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Hillsborough County voters can get a jump on the polls this election beginning tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. Early voting will be open at 15 locations throughout the county until 7 p.m. for 11 days. The last day to vote early is November 2. Election Day is November 4. Voters in Hillsborough can vote at any location during early voting. Election Day voters must cast their votes at their home precincts. Voters must have a valid state ID and have…

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New data released today by the Partnership for a Better Energy Future shows that Floridians may not be too keen on proposed regulations of carbon emissions. A poll conducted among 1,127 likely Florida voters by Paragon Insights shows 46% of respondents opposing President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan while only 43% support it. “The data released today make it abundantly clear that regulators in Washington are completely out of touch with what the rest of America wants,” said National Association…

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There are still two more chances to catch a free movie in the park. The month-long music and movie event in North Straub Park every Thursday still has “Napolean Dynamite” and “The Goonies” left on the slate. Opening at 6 p.m. before showing the cult classic comedy “Napoleon Dynamite” this Thursday is local country musician Nick Whitely & Co. Next Thursday catch “The Goonies” after settling in to watch live music performed by the Dunedin rock/roots band, Between Bluffs. The movies…

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As Governor Rick Scott was preparing to debate his opponent, Charlie Crist, for the third and final time Tuesday night in Jacksonville, a group of students and environmental activists led by the group NextGen Climate was protesting his record at the Duval County Supervisor of Elections office. Early voting across the state began yesterday and the group is asking voters to consider Scott’s history of not supporting sustainable environmental policy and instead siding with deep-pocketed polluters. “We can’t trust Governor…

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This just in: conservatives love Fox News. That’s just one of a few findings by a new Pew Research study out today. And guess what, it only took them a year to figure it out! That’s right, the smart fellas over at Pew studied political polarization for a year to come to the same conclusions my 13-year old daughter gleaned from a five-minute conversation with her right-of-right grandfather. Nearly half of those surveyed who were determined “consistently conservative” based on…

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The mystery behind a pre-dawn series of robo calls asking voters to support state Rep. Kathleen Peters has been solved. Sort of. The Tampa Bay Times reports the number was traced back to Barbara Homer, a 53-year-old Clearwater resident, but she’s the victim, not the perpetrator. Homer’s phone information was pilfered through what officials call “caller ID spoofing.” Her number was then used to carry out a number of calls over several weeks. What was happening didn’t become a big…

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St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman is on a roll trying to improve economic conditions for some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. Today he announced another effort, but this time one that could benefit the entire city. Beginning Jan. 1, St. Pete will join nearly 70 other cities including Tampa in “banning the box.” That is the box on applications for city jobs that asks  prospective employees whether they have a criminal record. “This is good for our economy,” Kriseman said.…

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