to the public that El Salvador has custody over hundreds of men sent there in March, not the U.S.
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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.
